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April 9th, 2011. In a fight billed as “Action Heroes”, the Great Erik Morales aka “El Terrible” at 34 years of age takes on 27 year old Marcos “El Chino” Maidana for the vacant interim WBA World Light Welterweight Title. Morales (past his prime now) is a 5.5-1 betting underdog.

At this point, Maidana is ranked No. 1 by the WBA while Morales is ranked No. 5 by the same publication.

Prefight records; Maidana 29(27)-2, Morales 51(35)-6.

Maidana has a 7 year age advantage going into the bout had notable wins over Jesus Soto Karass, DeMarcus Corley & Victor Ortiz.

On the other hand, the legendary Morales in his 18th year as a pro had beaten a long list of top oppositions such as Paulie Ayala, Jesús Chávez, In-Jin Chi, José Alfaro, Juan Carlos Ramirez, Remigio Daniel Molina, Wayne McCullough, Jose Luis Bueno, Daniel Zaragoza, Kevin Kelley, Junior Jones, Marco Antonio Barrera, Manny Pacquiao & Guty Espadas Jr (2x).

As Morales was well past his best at this juncture, many did not expect the fight to go the distance and Morales would enjoy nothing more than a few good moments. However, Morales defied his critics and prove he has something left in him on this very night.

In the first 6 minutes, Maidana dominates the action and by the end of the 2nd round Morales’ right eye is grotesquely swollen. It seems that a stoppage was imminent at this point for the Mexican warrior.

But Morales, once again proves himself to be a true warrior comes back strong with only one good eye; trading shots with his younger opponent and went the distance in what was a most unexpected slugfest.

After 36 grueling minutes, Maidana won via MD with scores of 114-114 & 116-112 (2x).

HBO’s Harold Lederman and ESPN’s Dan Rafael both scored it 114-114.

While Morales came back strong mid way through the fight, but Maidana managed to rack up enough early rounds in the bank to earn him the victory against the tough, weathered veteran.

“He may have won a close fight but it wasn’t a clean win for him, I thought I landed the better punches. I thought I won. I know I still had speed and velocity, but more importantly I had heart.”
– Erik Morales

“This was my toughest fight yet, but I knew it would be difficult so I trained hard and was prepared. The fight was close but I came on strong in the end and feel I won the fight.”
– Marcos Maidana

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24 Comments

  1. Muy buena pelea sin duda alguna , el terrrible Morales un orgullo Mexicano un buen gallo de pelea pero mi Respeto para el chino que también es un fajador y no le tenía miedo a los chingasos ni a nadie

  2. Cuando me entere que iba a pelear el terrible Morales contra el chino , me imaginé un knock out , morales ya estaba en su retiro no era el de antes la verdad nunca me imaginé que diera esta pelea , se volvió a ganar al público peleó con el mejor de esa división y que todos le huían y sacó el boxeo que lo llevo al estrellato , me impactó la preparación que tuvo porque en otras peleas la verdad morales ya no traía nada solo quedaba ese recuerdo y en esta pelea lo dio todo.

  3. I still thinking that even when maidana was a great fighter El Terrible shouldn't take that fight the mexican was un-active for 2 or 3 years and then when up to the 140lbs is incredible that even like Morales went 12 rounds with a maidana on his prime.

  4. Woooow pelear con un ojo dañado enserio es difícil, literalmente te quitan la mitad de la vista y se siente uno muy expuesto del lado si visibilidad, terrible enserio es un gran peleador sin duda

  5. Soy mexicano ,mis respetos para los dos,para ser grande hay que derrotar otro grande, honor a quien honor merece,gano el chino,me pongo de pie y aplausos , terrible Morales hasta el último momento todo un caballero del ring

  6. Maidana le tuvo miedo a Morales,es un cobarde, golpeando por la espalda y abrazando constantemente a Morales para golpear,ese referí le falta mucho ,con otro referí más justo marques lo hubiera noqueado desde el tercer roaund

  7. The hobbled warhorse, the old warrior, the saavy vet, my fav fighter EVER, "El Terrible" will never be another. Love u Erik from 🇺🇸

  8. Soy mexicano pero mis respetos para el chino maidana una bestia en el ring el único que he visto que le puso una buena a floy pero se la robaron

  9. El chino Maidana cada vez que tenía la oportunidad golpeaba el ojo lastimado de morales cómo estrategia , pero a Erick no le importaba su ojo y un así le dió muy buena catedra de boxeo a maidana minimizando su punto debil" ei ojo!!

  10. Ya morales no devio estar peliando wn esa pelea se retiro muy tarde si esa pelea ubiera sido en la .edad de los 27 o 30 años de edad de morales wl chino estuviera noqueado en el 6 raun morales era terrible

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