Boxer Iván Morales, without hesitating for a second, assured that it will cease to be a promise to become a reality and Mexico will have a new world champion this Saturday when it faces the British Lee Haskins, bantamweight monarch of the International Boxing Federation (IBF).
With champion blood in his veins, the brother of Erik “Terrible” Morales and Diego “Pelucho” was emerging as a serious candidate to win a title and more for his 28 victories in a row, but that streak was stopped in August of last year by Edgar “Power” Jiménez.
“I think many people at the beginning of my career had high expectations, they believed that in three or four years I would be world champion, unfortunately it took me longer,” said the boxer, who has a little more than six years of experience.
With that setback overcome, he made it clear that this promise is hours away from becoming a reality, from showing them the best Iván Morales has ever seen, “I’m sure that after May 14, Mexico will have a new world champion.”
He acknowledged that the defeat with Jiménez made him think many things, never in retirement as a professional and yes to amend his path, aware that the mistakes were his, “as my brother told me, ‘what you cannot defend in the ring as a man you cannot cry down as a child ‘”.
“I took it somewhat calmly, I knew that the mistake was mine, it was going to cost me dearly, people lose credibility in you, the team loses it, but here I am, at the bottom of the cannon to regain that credibility, to rebuild the I walk and get my career back ”, he added.
After beating Manuel Jiménez last December, a few weeks ago the expected opportunity arrived, the one he dreamed of and does not plan to miss, with which he would enter the history books, because if he wins, he will be the first with Erik and Diego. trio of Mexican brothers to be world monarchs.
“That’s why it was my idea that this year is fundamental and I had to do something important, I have what, that is in my head, I am a few days away from showing it, I have faith that if everything goes well it is because I have done things well , and when you do things well, everything turns out well, “he said.
Accompanied in Wales by his coach Carlos Duarte, his physical trainer Alberto López and “Pelucho” Morales, Iván has detected the pros and cons of Haskins, so he knows how to beat him on Saturday in the stellar contest of the evening.
“I saw that the first rounds are fast, when they attack him he counterattacks fast, I also saw that he is a little dirty, very good with his defense, he moves a lot, he is skilled. From my point of view it is a matter of having patience, managing the times well and working on hitting the body to reduce speed and leg movement, “he said.
Boxer Iván Morales wants to be reality and not promise
