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Feb 7, 2023 · Court documents showed Eric Morales caused the injuries that killed Simmons, but it took two years and multiple grand jury proceedings to get an indictment for manslaughter.
Feb 7, 2023 · Eric Niles Morales, 28, of Houston, has been charged with felony manslaughter in the death of Jaquaree Simmons, a 23-year-old Houston man who was found unconscious in his cell during Winter Storm...
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Feb 7, 2023 · The latest development is a manslaughter indictment against former detention officer Eric Morales in the death of Jaquaree Simmons. Attorney Dave Batton represented 11 other officers cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the same grand jury.
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- Erik Morales: Overview
- Erik Morales: Early Life and Amateur Career
- Erik Morales: The Professional
- Erik Morales: First World Title
- Erik Morales: Super Bantamweight
- Erik Morales: Featherweight
- Erik Morales, First Professional Loss
- Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera
- Erik Morales vs Manny Paquaio
- Erik Morales: – The Career Begins to Fade
Erik Morales or Érik Isaac Morales Elvira to give him his full name is a former Mexican professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He is/was the first Mexican born boxer in history to win world titles at four different weight classes. Erik Morales held: 1. The WBC Super bantamweight title from 1997 to 2000. 2. The WBC Featherweight title tw...
Legend has it that Erik Morales was actually born in a boxing gym! Born in the Zona Norte section of Tijuana (an area infamous for drug trafficking and prostitution) Erik Morales against his father wishes, initially began boxing at the age of five after ironically his mother gave her blessing for it. A professional fighter himself Jose Morales knew...
Erik Morales made his professional debut at the age of just 16, by knocking out Jose Orejel in just two rounds. Between 1993 and 1997, Morales quickly climbed the ranks of the Super bantamweight division, winning 26 fights, 20 of which by knockout. The wins including victories over former champions Kenny Mitchell and Hector Acero Sánchez which woul...
In 1996 Eric Morales admitted he was having great difficulty making the 122 pound Super bantamweight weight limit and was even considering moving up in weight. However, his decision to stay at Super bantamweight was rewarded on the 6th September, 1997 when at the age of 21 ‘El Terrible’ won his first world title by stopping Daniel Zaragoza (a membe...
Notable fights and defences.
As champion at this weight Erik Morales would take on some dangerous opponents; Junior Jones (44-3) was one such fighter for he had an impressive record and shared a training camp with Evander Holyfield. Morales nevertheless impressed and surprised everyone by stopping Jones in just four rounds. Moreover, on the 22nd October, 1999 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Erik Morales would make his 8thsuccessful defence of his WBC Super bantamweight title by beating Wayne McCullough of the United K...
After moving up in weight divisions Erik Morales in only his second fight at that weight fought Kevin Kelly on the 2ndof September, 2000 in El Paso, Texas, winning the WBC interim Featherweight championship by TKO in round seven. Morales firstly knocking Kelley down in rounds, five and seven before a barrage of six uppercuts ended with Kelly trappe...
Erik Morales vs Marco Antonio Barrera
Erik Morales would taste defeat for the first time when he lost a controversial majority decision and his WBC title against lineal champion, Marco Antonio Barrera on the 22ndof June, 2002, in a re-match of their classic fight of February 2000. Morales constantly pressed and dominated much of the first half of the fight clearly winning at least 4 of the first 6 rounds. However, he was cut on the bridge of the nose in the 2nd round, and suffered another cut and swelling over his right eye in th...
Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera – loss and response.
Erik Morales would immediately bounce back after his first loss with a streak of seven impressive wins: 1. In November 2002 Erik Morales won a dominating 12 round decision over former world champion Paulie Ayala to regain the WBC featherweight title. 2. In March 2003 Eric Morales defended his title and defeated Eddie Croft in devastating fashion, brutally disposing of him with a knockdown in round 2 before two further knockdowns in round 3 saw the fight waived off as a TKO. Croft in a terribl...
Many people actually questioned this fight at the time as Erik Morales was in blistering form whilst Barrera was coming off a terrible loss to Manny Pacquaio. Nevertheless, whilst most thought Barrera was a spent force the fight turned out to be anything but and on the 27thof November 2004, Marco Antonio Barrera proved every wrong when he defeated ...
Erik Morales however “would never take a backseat in a fight to anyone. The more you hurt him, the harder he came back at you. He fought like a real-life Incredible Hulk, growing stronger as his opponents tried to best him.” It was no surprise therefore when he recovered quickly, and started his second great trilogy with a win over three-division w...
Thereafter Erik Morales would move up in weight to 135 pounds in order to try and fulfil his desire to become the first Mexican to win titles in four different weight classes. However, he lost his next four fights doing so: Firstly to Zahir Raheem by a wide unanimous decision, before subsequently losing consecutive fights to a ‘prime’ Manny Pacquai...
Sep 5, 2023 · The ultimate test came on Sept. 6, 1997, when Morales faced off against Daniel Zaragoza for the World Boxing Council super-bantamweight title. At only 21, he demonstrated exceptional skill and tenacity, knocking out Zaragoza in the 11th round to claim his first world title.
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Sep 6, 2023 · Erik Morales Wins First World Title | Erik Morales vs Daniel Zaragoza | ON THIS DAY FREE FIGHT - YouTube. Top Rank Boxing. 2.62M subscribers. Subscribed. 304. 18K views 6 months ago...
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Born Erik Isaac Morales Elvira on September 1, 1976 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Morales followed his father’s footsteps into the boxing ring and turned pro in 1993. He won the NABF super bantamweight title before stopping Daniel Zaragoza (KO 11) for the WBC 122-pound title in 1997.
