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
both fight tough
This is going to be a tough fight for both fighters.
against fighter strong thinking
I'm not thinking about any other fighter than Zahir Raheem, ... This is going to be my first fight at 135 against a strong opponent.
fans
I want to give the fans as much as I can for as long as I can,
alright came child due february fight forward hospital looking rest spending sure taken time wife
After the fight I was taken to the hospital to make sure that I was alright and everything came out fine. Now I'm looking forward to getting some rest and spending some time with my wife (Andrea) who is due on February with our first child (a boy).
beat best people
Some people feel that Pacquiao was not at his best when I beat him, but I think he was,
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.
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.
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.
fight time
Unfortunately, not every every time I fight can I have everything.
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.
boxing guy hit key knew tough
He was a tough guy. I hit him with everything, ... I knew the guy was quick. I knew boxing would be the key because he was so fast.
difficult fight hit missed moving
He was very difficult to fight. He's very elusive. He never really put up a fight because he was moving around so much. He hit me with a lot of punches, but he also missed a lot.