Quote Originally Posted by BoxingGod
yea I realize mab man isn't such a nice guy as I first believe.

I remember in the pre fight interview, mab mann sucker punched eric and then quickly retreated. before eric can get him back a bunch of people pulled him away. and mabb was the first sour loser who said some shyt to eric after the first fight that was what started the bad blood.
I actually just re-watched Morales-Barrera I the other day.
After the fight, Morales said in the interview with Merchant that Barrera was a great fighter, that he would be honored to give him a rematch (because of the controversial scorecards), and actually went so far as to hand the belt over to Barrera as a sign of respect.

Then Barrera proceeded to do his interview and said on-air to Merchant, "I want HBO to know that their champion (Morales) isn't any good."

I've always been a huge Morales fan, so I always thought that I took Morales' side in the MAB feud just because I was partial to Erik. But by watching the first fight over again, it really does look like Barrera is the one who started the disrespect and bad blood between the two.