Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
@ElTerribleMorales nailed it. Fights simply don't happen. The same item that contradicts all the nonsense spouted on and on about by Ward and his hypnotized fans also dismisses any notion of "ducking" in relationship to this question. Once again its the calender although a little more subtle then the obvious failures of Wards claims.

Morales started his career at 122 and went on to more or less dominate the division. Marquez was most likely born a featherweight. Morales had the name rep, tv appearances stc and Marquez was desperately trying to break through behind him. They both started fighting in 93 within months of each other but it just couldn't have been done based on the when each man broke stride. Its also very true that the media concentrated on Erik because it had not seen that good a boxer with that good a ko ratio @122 ever. The guy was sporting a 90% or better for a time.

Cant see Norwood having an effect anymore then Junior Jones effected a Mab fight with Erik. And the style thing I don't get because if ever there was a classic matchup of styles it was Morales/Marquez.


If I was going to blame someone if there was a window then it would be the handling team around Marquez. Quite possibly one of the most inept in modern times. I mean look what they did after Norwood. They wasted about 2 years of the mans boxing life. And then came the Chris John episode. That 2002-2005 area looks pretty ripe for a fight but look at all the players involved. Literally musical chairs or rather musical belts. There were about 8 super stars in the same division at the same time. Look how long it took for Mab/Hamed. I used to believe that Hamed skirted around Marquez but @Fenster brought a pretty compelling case to suggest otherwise. I just cant get over how deep that featherweight era was and we got some great fights out of it but missed out on plenty also.
Thank you. The same people that repeat everything the HBO crew say completely ignore them when they confirm, along with Beristain and Marquez himself that they refused the Augie Sanchez date.

Marquez turned down a huge career high payday - $500,000 - to fight a week later for £5000. How can a fighter "duck" a fighter that refuses to fight him. Yes Marquez was a mandatory, when he got the chance he said no. Fact.