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
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.
good hard head hit
He hit me with a lot of real good hard shots. I got hit in the head a lot.
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.
fights tired tough weight
I was tired because of making weight and I was tired because of all the tough fights I've had.
clearly time won
I thought I won clearly the first time and will do so again.
ambition condition fight great guy last night obviously prepared run saturday win
Last Saturday night I run into a guy with a lot of ambition who wanted to win very much. Was in great condition and was obviously well prepared to fight me.
chance fourth love opportunity people win
I think the opportunity is there for me to win a fourth world title, and I would like to do it, ... Not many people get the chance to write history, and I would love to do it.
chance fourth history love opportunity people title win
I think the opportunity is there for me to win a fourth world title and I'd like to do it. Not many people get the chance to write history and I would love to do it.
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.
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.
catching difficult moved punches threw time
He never really wanted to fight, ... He threw punches and moved away, and I had a difficult time catching up to him.
difficult hit
He is very elusive. It's difficult to hit him because he didn't want to fight,
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.