Morales defeats Pacquiao!

Sunday, March 20 2005

By Trinidad Guzman, Chris Bronte and Herman Patton at ringside

In a superfight at 130lbs, Erik Morales scored an exciting unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday night in Las Vegas. In a wild round one, both fighters took turns hurting each other. Morales (48-2, 34 KOs) started to use his size advantage to outbox Pacquiao (39-3-2, 30 KOs) in round two. Morales continued to have success boxing in round three although both landed vicious shots. Morales continued to dictate the pace in round four and opened a deep vertical cut over Pacquiao's right eye with an unintentional head butt in round five. The cut was ruled to be caused by a punch. Pacquiao came out more aggressively foe the first half of round six, but Morales regained control over the round's second 90 seconds. Big bombs were landed by both in rounds seven and eight. Pacquiao appeared to pick up a second wind in round nine, and both fighters did well in the tenth. Morales appeared to have the edge in the eleventh. Morales shockingly came out in the twelfth and switched to the southpaw stance where he immediately got tagged hard. Pacquiao poured it on to the bell. In the end, scores were 115-113 on all cards.

yeah i heard... sad day today................................. :( :C

but to morales.. :M for giving manny that nasty head butt... :i

di ba boxing kamao lang?? bat cnama nya ulo??? hehehehe

di ba boxing kamao lang?? bat cnama nya ulo??? hehehehe

He was using his head :x

It's bad that our very own Manny lost the fight. But I think if my theory is right it is also good for Manny in the long run. Why? There are 4 main protagonist in their division. Barrera,Morales,Marquez and Pacquiao. Pacman beat Barrera and the latter beat Morales while Pacman and Marquez drew their fight. In the underworld of boxing where the mafia is legitimated where money rules. The big fight is always the rematch!!! and that is where the big money is. So how about a Barrera-Paquiao rematch? Morales-Paquiao rematch? And Marquez to anybody among the three? With this explosive match-up each paycheck will be no less than $1M for each fighter. So just 3 more fights for Manny he can retire for good and spend the rest of his life in billiard table and cockfights where he could also excel.

It was a good fight. A rematch will surely be set. It is sad to hear that manny lost the fight, but Morales is a great fighter. Morales is known for his counter punches, he surely landed those strong counter punches today. I don't know but most of the rounds, it seems that pacquiao's punches were powerless. Don't get me wrong here, I am for pacquiao.

yup! I also noticed the punches unleashed by PACMAN!!.. maybe because of boxing glove that his manager is promoting.. I mean PACMAN didn't wear/use his favorite boxing gloves..

:? :g

Morales did intelligent fight. Pacquiao did his best even thou he lost. I think Manny must be happy also because he was able to score in the fight also. So parehas silang nakatama at mukhang match talaga ang laban, para sa akin.

Siguro dapat hindi na sinisisi ni Manny ang gloves niyang ginamit. Dapat tanggapin nalang ang pagkatalo niya. Marami pa naman siyang chances na maging successful sa boxing career niya.

I think kaya siguro siya natalo para maging lalong humble siya at tayong mga Pinoy. Also para lalo siyang magtiwala sa Diyos na ang lakas ay galing lang sa Diyos at talino na ginagamit niya sa mga laban. In short he must depend on God alone.

one thing i noticed is that parang medyo mahina yung mga suntok ni manny pac... tsaka unlike those punches he gave to 3k battery.. ibang iba eh...

Manny should train more.....Manny is tough but Morales is an experienced skilled fighter......6 years ago Morales was already a world class fighter while Manny was just making his debut.......In due time and with more training Manny will achieve his objectives.......

official Paquiao-Morales score card...
Judge Dave Moretti noted that the cut of Manny was caused by a punch :S

one thing i noticed is that parang medyo mahina yung mga suntok ni manny pac... tsaka unlike those punches he gave to 3k battery.. ibang iba eh...

parang iba nga mga suntok ni manny... parang di nya tinotodo.
baka na-mafia... mas oks siguro kung dito sa pinas ganapin yan

headbutt or not Pacquiao was beaten by a more skilled boxer, Pacquiao had 4 rounds to knockdown Morales before that ill fated headbutt on the 5th round got him and slowed him down in the process, in the end it's the wits more than muscle that sealed Pacquiao's fate.

had he spent the same time studying & planning strategy just as he did with physical training maybe just maybe he could've KO'd him or salvage a draw, Pacquiao's fighting style never changed throughout the match & Morales put that to his advantage. just like Ali, Morales just let Pacquiao punch himself out, throwing lots of punches but not doing enough damage just like Ali's "rode-a-dope" trick.

Pacquiao's achilles' heel is his vanity & his brains or the lack of it, many of you here will hate me for this but everybody's entitled to his own opinion, my final say is that loss is good for him, that'll teach him some humility "mayabang kasi."

tama si modular. malinis naman yon laban amining na natin na malakas talaga yon si morales malakas din ang will ni morales na manalo .hindi lang naman si pacman gusto manalo. yon si morales lahat gagawin din para manalo. yon head butt kalimutan na natin yon. kasama talaga sa boxing yon . saka wala naman nakita yon mga judges na foul. eh mga expert na sa boxing yon. eh tayo sa tv lang nanood. nagkaroon tuloy ng aliby si pacman kung bakit natalo. pride na lang ng pinoy yon. tangapin natin ng maluwag ang pagkatalo para igalang tayo ng ibang lahi. :g