Marcos Maidana Decisions Erik Morales, But Erik Morales Scores The Biggest Moral Victory In Recent Memory

There was greatness still in the legendary Erik Morales Saturday night, even if it wasn't enough to overcome the mega-punching junior welterweight Marcos Maidana. Maidana won a majority decision over the aged Morales, but Morales -- a 6:1 underdog -- fought Maidana on even terms, and in so doing was some kind of emotional winner on the HBO pay-per-view.

This fight, a Fight of the Year candidate that nobody expected, is the latest piece of evidence to be entered into the case for why boxing is the greatest sport on the planet when it's at its finest. No other sport offers the opportunity for such heroics, for such improbability. Even a barely respectable trial lawyer could take this before the most purse-lipped judge and use it to win the argument for pugilism as the best sport that mankind had to offer.

On the undercard, there were yet more unexpected goings-on, namely middleweight James Kirkland losing the Upset of the Year favorite from here on out against Nobuhiro Ishida.

Source: http://queensberry-rules.com/2011-articles/april/marcos-maidana-decisions-erik-morales-but-erik-morales-scores-the-biggest-moral-victory-in-recent-memory.html

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