Remember when MORALES turned Southpaw against PACQUIAO...

[eazy_mas]

Santa Cruz is a real good win though. Cruz SHOULD be the legit Lightweight champ, cause he got ROBBED against Casamayor

Santa Cruz also fought southpaw against David Diaz talking about Morales turning southpaw

[KingTito]

That was a great round and a great fight.

I think Pacquiao beats Diaz.

[oldgringo]

Erik Morales is my hero. this is what made him who he is. This is Erik Morales.

I second this. That **** was ****ing legendary. I don't give a **** what anyone else says. He faced a ****ing buzzsaw and turned Southpaw against a very dangerous opponent just to show him what the **** was up.

That's why Erik will always be one of my favorites, right behind Pernell and Toney.

[poeticlsykuac]

there was so much drama involving gloves in that trilogy. it hyped up the fights even more.

fight 1 winning-winning = manny was at a disadvantage because of the gloves.

fight 2 reyes-winning = manny won because of reyes gloves now.

fight 3 reyes-reyes = erik is gonna go for the ko he's wearing cleto-reyes.

there was so much back and forth before , in between and after those fights between manny and erik fans. it was great!

I'd say in the first fight, if they won Reyes gloves Manny would have been KO'd, Manny was hurt way more often then EM. I remember watching it a few times and even the announcers were like Manny should be happy they weren't wearing Reyes gloves. EM was rocking Manny regularly that fight, and EM was having some hand issues at the time.

[Domain]

Its a shame people rarely ever mention Pac vs Morales 1 at all in terms of most exciting fights.

that fight was blood and guts on both guys pacmans blood was all over morales white shorts and body, the blood and sweat made it slippery on the canvas and both guys were throwing with there last breath.

I was kinda pissed that pacman got cut so early I was like **** pacman doesnt handle being cut well.

Dude kept focusing on wiping his eyes..his brother bobby pac is the same way when soto cut him right after he rocked soto hard bobby pacquiao went to wipe his cut on his eye not realizing soto was rocked.

[Left Hook Tua]

I'd say in the first fight, if they won Reyes gloves Manny would have been KO'd, Manny was hurt way more often then EM. I remember watching it a few times and even the announcers were like Manny should be happy they weren't wearing Reyes gloves. EM was rocking Manny regularly that fight, and EM was having some hand issues at the time.

possible. manny took some mean shots. but erik wasn't really known as big puncher above 122. at 122 he was a monster.

everyone makes a big deal about reyes gloves but manny couldn't really get a "real" ko on erik because of his chin. erik got koed in the 2nd and 3rd because of exhaustion and no legs.

the only way i see reyes gloves helping manny ko erik is through the body shots. body shots with reyes probably hurt erik more than with the winning gloves. that's why erik gassed faster in the 2nd fight (in addition to the weight drain) he took a lot of mean body shots. people don't talk about it much because all they talk about is manny's straight lefts. erik can eat those all night. erik had a granite chin. if you look at the video and pay attention to the 2nd fight. manny hit him with a lot of popping body shots. that's what took his legs out.

[KILLA RIGHT]

Erik Morales > Pacquiao @ the end of the day.
Pac got lucky he caught him on his way out..

Yup the younger Morales got him and in his prime Erik would of destroyed him. Erik was a mans man and if u don't like Erik i really don't know why u watch boxing

[ferocity]

Thank god for the extra padding on the gloves or Morales would have got KO'd.

Yeah I forgot they didn't use Cleto Reyes gloves in that fight.

If they didn't use Cleto Reyes gloves Morales would have been knocked out easily. Morales controled the fight with his size and reach but when Manny hit him he would lose his focus. Manny would have taken him out if they didn't fight with pillows on there hands. Thanks to his ex-promoter Muhammad

Thats ****en bull****.

Did you know they used Celto Reyes in the Marquez fight and Pacquiao wasn't ever close to ko'ing Marquez.

Even in the second fight, Morales was dominating at first but you could tell he was past it, his time ****** and he no longer threw combos.

Morales was coming in with a lose to every Pacquiao fight and Morales still won and gave Pacquiao all he could handle.

You nutthuggers over rate Pacquiaos power.

[shadeyfizzle]

Thats ****en bull****.

Did you know they used Celto Reyes in the Marquez fight and Pacquiao wasn't ever close to ko'ing Marquez.

Even in the second fight, Morales was dominating at first but you could tell he was past it, his time ****** and he no longer threw combos.

Morales was coming in with a lose to every Pacquiao fight and Morales still won and gave Pacquiao all he could handle.

You nutthuggers over rate Pacquiaos power.

How did I know this jerk was going to come in here and flame up a perfectly good discussion

[Left Hook Tua]

Thats ****en bull****.

Did you know they used Celto Reyes in the Marquez fight and Pacquiao wasn't ever close to ko'ing Marquez.

Even in the second fight, Morales was dominating at first but you could tell he was past it, his time ****** and he no longer threw combos.

Morales was coming in with a lose to every Pacquiao fight and Morales still won and gave Pacquiao all he could handle.

You nutthuggers over rate Pacquiaos power.

how many times has marquez ever been knocked out?

0

how many times has marquez been knocked down?

not much and 4 of them were from pac.

i agree the cleto-reyes didn't help manny ko erik. erik had a granite chin and his ko was because of exhaustion and no legs.

no need to say manny's power is overrated though , feroz.