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Prime Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao - Who Wins?
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Originally posted by whirlwind View PostStill you didn't answer the question. You said Morales was past it at 28. I assume he was declining at 27 but then he lost to Barrera at 25 although it was close. Now the logical answer is....he was already in his prime at the age of 26 right?
For reference- Benitez was completely shot by 26/27 by the way and he even took a lot less damage than Morales in his career.
Barrera was actually considered on the downside in the first Morales fight in 2000. Morales was expected to win the fight easy because Barrera had just been KO'd and beaten up not too long ago.
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Originally posted by strykr619 View PostIf we are talking about both fighters in their Prime, the Pac that KOed Hatton and dismantled Cotto is scary.Originally posted by Fasttimes View PostWas Pac 122/126 for those fights?Originally posted by Capaedia View PostWe had faded slightly faded Morales beat up a very much prime Pacquiao.
Pacquiao didn't know how to control distance without movement. Still doesn't. Morales would take advantage of that every time.
Erik was prime from 122-130, pacquiao 130-147, it could not be denied that Pac learned from Pacquiao-Morales 1, I think it is after this fight that he actually primed ...
imho prime for prime pacquiao has a 70-30 advantage over morales and in 3 fights I see Eric could take 1W...
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Originally posted by Fasttimes View PostMorales was past it at 130. Has nothing to do with age. No one ages the same. His prime was probably around his win over Zaragoza to around 2002 or so. That's a long prime for anyone with the amount of wars he has had and for how long he'd have boxed..
For reference- Benitez was completely shot by 26/27 by the way and he even took a lot less damage than Morales in his career.
Barrera was actually considered on the downside in the first Morales fight in 2000. Morales was expected to win the fight easy because Barrera had just been KO'd and beaten up not too long ago.
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Originally posted by JOM'S View Postbros when did you think pacquiao or morales reach their prime?
Erik was prime from 122-130, pacquiao 130-147, it could not be denied that Pac learned from Pacquiao-Morales 1, I think it is after this fight that he actually primed ...
imho prime for prime pacquiao has a 70-30 advantage over morales and in 3 fights I see Eric could take 1W...
Manny "never wins fantasy fights" because they didn't coincide.
That is to say he was prime at one point, peak at another.
Another good example of this would be Lennox Lewis.
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Morales fought a prime Pacquiao and beat Pacquiao who was in his absolute prime. In their prime EM > Pac.
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I'm sorry, but this peak and prime, not prime garbage is just that...garbage. in their prime Morales beat Pacquiao. Morales got old against Raheem, and lost to Pac past his prime lol.
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Originally posted by Frank Ducketts View PostI'm sorry, but this peak and prime, not prime garbage is just that...garbage. in their prime Morales beat Pacquiao. Morales got old against Raheem, and lost to Pac past his prime lol.
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