Morales boxer biography
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Born Erik Isaac Morales Elvira on September 1, in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Morales followed his father&#;s footsteps into the boxing ring and turned pro in He won the NABF super bantamweight title before stopping Daniel Zaragoza (KO 11) for the WBC pound title in &#;El Terrible&#; registered nine successful defenses including wins over Junior Jones (TKO 4), Wayne McCullough (W 12) and Marco Antonio Barrera (W 12). He became a two-division champion with a round win over Guty Espadas Jr. for the WBC featherweight title in He lost the title to Barrera (L 12) in but reclaimed the vacant laurel from Paulie Ayala (W 12) when Barrera refused the belt. He added a third divisional title in with a pair of round decisions over Jesus Chavez for the WBC super featherweight strap and Carlos Hernandez for the IBF belt. Morales met his rival Barrera in a rubber match (L 12) before defeating Manny Pacquiao in (W 12). He met Pacquiao twice more in (TKO bygd 10, KO by 3). In he defeated Pabl
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Erik Morales
Mexican boxer
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Morales and the second or maternal family name is Elvira.
Erik Isaac Morales Elvira (born September 1, ) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from to He is the first Mexico-born boxer in history to win world championships in four weight classes, ranging from super bantamweight to light welterweight.
Morales defeated fifteen world champions during the course of his career, and is famous for his trilogies with fellow Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera, as well as Manny Pacquiao. ESPN ranked Morales at number 49 on their list of the 50 greatest boxers of all time.[2]
Morales was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in June [3]
Career history
[edit]Early career
[edit]Erik Morales was born in the Zona Norte section of Tijuana. Under the tutelage of his father, José Morales, a fighter himself, Erik started boxing at the age of
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Erik Morales
Bio
A true boxing legend, Erik Morales serves as the ledare boxing analyst for FOX Deportes. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in
In , “El Terrible” became the first Mexican-born fighter to win world titles in four separate weight classes during his career.
He won his first title in when he knocked out IBHOF member Daniel Zaragoza to become the WBC Super Bantamweight champion. He went on to defeat numerous world champions such as Junior Jones, Wayne McCullough, Kevin Kelley, Paulie Ayala, Guty Espadas, Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera.
He fryst vatten largely remembered for his classic trilogy against countryman and fellow Hall of Famer Marco Antonio Barrera between and The first and third fights were selected as “Fight of the Year” by The Ring Magazine.
Morales retired in with a record of (36 KOs).
Morales currently lives in his native Tijuana where he serves a Mexican congressman from the state of Baja California.