why are people calling the pac and morales figtht close??

[DR. FREECLOUD]

So you don't think it's too late?

sorry for buttin in guys but i gotta say that i don't think its too late. manny can use his determination towards perfecting his style into a boxer/puncher. manny at present is very 1 dimensional. manny is young and seems to love the sport. he prolly lives by the old saying "what does not kill me, makes me stronger" roach is a good trainer but manny needs someone else to transform him. if he doesn't change he will not last long as a top contender. i hope we see more of this guy personally.

[m00ks]

sorry for buttin in guys but i gotta say that i don't think its too late. manny can use his determination towards perfecting his style into a boxer/puncher. manny at present is very 1 dimensional. manny is young and seems to love the sport. he prolly lives by the old saying "what does not kill me, makes me stronger" roach is a good trainer but manny needs someone else to transform him. if he doesn't change he will not last long as a top contender. i hope we see more of this guy personally.

Who's the best guy for the job?

[baya]

mcgirt, hands down.

[mauricio95]

hat off great thread
that exactly the way i saw it

[DR. FREECLOUD]

i had this fight 8 rounds to 3. if thats what you call close then by all means it was close. but what made most feel that it was a closer fight were those that were only counting punches. while manny landed several great shots most of his punches were missing or grazing the target. sure he made it exciting by charging and throwing wildly. but most didn't connect. taking all things that go into scoring a fight into consideration, morales blew him away. ring generalship, effective aggressivness, defense, and clean punches landed. now about this cut. if you can watch the fight again and watch manny after round 2. he's breathing heavy, spitting blood and coughing. erik was calm and collected. manny was already swallowing blood. once the cut came manny felt like he was way behind and came out in the sixth looking for the ko. if anything the cut made manny dangerous fo a breif period in 6 and 7. but morales was smart and battled when he had too. when you lose blood you lose power. morales dictated the fight beginning to end. i mean c'mon even in the 12th round he had manny doing what he wanted him to. thats why he switched southpaw, he wanted to go to war and prove that he could not be ko'd by manny. was it a close fight? depends on who you were pulling for i guess.

[oldgringo]

Morales and Pacquiao should join forces and create a promotion team ala DLH/Hop. It should be called, "El Pinoyble" promotions or something like that. Actually they shouldn't nevermind.

[DR. FREECLOUD]

Who's the best guy for the job?

maybe mcgirt..maybe one of the mayweathers.

[m00ks]

i had this fight 8 rounds to 3. if thats what you call close then by all means it was close. but what made most feel that it was a closer fight were those that were only counting punches. while manny landed several great shots most of his punches were missing or grazing the target. sure he made it exciting by charging and throwing wildly. but most didn't connect. taking all things that go into scoring a fight into consideration, morales blew him away. ring generalship, effective aggressivness, defense, and clean punches landed. now about this cut. if you can watch the fight again and watch manny after round 2. he's breathing heavy, spitting blood and coughing. erik was calm and collected. manny was already swallowing blood. once the cut came manny felt like he was way behind and came out in the sixth looking for the ko. if anything the cut made manny dangerous fo a breif period in 6 and 7. but morales was smart and battled when he had too. when you lose blood you lose power. morales dictated the fight beginning to end. i mean c'mon even in the 12th round he had manny doing what he wanted him to. thats why he switched southpaw, he wanted to go to war and prove that he could not be ko'd by manny. was it a close fight? depends on who you were pulling for i guess.

Excellent post. As much as it pained me to see, thats' what I saw the second time around. But when Morales switched to southpaw, ah **** I was just praying for a KO to teach that punk Morales a humility lesson lol That would have been ****** and funny.

[cvt]

i liked the interview in the end:

Larry Merchant:'..honestly Erik, you loved standing toe to toe with him...'

Morales:'...'did you like it?...'

Larry Merchant:'....' I LOVED IT! '


definately a night for warriors...

[oldgringo]

Excellent post. As much as it pained me to see, thats' what I saw the second time around. But when Morales switched to southpaw, ah **** I was just praying for a KO to teach that punk Morales a humility lesson lol That would have been ****** and funny.

I haven't seen the fight yet STILL, but its sounds like he almost really made a mistake with his raging machismo. Erik and his ****in pride...

That woulda been like the Campbell/Peden fight. If Pac did knock him out after doing that, Morales would have had to hide under a rock for the rest of his life.