Marco Antonio Barrera claimed the WBC featherweight title with a unanimous points win over fellow Mexican Erik Morales in Las Vagas on Saturday night. He gained after losing a controversial decision to Morales last year, when the pair were WBO and WBC super-bantamweight champions respectively.
Morales dictated the pace in the early rounds but Barrera came on strong and took five of the last six rounds on the judges' scorecards. The winner finished the bout almost unscathed while Morales suffered a bad swelling to his right eye in the latter stages.
Filed by James Shortt
