My first initial reaction to Morales v Maidana was, why? Why would an old Morales take on a dangerous young Maidana? As the "Action Heroes" fight night approached, I wasn't to interested in purchasing the Pay Per View fight, for fear that I would see Morales destroyed and embarrassed, that was no way to see a ring legend. With minutes before the undercards got underway, my curiosity to see Morales back in a meaningful fight, took over. I decided to "throw my money away" and purchase the fight. My brothers and I jokingly said that "Morales was gonna get killed". Morales was shown entering the arena with mexican wrestling legend, El Hijo Del Santo, I immediately thought, what a horrible way to get things started, this night is gonna be a joke.
The fight began as I thought, with Maidana being the aggressor and landing big shots on Morales. To make things worse, Maidana caught Morales with an upper cut to his eye in the first round, which quickly began to swell shut, no way Morales puts up a fight with one eye. To our amazement though, Morales began to counter Maidana's fury and slowly started to turn the tide on the fight. Before we knew it, he was fighting a vitage-Morales fight. Action packed, and back and forth rallies had us on our feet rooting for the old legend. Never did I think Morales can put up such a fight aginst his younger foe, but he did just that, and with one eye. Freakishly, his right eye swelled out of control, but Morlaes got tougher and dug deep to bring the fight to Fight of the Year status. I had the fight at a draw, but Maidana did enough in the "championship" rounds to be given the victory. 1 judge had it a draw, while the other 2 gave it to Maidana 116-112, I had it a draw(but who cares, right). Although Maidana won the fight and survived Morales's strong will and heart, Morales no doubt won the night as he showed that Ring Legends are not made, but are born. Epic fight. Great card as well, glad to have witnessed such a great night of boxing. Well worth my hard earned cash!
.Noez!
