Erik Morales
Erik Morales
Érik Isaac Morales Elvira, best known as Érik Morales, is an Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He was the first Mexican-born boxer in history to win world titles in four different weight classes, having held the WBC and WBO super bantamweight, WBC featherweight, WBC and IBF super featherweight, and WBC light welterweight titles...
ProfessionBoxer
Date of Birth1 September 1976
catching difficult moved punches threw time
Raheem's a difficult fighter. He never really wanted to fight. He threw punches and moved away, and I had a difficult time catching up to him.
fight mexican
I would like the Mexican to win, ... Its not because I dont want to fight Pacquiao again. Its just that I am Mexican like Velazquez, so I like to see him win.
fights tired tough weight
I was tired because of making weight and I was tired because of all the tough fights I've had.
body fell hard tired weight
I was tired, and it was an accumulation of all the hard fights. But I was just tired. I fell down because I was tired. I was tired because of making weight. The body can't take much more, and I was exhausted. It's hard to tell if I can make this weight (130lbs) again. I am going to take a vacation. I'm just tired of boxing.
clearly time won
I thought I won clearly the first time and will do so again.
aware bigger expect fans great people
You know, I'm very aware of what I've done already, but I think I can give the fans more, ... I think people expect more out of me. They expect bigger fights, more championships, you know, do something great at 135.
anyone career depend drawn far fight fourth happen happy path paths public wants
I have my own path drawn out, as far as my career goes, and I don't depend on anyone else, ... If our paths happen to cross, and the public really wants to see a fourth fight between us, I would be very happy to give it to them.
last
I feel ready, I feel even better than last time.
decide due rank respect top
With all due respect to Mr. Gomez, he is not my promoter. My promoter is Top Rank and they are the ones who decide my bouts.
chasing guy mix seems
It probably will be difficult, ... He seems like the kind of guy who doesn't like to mix it up. I could end chasing him around for 12 rounds.
problems
It's OK. He can say what he wants. I have no problems with him.
fans
I want to give the fans as much as I can for as long as I can,
fight time
Unfortunately, not every every time I fight can I have everything.
both fight tough
This is going to be a tough fight for both fighters.