My respect for Pacquiao went up last night.

[Larry the boss]

Morales wasted 4 years of his prime(Age 30-33) in retirement, all because he lost to the greatest fighter in the world.

Morales couldve been champion at lightweight all this time. A shame really....

he didnt retire after fighting manny..david diaz retired him

[BigStereotype]

You ****ing *******s are straight up ******ed and know nothing about boxing, who cares about Pacquiao right now? Did you also know Barrera beat him? I don't see you making a thread about him, but what can you expect from fans who started following the sport after Pacquiao beat De La Hoya.

This statement just shows how ****** *******s really are
"I was under the impression that Morales was just not very good"

SMFH!

Uh...Pacquiao destroyed Barrera twice...

[cupocity303]

for beating a weight drained morales?

Yeah exactly.

They didn't want the matchup at 135 and Morales hired a Nutritionist for the first time, to make 130.

Morales may not be a natural 135 pounder or a 140 pounder for that matter, but I'm pretty sure that he will come into the ring a lot healthier and less drained then fighting at his "natural weight" that he can barely make anymore.

[Larry the boss]

Uh...Pacquiao destroyed Barrera twice...

he meant barrera beat morales

[The_Demon]

Thing is, he's good enough to stomp Ortiz and give Khan hell. That Morales did so well and arguably beat Maidana either says a lot about how good even a crap, shot Morales is or says even more about how bad 140 just might be. Kotelnik was a good technical boxer that kept the fight in the middle of the ring and Maidana lost a controversial decision many think he should have won.

nothing controversial about Kotelniks wins over Maidana imo,it was a very close fight that could have gone either,i feel Kotelnik gets very underrated these days anyway

[CarlosG815]

JoeyZags shows once again that he is the worst poster on this forum and the biggest joke on boxingscene.

You are such a simple minded dingleberry and it's not even funny.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

I was under the impression that Morales was just not very good based on how easily Pac ran through him.

Apparently Morales is a lot better than I or even he gave himself credit for. There is no reason he shouldve retired at age 29. He is one of the smartest technical boxers Ive ever seen, and couldve dominated any division that Pacquiao was not apart of.

Pacquiao makes extraordinary fighters like Morales look normal.

You expose your lack of boxing knowledge with this quote bro.

[baCCaT]

yea pac is so great that he refused to give jmm a fight after he whooped him twice and we've seen what floyd did to jmm, i know *******s will say that floyds came in heavier that night but i guess its ok for pac to fight weight drained top rank bumms who cant pull the trigger anymore ,have fun him fighting mosley (floyds 3rd left over) the guy they didnt want to fight a few years ago.

so if you believe jmm whooped pac twice, why then is it necessary that they fight for the third time?

[ADP02]

yea pac is so great that he refused to give jmm a fight after he whooped him twice

so if you believe jmm whooped pac twice, why then is it necessary that they fight for the third time?

Yup, I had said that his post was a total fail. Thanks for adding another point!

[chillifists]

Maidana may be bigger and more powerful than Pacquaio but they are different fighters!

More of a credit to Morales for putting on a performance like that against Maidana. Also much credit to get a victory over Manny Pacquaio when he was well past his prime back then, when he was expected to lose!

My respect for Erik Morales went up even higher last night!