In the Barrera-Morales trilogy, boxing history acquired 36 rounds of wealth over the course of three fights. All three fights were fought at the next higher weight, and in each fight both fighters ...
LAS VEGAS — Even after 36 rounds of constant action over three fights, even after years of trash-talking, even after exchanging punches at a news conference and insults through the media, they weren’t ...
The Boxing Canon is a ten chapter series that will review the Fights of the Year as defined by Ring Magazine from the year 2000 to 2009. In this chapter of the Boxing Canon, we revisit the FOY for ...
Nestled in opposite corners of a crowded room, where fans, photographers, members of the media, assorted hangers-on and strolling mariachis all angled for position, Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik ...
The battle between two of the most popular Mexican boxers of all time took place at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on February 19, 2000. Morales was arguably the slight favourite due to his KO victory ...
As a matter of course, veteran promoter Bob Arum makes Houston one of the first stops on any whistlestop tour around the country in preparation for a major prizefight. Because of the huge pay-per-view ...
As well as Morales, Barrera also shared the ring with the likes of Naseem Hamed, Manny Pacquiao, and Juan Manuel Marquez. In ...