On This Day: Pacquiao gains revenge over Morales

ONE HELL OF A FIGHT.. HATERS GONNA HATE LOL. :dance: Yep :boxing:

poochiao fought him at the perfect time....drained, coming off a one sided schooling, mentally defeated, etc......but then again, a lot of fighters he faced were drained, coming off a one sided schooling, mentally defeated, etc.

Great win for Manny. Stopping a guy coming off a shutout loss and moving down in weight twice in a row. Two of his greatest victories in the ring. Hey, it was still a good fight, man!

ONE HELL OF A FIGHT.. HATERS GONNA HATE LOL. :dance:

A lot of people were surprised at what Manny did to Morales in the second fight, but the third fight was just shocking. It's awesome looking back at these fights. There's no one around in boxing today who can move like that.

It's cool mate. It's a thread for opinions after all. Lol, I'm not everyone's favourite guy here either, i rub people up the wrong way from time to time. I try to stick up a thread like this now and again, whenever i see one has been posted by 'Boxing news'. I prefer the older stories to be honest. The one's after '2000' seem a bit too recent at times. Yea after 2000 is recent unless its a groundbreaking event like odlh/ money or fight like Castillo / corrales....best fight I ever watched live.... Goosebumps thinking about it

How often do you do these threads,my man. Wasn't trying to trash your thread, just saying how I felt at the time the fight was made and looking back in retropsect I was a huge Morales fan and definitely felt since he was the winner that he deserved a good catchweight He didn't look good at 130 at all even though his biggest career win was there.....every great fighter has one great fight left He looked like a dead man walking when the bell rang im not anyones favorite guy on this forum, nor do I care but Im still gonna speak my mind. It's cool mate. It's a thread for opinions after all. Lol, I'm not everyone's favourite guy here either, i rub people up the wrong way from time to time. I try to stick up a thread like this now and again, whenever i see one has been posted by 'Boxing news'. I prefer the older stories to be honest. The one's after '2000' seem a bit too recent at times.

As usual, some haters are trying to discredit Pacquiao's win over Morales. Pitiful!

On this day (2006) : Erik Morales wanted to repeat his victory over Manny Pacquiao but the Filipino had other ideas. http://static.boxrec.com/thumb/a/a3/Pacquiao-Morales_II-42-16290154.jpg/400px-Pacquiao-Morales_II-42-16290154.jpg ON THIS DAY back in 2006, Manny Pacquiao’s reputation continued on its upwards trajectory as he avenged his defeat the year previously to Erik Morales, stopping the Mexican in the 10th round at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Pacquiao defended his WBC International super featherweight belt that he had won the fight before, a 6th round stoppage win over Hector Velazquez and the contest was also an eliminator for the WBC title. Even so, to the majority, this was viewed as a world title fight. After their first fight, which ended in a close unanimous decision in Morales’ favour, anticipation was high for the rematch and another clash between two of the biggest names in the smaller weight classes at the time. Morales was already a three-weight champion, losing the super featherweight title in the final chapter of his famous trilogy with arch rival Marco Antonio Barrera and he was desperate to reclaim it. Pacquiao had won titles at different weights, and the aura surrounding him was growing at a rapid rate back in 2006. The two entered the fight having both fought separate opponents in September 2005 on the same night. Pacquiao got the win over Velazquez, whilst “El Terrible” was defeated by Zahir Raheem as he stepped up to lightweight. Following the defeat, many observers put their faith in “Pac-Man”, who made the weight with ease, whilst Morales struggled in camp and just squeezed inside the limit of 130lbs. Pacquiao justified the faith, seemingly knocking Morales down twice early on, however the wily Mexican survived both attempts, when he held himself up on the ropes the first time around and then falling onto referee Kenny Bayless. Pacquiao, who was guaranteed a $2 million purse, put his foot on the gas and really started to get to Morales, but the Mexican kept it close until the 10th round. Morales went down early and was quickly into survival mode. But the unrelenting Pacquiao homed in on him, putting him down again heavily and forcing Bayless to stop the fight with 2:33 gone in what was to be the final round. The Filipino moved to 41-3-2 whilst Morales slipped to 48-4 and the decline would continue for the future Hall of Famer. He would take on Pacquiao again in October that year to lose his second trilogy, to go with the Barrera defeats, but this time he was stopped inside three rounds, before a loss to the lightweight champion David Diaz convinced him to announce his retirement. He did return three years later winning a light-welterweight title, but two defeats to Danny Garcia retired him for good in 2012. After this win over Morales, he had to wait two years to get his shot at the WBC title, where he beat Juan Manuel Marquez for the belt in the second fight of their long rivalry. How often do you do these threads,my man. Wasn't trying to trash your thread, just saying how I felt at the time the fight was made and looking back in retropsect I was a huge Morales fan and definitely felt since he was the winner that he deserved a good catchweight He didn't look good at 130 at all even though his biggest career win was there.....every great fighter has one great fight left He looked like a dead man walking when the bell rang im not anyones favorite guy on this forum, nor do I care but Im still gonna speak my mind.

You always cry that nobody talks about boxing but when someone makes a thread hilighting a great fight you come in with your annoying bull****. You've got to be the most annoying poster on here. :lol1: Like this his meltdown is post number 3? : http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=699458

Respect to Chrismart who is a very good poster. I wish not to ruin your thread but I have a feeling my comments might. If so, my apologies. This is one of the most over rated wins ever. Zahir Raheem totally and completely destroyed Morales in the previous fight. Zahir totally and completely outclassed Morales. Zahir was far slower than Manny yet beat Morales to the punch every time and lost maybe1 round. The only thing that saved Morales from brain damage (yes I mean that literally) was Raheem's lack of punching power. Serious and knowledgeable boxing fans knew Morales was going to struggle to make 130. These fans knew Morales would be a relatively easy night for Manny given his speed and power. Hey, no problem. Your post is fine. These 'On this day' stories appear on my facebook timeline from time to time as a boxing magazine i follow posts them up. If i catch them i often post them on here along with a video incase people want to recall the fight (or catch it for the first time even). When the story involves a certain group of fighters (Pacquiao being one of those fighters), i expect a certain amount of trolling ect. Looks like some of that has gone on already in the thread, but i don't look upon your post as trolling, or as you being a poster to do so. Just a post stating opinion, so no apologies necessary :ANYWORD:

The usually suspects :lol1: what a shocker.

You always cry that nobody talks about boxing but when someone makes a thread hilighting a great fight you come in with your annoying bull****. You've got to be the most annoying poster on here. I may be annoying to you but can you dispute any of the statements I made?

Calm down y'all Pacquiao was less than a -200 favorite. People want to act like Morales had no shot afterwards because Pac destroyed him but no one was saying that at the time. Plus the only thing separating fights 2 and 3 from the first fight (which he won) was Zahir Raheem, and it wasn't like Zahir Raheem beat the ability or physique out of Morales. Of course he did. Go watch that fight again. That was an epic destruction mitigated only by Raheem's lack of punching power. Look at how Morales looks during that fight. THis was WITHOUT having to lose the extra weight.

Calm down y'all Pacquiao was less than a -200 favorite. People want to act like Morales had no shot afterwards because Pac destroyed him but no one was saying that at the time. Plus the only thing separating fights 2 and 3 from the first fight (which he won) was Zahir Raheem, and it wasn't like Zahir Raheem beat the ability or physique out of Morales.

Respect to Chrismart who is a very good poster. I wish not to ruin your thread but I have a feeling my comments might. If so, my apologies. This is one of the most over rated wins ever. Zahir Raheem totally and completely destroyed Morales in the previous fight. Zahir totally and completely outclassed Morales. Zahir was far slower than Manny yet beat Morales to the punch every time and lost maybe1 round. The only thing that saved Morales from brain damage (yes I mean that literally) was Raheem's lack of punching power. Serious and knowledgeable boxing fans knew Morales was going to struggle to make 130. These fans knew Manny would be a relatively easy night for Manny given his speed and power. yet im a hater for pointing out the obvious...I like pacquiao a lot but I call it like I see it as well....anyone who followed boxing at the time knew this fight was set up for manny to win....Morales was coming off a loss and said 130 was too hard to make before the rematch

Do you automatically dislike Manny because you are pro-PBC (Haymon, indirectly Floyd etc)? Or are you automatically pro-PBC because you dislike Manny? I'd love to know which it is If I didn't like Pacquaio I wouldn't watch his fights or give him props being an ATG I knew when he fought on the lewis-tyson undercard he'd be great I also call a spade a spade...this fight did mark a change in how his team selected his opponents...you mad?

4 out of pacquiaos first 6 fights in HBO were vs Bererra, Marquez, and Morales. And that's why he became a star. When I see how these fighters duck and constantly make excuses, and look what Manny had to go through to become a star., it makes me realize none of these dudes will be stars. They all following Al Haymons recipe to never being a boxing star.

Great win for Manny. Stopping a guy coming off a shutout loss and moving down in weight twice in a row. Two of his greatest victories in the ring.

this fight marked the beginning of Manny ..... c) saying and Being "afraid" of needles, being weakened by drug testing and avoiding drug testing for fights ....Team Morales made it clear how hard it was for him to make 130 and refused the legend a fight at a higher weight Don't forget after this fight, Pacquiao still went life and death for his second fight with Marquez, as well as a pretty mediocre second fight with Barrera. If anything, it demonstrates that the featherweights (Marquez, Barrera, Morales) were competitive in a way that the bigger welterweights (De La Hoya, Hatton, Cotto) were not.