Marco Antonio Barrera lands a blow on Erik Morales at the start of their World Boxing Council super featherweight title

Barrera - nicknamed The Baby Faced Assassin - starts well and has Morales bleeding by the eighth round

Morales, born in Tijuana, fights back and starts to trouble his fellow Mexican as neither fighter gives an inch

A truly epic contest nears a conclusion with both men suffering cuts and swelling

After 12 furious rounds it is up to the judges card who claims the title and Barrera, from Mexico City, takes it by a majority decision

Morales is shattered as he loses to his compatriot for the second time in three meetings since 2000

Barrera's promoter, the legendary Oscar de la Hoya, poses with the new champion