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If Zahir and Morales were 130 pounds it wouldn't have made a difference. Zahir isn't a big guy at all. It's the way Morales looked is what I'm saying.
Was it just a bad style matchup? maybe but something was wrong and it wasn't the size of the opponent.
If Zahir did that to Morales, imagine what Floyd would have done to him when he was at 130+Comment
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Did you see the fight? It was a boring run fest!Zahir was potshotting and running on his bicycle. Morales even fought one handed at one point, purposely putting his left hand down and still knocked Raheem using only his one hand. (though it wasnt counted by the ref but Zahirs gloves touched the canvass)
Yes, granted, Zahir took it on points, but he did it against an overweight, undertrained Morales and in the most boring fashion ever. He won the fight...but he never won any fans with his style.Comment
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I remember the look on Pac's face live on HBO when he and his team were watching it on a the TV feed. He looked like he had just seen a ghost, watching Raheem totally destroy the fighter he just got schooled by in a clinic. It was hilarious!
Everyone knew that Morales was finished at that point in his career, everyone thought Morales should hang up the gloves... well, except Roach and Arum, LOL, and after Pac beat Raheem's leftovers, Pac moved up to p4p2. Pac got so much hype for beating a shot fighter Roach decided to make it a trilogy.
The *******s said, "Morales had a bad night, he was prime in Morales vs Pac 1, shot in Raheem vs Morales, and then super-prime for Morales vs Pac 2.
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HBO asked Morales why Raheem beat him so easily. He made no excuses for himself, he simply said Raheem was way too fast and very difficult to hit.
I think Morales expected Raheem to be easier than Pac since he just destroyed the biggest hype-job Pacquiao, but he realized Raheem was ever better and he should have trained even harder for Raheem.
Unfortunately for Morales, he lost his legs when he went back down in weight. He was beating Pac again in the rematch until his legs gave out from losing all that weight. Reminded me of Hearns vs Leonard, when Hearns was beating Leonard but suddenly just shut down and got TKO'd. The commentators said he came in too light on the scales and he might lose his legs. How right they were, the same thing happened to Morales that night in the rematch!
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This was Erik Morales' worst performance ever. Raheem recieved huge credit but lost his next fight I believe.Comment
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[QUOTE=Maestro USA;5130872]I remember the look on Pac's face live on HBO when he and his team were watching it on a the TV feed. He looked like he had just seen a ghost, watching Raheem totally destroy the fighter he just got schooled by in a clinic. It was hilarious!
Raheem totally destroyed Morales?Lol...As far as I can remember...Zahir was running almost the whole fight..his punches never hurt Erik.
I can jus imagine if Zahir fought PBF...It would probably rank as one of the most boring fights of all time...two potshotting runners...lolComment
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Oh no you're broke.HBO asked Morales why Raheem beat him so easily. He made no excuses for himself, he simply said Raheem was way too fast and very difficult to hit.
I think Morales expected Raheem to be easier than Pac since he just destroyed the biggest hype-job Pacquiao, but he realized Raheem was ever better and he should have trained even harder for Raheem.
Unfortunately for Morales, he lost his legs when he went back down in weight. He was beating Pac again in the rematch until his legs gave out from losing all that weight. Reminded me of Hearns vs Leonard, when Hearns was beating Leonard but suddenly just shut down and got TKO'd. The commentators said he came in too light on the scales and he might lose his legs. How right they were, the same thing happened to Morales that night in the rematch!
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