Morales/Pacquiao 1 or Marquez/Pacquiao 1

One of the best things I've seen was Morales turning southpaw in the last round. Yup, as a Terrible fan, one of my favorite boxing moments. He actually turned southpaw in Rd. 11 for a bit, got tagged clean, and switched back, and I thought "WTF is he doing? Is this tactical? Well, its a bad tactic!!" Only in the 12th round did I realize that Morales was doing it for the pure badassery of it. It was 100% the wrong thing to do, but he did it anyway. And he almost paid for it, as his legs went weak off of shots several times, but he refused to turn back until the very last of the round. What a freaking chingon.

After that first round of Pac - JMM, it really turned into a very tactical fight with not that match action. maybe pleasing for the boxing nerds, but if you want to see blood and guts action, its really no comparison Loved that Terrible & Pac were constantly calling each other to "come, get some". Both dudes were chingones in the ring. And then, Morales going southpaw, just for the pure badassery of it... Its actually one of my fav fights of all time ... I am a huge Terrible fan though. One of the best things I've seen was Morales turning southpaw in the last round.

Morales going southpaw, puro chingon After that first round of Pac - JMM, it really turned into a very tactical fight with not that match action. maybe pleasing for the boxing nerds, but if you want to see blood and guts action, its really no comparison Loved that Terrible & Pac were constantly calling each other to "come, get some". Both dudes were chingones in the ring. And then, Morales going southpaw, just for the pure badassery of it... Its actually one of my fav fights of all time ... I am a huge Terrible fan though.

Morales-Pacquaio 1 Amazing fight and performance from a past prime Morales against one of the greats in their prime years.

Morales/Pacquiao baby. Pac/Marquez was an amazing feat by Marquez and a high drama fight, but it's not all that exciting to rewatch as the rounds wear on. The end result was amazing though. Morales/Pac was just a fuckin' barnburner. You knew you were seriously witnessing history as the fight progressed.

Sometimes it just amazes me how a prospect version of Pacquiao (1 handed brawler with no defense) could still make Mexican ATG's in their primes fits. morales wasn't in his prime for any of the pacquiao fights. he'd been in certified wars and had 50 fights on his CV. he turned pro when he was in his middle teens. and pacquiao was no prospect when he fought morales, either. he had just come off of a dominating win over over barrera, who was on the p4p list. pacquiao was already a world champion at several weights. not the complete fighter he would become later in life, but certainly not a prospect.

I think it's probably about who you like as a fighter... Morales is my all time favorite, nothing beats his bad-ass move in the 12-th round of first Pacquiao fight. One of the greatest rounds in boxing history if you ask me.

marquez and pacquiao both took a lot of breaks in their fights. its in their styles. marquez needs time to figure you out and slow the figh, and manny is just such a whirlwind that he needs a breather. morales recognized that manny wanted to have an on / off tempo, and didn't let him rest. makes for a better fight to rewatch, imo. that said, seeing a fighter go down three times in the first round, twice very hard and while he was seriously hurt, and come back was probably the greater spectacle when i watched it at the time. better replay value - morales better live wildness - marquez