The last time I saw Erik Morales he was ringside doing commentary for Mexican TV, seeing him in person was the first I become aware of the extra poundage he was carrying. My immediate reference was to compare his weight issue with that of Ricky Hatton.
Jose Alfaro, 23-5, (20) has the fighting style where he scores a knockout win, or ends up being knocked out himself, an all or nothing Nicaraguan slugger. Hardly a wise choice of opponent for a man with big question mark hanging over his head like Morales does.
Alfaro the former WBA lightweight champion is adamant he will defeat Morales adding a third former champion to his resume, the other two being Prawet Singwancha and DeMarcus Corley.
Erik Morales has been absent from the ring for two and a half years, in his last outing back in 2007 he failed in his attempt to become the first Mexican world champion at four different weights, losing a unanimous decision to David Diaz at lightweight.
The loss was his fourth consecutive loss and forced him into retirement, the downward spiral begun in 2005 with an unexpected loss to Zahir Raheem followed by two consecutive knockout losses to Manny Pacquiao.
Morales recently said his comeback is in the hope of securing a fourth fight with reigning pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao. Morales was the last man to beat the Filipino sensation back in 2005 in the first fight of their trilogy, that fight was also the Mexicans last win.
