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Sunday, August 5, 2007

David Diaz decisions Erik Morales

Pics and info from Fightnews.com.

It seemed a bad night for Erik Morales just like many of his fight nights, lately, as he lost to David Diaz via a unanimous decision which was pure BS, in my opinion. Morales was fighting in Diaz's hometown and he scored a knockdown against him during their first round in which the judges didn't even took notice. Morales boxed smartly tonight against Diaz and won the early rounds, but surprisingly, he lost the rest of the later rounds resulting in Diaz's victory. Sure Morales was getting old for boxing, but he was clearly better than Diaz. The post-fight presscon showed all the controversy Team Morales felt when his dad stated the facts I had just mentioned and Morales commenting on what dad said. Diaz retorted back on those issues by saying that that's what he always did: fight aggressively and come back in the later rounds and that's what he did tonight just like any other nights. Meanwhile the camp of Erik said that the referee and one of the judges ignored Diaz's rough tactics and illegal blows which caused them to lose. Because of this fight, Erik Morales has also decided to retire.

A bad outcome for the fight and I didn't expect Diaz to be that much of a rough fighter. I didn't think that hometown decisions would also be involved in this one, but it turns out that it might be. Nonetheless, one way or another I always thought that Morales was on his way to retirement and I just hope everything goes fine with his life after boxing. To read more info on the presscon click here.

3 comments:

Double Jay said...

It seems ironic to me, David Diaz won the fight via UD but his face was like a smashed pumpkin at the end of round 12, while Erik Morales walked away with his good looking face remain unblemished

Sancho C. said...

I know it's controversial and I believe Morales won that, but it's too late now. We can't do anything if it comes down to hometown decisions and many boxers have been victims of it.

OnlineMoney said...

Diaz is badass, this is a great fight. I had seen other fights of bother fighters on Street Fights Caught On Tape and they both can do some ass whoopin.