Érik Morales Record
Érik Morales (El Terrible) is a 48-year-old retired Mexican professional boxer. He is a four-weightclass world champion with 7 world-title wins. In a career spanning 19 years, 6 months, and 21 days, Morales amassed a record of 52-9, which includes 36 wins via KO—11 in world-title bouts. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2018.
Boxing Career
Érik Morales was born in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on September 1, 1976. He made his professional debut at the age of 16 years on March 29, 1993 against José Orejel. Morales defeated Orejel via 2nd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Morales became a world champion at the age of 21 after 26 professional fights. He challenged Daniel Zaragoza for the WBC super-bantamweight title and stopped the champion in the 11th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully conquer the featherweight (WBC), super-featherweight (WBC, IBF), and super-lightweight (WBC) divisions as well to become a four-division world champion.
Morales' last fight was a 4th-round KO loss to Danny García at age 36, on October 20, 2012, in which he was fighting for the WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring super-lightweight titles.
Some of Érik Morales' best fights have been against Manny Pacquiao (HOFer), Paulie Ayala, Jesús Chávez, Reynante Jamili, Marco Antonio Barrera (HOFer), Daniel Zaragoza (HOFer), and Carlos Hernandez. For a top-10 list of Morales' best performances, refer to "Best fights of Érik Morales".
Morales has 9 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Érik Morales Losses".
Fight Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
61 | Oct 20, 2012 | 36 | 
Danny García 24 24-0 | loss | KO 4 |
60 | Mar 24, 2012 | 35 |
Danny García 24 22-0 | loss | UD 12 |
59 | Sep 17, 2011 | 35 | 
Pablo César Cano 21 23-0-1 | win | RTD 10 |
58 | Apr 09, 2011 | 34 | 
Marcos Maidana 27 29-2 | loss | MD 12 |
57 | Dec 18, 2010 | 34 |  Francisco Lorenzo | win | UD 12 |
56 | Sep 11, 2010 | 34 | 
Willie Limond 31 33-2 | win | KO 6 |
55 | Mar 27, 2010 | 33 | José Alfaro | win | UD 12 |
54 | Aug 04, 2007 | 30 | 
David Díaz 31 32-1-1 | loss | UD 12 |
53 | Nov 18, 2006 | 30 | 
Manny Pacquiao 27 42-3-2 | loss | KO 3 |
52 | Jan 21, 2006 | 29 |
Manny Pacquiao 27 40-3-2 | loss | TKO 10 |
51 | Sep 10, 2005 | 29 | Zahir Raheem | loss | UD 12 |
50 | Mar 19, 2005 | 28 |
Manny Pacquiao 26 39-2-2 | win | UD 12 |
49 | Nov 27, 2004 | 28 | 
Marco Antonio Barrera 30 58-4 | loss | MD 12 |
48 | Jul 31, 2004 | 27 | 
Carlos Hernández 33 40-3-1 | win | UD 12 |
47 | Feb 28, 2004 | 27 | 
Jesús Chávez 31 40-2 | win | UD 12 |
46 | Oct 04, 2003 | 27 | Guty Espadas Jr. | win | KO 3 |
45 | Jul 31, 2003 | 26 | Fernando Velárdez | win | TKO 5 |
44 | Feb 22, 2003 | 26 | Eddie Croft | win | TKO 3 |
43 | Nov 16, 2002 | 26 | 
Paulie Ayala 32 34-1 | win | UD 12 |
42 | Jun 22, 2002 | 25 |
Marco Antonio Barrera 28 54-3 | loss | UD 12 |
41 | Jul 28, 2001 | 24 | In-Jin Chi | win | UD 12 |
40 | Feb 17, 2001 | 24 | Guty Espadas Jr. | win | UD 12 |
39 | Dec 09, 2000 | 24 | Rodney Jones | win | KO 1 |
38 | Sep 02, 2000 | 24 | 
Kevin Kelley 33 51-4-2 | win | TKO 7 |
37 | Jun 17, 2000 | 23 | Mike Juárez | win | KO 3 |
36 | Feb 19, 2000 | 23 |
Marco Antonio Barrera 26 49-2 | win | SD 12 |
35 | Oct 22, 1999 | 23 | Wayne McCullough | win | UD 12 |
34 | Jul 31, 1999 | 22 | 
Reynante Jamili 26 39-4 | win | TKO 6 |
33 | May 08, 1999 | 22 | Juan Carlos Ramírez | win | RTD 9 |
32 | Feb 13, 1999 | 22 | Ángel Chacón | win | KO 2 |
31 | Sep 12, 1998 | 22 | 
Junior Jones 27 44-3 | win | KO 4 |
30 | May 16, 1998 | 21 | José Luis Bueno | win | KO 2 |
29 | Apr 03, 1998 | 21 | Remigio Molina | win | TKO 6 |
28 | Dec 12, 1997 | 21 | John Lowey | win | RTD 7 |
27 | Sep 06, 1997 | 21 | 
Daniel Zaragoza 39 55-7-3 | win | KO 11 |
26 | Apr 04, 1997 | 20 | Concepcion Velásquez | win | TKO 8 |
25 | Nov 29, 1996 | 20 | Robbie Lovato | win | PTS 10 |
24 | Oct 12, 1996 | 20 | Pedro Javier Torres | win | KO 2 |
23 | Jun 07, 1996 | 19 | Hector Acero Sánchez | win | UD 12 |
22 | Apr 22, 1996 | 19 | Lee Cargle | win | TKO 2 |
21 | Feb 25, 1996 | 19 | Rudy Bradley | win | TKO 11 |
20 | Dec 18, 1995 | 19 | Kenny Mitchell | win | TKO 2 |
19 | Nov 10, 1995 | 19 | Enrique Angeles | win | UD 12 |
18 | Sep 09, 1995 | 19 | Alberto Martínez | win | TKO 4 |
17 | Jul 14, 1995 | 18 | Juan Luis Torres | win | UD 12 |
16 | Jun 02, 1995 | 18 | Armando Castro | win | TKO 10 |
15 | Apr 21, 1995 | 18 | Enrique Jupiter | win | TKO 6 |
14 | Feb 03, 1995 | 18 | Ricky Hernández | win | KO 1 |
13 | Dec 19, 1994 | 18 | José Valdez | win | TKO 3 |
12 | Nov 28, 1994 | 18 | Ramón Magana | win | TKO 2 |
11 | Oct 17, 1994 | 18 | Idelfonso Bernal | win | KO 3 |
10 | Aug 22, 1994 | 17 | Julio César Cardona | win | KO 2 |
9 | Mar 26, 1994 | 17 | Isidro Nolasco | win | PTS 8 |
8 | Jan 21, 1994 | 17 | Paul Olvera | win | KO 3 |
7 | Dec 06, 1993 | 17 | Alfonso Mota | win | KO 2 |
6 | Oct 22, 1993 | 17 | Jaime Abrica | win | KO 2 |
5 | Jul 26, 1993 | 16 | José Álvarez | win | UD 6 |
4 | Jul 08, 1993 | 16 | Marco Tovar | win | TKO 1 |
3 | May 25, 1993 | 16 | Óscar Maldonado | win | KO 3 |
2 | May 07, 1993 | 16 | Jaime Rodríguez | win | KO 2 |
1 | Mar 29, 1993 | 16 | José Orejel | win | KO 2 |