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Mexicans beam with pride when recalling their countrymen’s epic effort back at the turn of the century. Ring Magazine‘s fight of 2000 was fully justified as the slender boxers belied their small stature to deliver a heavyweight performance which didn’t relent (the fifth round has to be seen to be believed) and resulted in Morales winning by a split decision. But considering that Barrera had the only knockdown of the fight, many complained at the outcome which quelle surprise led to a rematch (won by Barrera via a unanimous outcome). Cue the third fight (this time at Super Featherweight) where Barrera was declared the winner by a majority decision.