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Barrera vs. Morales: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In a unification world title fight, Marco Antonio Barrera (Baby-Faced Assassin) and Érik Morales (El Terrible) put their super-bantamweight belts on the line. Barrera brings the WBO belt. Morales brings the WBC belt. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

26
Nov 22, 1989
49-2
16
36 (70.6%)
168 cm
178 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Dec 18, 1999
2m, 1d
6
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
23
Mar 29, 1993
35-0
9
28 (80%)
173 cm
183 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Oct 22, 1999
3m, 28d
35
WBAWBO
sBT
w1
d1
sBT
w2
d10
WBC
sBT
w1
d8
super-bantamweight
Saturday, 19 Feb 2000
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Érik Morales I

Date

This fight between Marco Antonio Barrera and Érik Morales took place on at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Érik Morales is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Marco Antonio Barrera is 168 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 183 cm, Morales also has reach advantage of 5 cms over Barrera's 178 cm. They have the same ape index of 10 cm.

Barrera is coming in to this fight with a record of 49-2 (36 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 1 day ago against Cesar Najera, which ended in a no-contest.

Morales comes in with an undefeated record of 35-0 (28 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 28 days ago against Wayne McCullough, which he won via 12 round unanimous decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Barrera will be 26 years and 1 month old. Morales will be 23 years and 5 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 65-35 in favor of Érik Morales. Here is the prediction for Barrera vs Morales.

Érik Morales is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Marco Antonio Barrera to win this one.

Result

Érik Morales defeated Marco Antonio Barrera via 12 round SD to win the WBO super-bantamweight title and retain the WBC super-bantamweight title. Barrera's 6 fight win streak comes to an end, and Morales advances his win streak to 36. Morales is now 36-0, and Barrera 49-3.

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