On June 22, 2002, Érik Morales (41-0, 31 KOs), the featherweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Marco Antonio Barrera (54-3, 39 KOs). The vacant The Ring featherweight title is also on the line.
Érik Morales is coming in to the fight on a 41-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over In-Jin Chi, 10 months and 25 days ago. Marco Antonio Barrera is on a 5-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round RTD win over Enrique Sánchez, 9 months and 14 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98.5-1.5 in favor of Marco Antonio Barrera. Érik Morales won't be able to do much against Barrera.
Marco Antonio Barrera defeated Érik Morales via unanimous decision in the rematch and wins the WBC and The Ring titles. Barrera improves his record to 55-3, while Morales adds a loss to his record at 41-1.