By Miguel Rivera
Former three division champion Erik "El Terrible" Morales is advising his Mexican rival, WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, to attack Manny Pacquiao in the early rounds of their fight. Marquez moves up to a catch-weight of 144-pounds to challenge Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight title on November 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Morales gives Marquez the edge in skills but says the size and power of Pacquiao will be hard to overcome if the pushes into the later rounds.
"[Pacquiao has improved a lot] due to his involvement for so many years in this profession, but his technique remains the same, dare I say, bad, so I think Juan Manuel Marquez has to take advantage of the early rounds, which is the time to hurt [Pacquiao] - because otherwise you can not do anything and your time [to hurt him] has already passed and also you are entering a weight division that is not your own," Morales said.
