ksun247 Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 ROUND 13 Eric Morales vs Manny Pacquiao 2 is tonite on PPV. Should be a Helluva fight. A lot of controversy over the boxing gloves in the last fight. This time each boxer can wear whatever brand of gloves they choose. The first fight was great with Morales winning a 12 round unanimous decision. Believe this fight will be just as good as the first, if not better. This is a super featherweight matchup of two of today's better fighters. Pacquiao is a great fighter with power in both hands and non-stop offense. His defense is suspect, but his offense is lights out. Morales is a great boxer, who isn't afraid to mix it up and go toe-2-toe. Morales is coming off a BAD loss to an unknown fighter (Zahir Raheem). Hopefully, Morales can get his game back up to par, cause maybe his last fight was a fluke loss. Morales has been in a lot of BOXING WARS. Let's hope he has another war in him against Pacquiao. Winner could set up a rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera. SHOULD BE A CLASSIC. Can't wait. Another close fight, but I got Pacquiao by TKO in 11. No controversies this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Don't have ppv ....... ...please update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 The first fight was a pretty dominant performance by Morales. It was just a perfectly executed fightplan by Morales in the first fight. Something about Morales' recent fights with Barrera and Rahim make me think that Pacquaio's handspeed could give him trouble this time around. It's a toss up but based on the last fight between the two, I have to go with Morales. That first fight was the first time I ever watched Morales and thought he fought like a real complete boxer. Not much brawling, executed his plan and never strayed away, kept his hands up and had pretty decent defense. Going to be interesting to see if he can do it for 12 rounds again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedbng86 Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 just check out my sig to see who im cheerin for! go pac man! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCalMike Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 I remember Manny was very pissed off that he couldn't use a certain type of boxing glove for the fight, because it complimnented his hand speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksun247 Posted January 21, 2006 Author Share Posted January 21, 2006 I remember Manny was very pissed off that he couldn't use a certain type of boxing glove for the fight, because it complimnented his hand speed. Complimented his punching power (less padding). The gloves Morales used has more padding to protect his hands. http://www.fightnews.com/1011.htm "Next up was Fernando Beltran, the manager and co-promoter of Erik Morales. Beltran touched upon the excuses that were made by the Pacquiao camp for the loss in the first fight, particularly addressing the issue of the gloves. Pacquiao prefers Reyes boxing gloves, a reputed punchers glove, while Morales prefers Winning boxing gloves, which are said to offer more protection to the fighter's hands. By contractual obligation, in the first fight, both fighters used Winning gloves. However, in this fight, it is believed that Pacquiao will use the Reyes gloves while Morales will, again, use the Winning gloves. Beltran in response to the glove issue said, "From what I know, they build gloves to protect the hands. The gloves are not going to be a problem. Erik Morales told me we can fight with gloves or without gloves." Can't wait for the fight. WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 any updates? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Amazing fight so far, very close, lots of actions, and lots of bombs. WAY better than the first fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js79 Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2300980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Pacquaio won by 10th round TKO, great fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarhog Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Wow. Thats stunning. Morales has always had an iron-chin. Not watching, but hard to believe even Manny was able to drop him. Incredible. Boxing is one of my loves. It has the simultaneous potential of ludicrous injustice and earned glory. Sounds like tonight glory won. Good for Pacquiao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashmowf Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 waca waca waca.....PACMAAAAAAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Hopefully we can see a Pacquaio rematch with either JMM or MAB now. I'd like to see either of those fights though I kind of doubt that JMM will agree for money reasons. He has outpriced himself for every major fight ever since the first Pacquaio fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedbng86 Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 WHOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!!! pac pac pac pac man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksun247 Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 Great Fight. Guess my prediction of TKO in Round 11 was off by 1. :laugh: I thought the first round was even, but Pacman took the 2nd convincingly. Morales took 3-5 and Pacman took the rest until the stoppage. Morales's face told the whole story...His nose looked shattered and his legs was gone. Believe you could see the end in the 8th or 9th round, when Morales ran away at the end of the round and was booed. He didn't have it anymore. He's a warrior. He's been in some tough wars prior to this. It may be time for him to take a long vacation and retire his boxing gloves. Morales was a great boxer/fighter who had a GREAT career. As for Manny Pacquiao, I'd take a few months off and look for the next big payday. Manny will probably take the rematch with Barrera for big $$$ or with Juan Manuel Marquez. Either fight will be great, if they are anything like the first fights. CONGRATS PACMAN ..... :applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertoskins Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 there you have it paman-morales 2 p[acman wins 10th rnd KO way to go my countrymen from Philippines you makes phillippiines proud of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDSKNfaithfull Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 That was the first time Erick has been knocked down in his career and it was by a guy who probally walks around at 130lbs. Pac Man is a beast a little reckless but since the fight last year even in the loss became one of my favorite boxers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STaylorLayintheWOOD Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 yeah i was sorry to have missed this fight, i saw the first one and it was a war. pac man's handspeed is incredible and he packs some power for his weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofluid Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 I love watching Pacman string together those 5 punch combinations. When you combine his poor balance with his unreal hand speed it almost gives the appearance that he is literally floating in the ring. I was not going to order the card, but I caved in at around 8:30 like I usually do. I'm glad I did as we were treated to two highly entertaining wars. Castillo/Munoz on the undercard was thrilling, and Pac/Terrible goes without saying. I hope Pacman doesn't even entertain the thought of moving up to 135. He's a natural at 126, and he's fighting bigger men at 130. Where he goes from here I don't know, but I'd love to see him take on Juan Manuel Marquez and destroy the three Mexican warriors. I saw Marquez is fighting in Indonesia against Chris John for a meager 250K. When you factor in payments for trainers, travel etc. Marquez will probably walk away with close to nothing. John is no push over either, and Marquez will have to win decisvely in order to win on the cards. Hopefully he takes care of business and a superfight is made for the summer. I wouldn't be disappointed though, if Pacman chooses to take a tuneup before his next megafight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 I think Marquez would win a rematch with Pacquaio. He's a much better boxer and once he felt the power in the first fight, he was able to regroup and he won at the very least 8 of the last 11 rounds in that fight. I'd love to see those two fight again. Rarely do you see that type of performance in boxing. Marquez may be known for being a boring fighter, at least compared to Morales and Barrera, but he put on a great show in the first fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedbng86 Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 there you have it paman-morales 2 p[acman wins 10th rnd KO way to go my countrymen from Philippines you makes phillippiines proud of you AMEN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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