Erik Morales is heralded as one of the greatest Mexican boxers of all time after becoming the first man from his country to be a four-weight world champion, and he has now named the fighter whom he believes to be the current pound-for-pound king.<\/p>\n
Morales won his first 41 professional contests and captured the WBC and WBO super-bantamweight titles, as well as the WBC featherweight crown along the way, before suffering a defeat in a rematch with fierce rival Marco Antonio Barrera in 2002.<\/p>\n
The Tijuana-born legend bounced back to reclaim the then-vacant WBC super-featherweight strap in the fight that followed and made two defences before moving up and capturing the WBC super-featherweight title and then the IBF belt, before losing to Barrera once again in their trilogy bout<\/a>.<\/p>\n After overcoming Manny Pacquiao, Morales then went on to lose four straight contests \u2013 including two defeats to \u2018Pac Man\u2019 \u2013 with Morales then making the decision to retire.<\/p>\n After three years away, Morales made his comeback and\u00a0knocked out Pablo C\u00e9sar Cano to get his hands on the WBC super-lightweight world title in 2011<\/a> to make Mexican history \u2013 before retiring for good after two losses to Danny Garcia.<\/p>\n