By James Wyatt, Examiner.com
On Saturday, March 27th, at the Arena Monterrey, in Monterrey, Mexico, Erik “El Terrible” Morales (48-6-0, 34 KO’s) who lives in San Ysidro, Ca. and was born just across the border in Tijuana, Mexico, will face Jose Alfaro (23-5-0, 20 K0’s) an orthodox fighter from Nagarote, Nicaragua. The reason for mentioning that Alfaro is right-handed, Morales, the three time world champion, is making a return to the ring after two and half years and lost his last three fights to southpaws. Unlike Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz, Alfaro fights orthodox.
The fight announcing team for this upcoming fight, Benny Ricardo and Colonel Bob Sheridan, spoke Monday with Morales at the Televisa Awards ceremony to honor the best athletes of the last decade. Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera, his opponent for the classic trilogy of fights, were being honored in the “fight of the decade” category.
Morales reminisced about the bouts that have thus far defined his career: one, his four round stoppage of Junior Jones and two, his victory over Manny Pacquiao on March 19, 2005.
Jones had stopped 32 Mexicans prior to the Morales/Jones fight and the win over Pacquiao at which he saw Pacquiao cry after the fight, is considered his greatest accomplishment. That unanimous decision victory over Pacquiao, makes Morales the last man to defeat the pound for pound title holder.
Erik stated he would like another shot at Pacquiao and feels that at 147 pounds he is now faster than ever and freer with his body to get the most out of it. First things first though, which is to defeat Alfaro on March 27th in Monterrey, Mexico, on Pay-Per-View.
Erik, who then spent much of his time praising the younger Alfaro, mentioned that he too is a former world champion and a wicked puncher who will bring the best out of him. That last part wasn’t really necessary. Morales has never failed to bring anything but his best to his 111 amateur bouts and 54 professional bouts.
On the March 27th undercard:
Chris “Hard Hittin’” Henry of Houston, Texas (24-2-0, 19 KO’s), will face two-time WBA light heavyweight champ Hugo Hernan “Pigu” Garay of Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina (32-4-0, 17 KO’s) in a WBA Light Heavyweight eliminator.
In a 12-round title fight the WBC International minimumweight title holder, southpaw Denver Cuello of Cabatuan, Philippines (19-2-5, 10), will face the NABF title holder, Juan “Churritos” Hernandez (15-1-0, 12 KOs) of Mexico City.
El Paso’s undefeated NABA title-holder David “Nino” Rodriguez (32-0, 30 KOs) will take on the 1996 Brazilian Olympian Daniel Bispo (22-12, 16 KOs) in a 10-round heavyweight attraction.
Lightweight Ramon “Nino de Oro” Ayala (15-1-1, 7 KOs) the 21-year-old who has been Erik Morales’ principle sparring partner, will also fight on the same card.
Source: examiner.com
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