Eric Morel
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Eric Arturo Morel is a Puerto Rican professional boxer
Boxing
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. He is a former World Boxing Association
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 (WBA) flyweight
Flyweight
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 (112 lb
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) champion.

Amateur career

Morel had an outstanding amateur career, and was the National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight Champion in 1994. He also was a member of the 1996 US Olympic Team as a Flyweight. His result was:

Lost to Maikro Romero
Maikro Romero
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 (Cuba) 12-24

Flyweight

"Little Hands Of Steel" turned professional in 1996 and won his first 33 bouts, including the WBA Flyweight
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 title with a decision win over Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym in 2000. He defended the belt five times with wins over Gilberto Keb Baas
Gilberto Keb Baas
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, Denkaosan Kaovichit
Denkaosan Kaovichit
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, and Isidro García
Isidro García
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 before losing it to Lorenzo Parra
Lorenzo Parra
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 by decision in 2003.

Super Flyweight

He then moved up in weight and took on WBA Super Flyweight
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 title holder Martin Castillo
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 in 2005, but lost a decision. Morel was scheduled to fight Z Gorres
Z Gorres
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 for the interim WBO bantamweight title on November 14, 2009, but after the latter's last fight, he (Gorres) suffered a major injury that delayed his boxing career, so the fight was called off. He then returned to the ring against Gerry Penalosa
Gerry Peñalosa
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 February 13, 2010; That ended in a win for Eric Morel. He then deafted Juan Jose Beltran December 11, 2010 as an 2-0 record since his return. His next and latest match was against Luis Maldonado April 1, 2011; That now has his record at 3-0 since his return from injury.

Outside the ring

Shortly after the loss to Castillo, Morel was convicted of sexual assault of a drunken 15-year-old girl and was sent to prison http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2964627. In July 2007, Morel was granted an early release within 30 days of August 1, 2007 to allow him to serve the remainder of his sentence on extended supervision.

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