Review: 2002-11-16, Erik Morales vs Paulie Ayala was certainly one of the best boxing fights of 2002. Erik “El Terrible” Morales had just lost his first fight and the WBC featherweight title against Marco Antonio Barrera, but he chose an opponent not very easy: Paulie Ayala. For Ayala was the first fight in the featherweight division but he was one of the strongest boxers of that time, who had lost only once (against Joichiro Tatsuyoshi in Japan) but who had already won several world titles in the bantam and super bantam division. Watch the video!
Date: 2002-11-16
Where: Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Division: featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg)
Title: vacant WBC featherweight title
Result: Click here to show the fight’s result
Erik Morales def. Paulie Ayala (unanimous decision, 117-111, 117-111, 116-112)
Official video:
