Roach Says Morales Fight is On

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach said yesterday that the third fight with legendary Mexican Erik “El Terrible” Morales will take place in September and that “one or two pounds won’t make much of a difference because Manny will knock him out, regardless.” [details]

[xzworks]

Morales KO roach in round 1.. 5 seconds... LOL!!

[AIR_KENG]

what bob arum wants, and in this case what morales wants, arum and morales gets... at least we will have another excuse if the unfortunate happens... haha!

[LostGuy]

it took arguello 2 rounds to knock out roach oh wait that was kevin rooney.

i wish morales would get a tune up rematch though cause he needs a confidence boost after losing 3 of the last 4 fights and not having a knockout since hm guty espadas and hes coming off a knockout loss to the same guy. its way way early but right now id definitely pick pacman to beat morales again even if morales came in at 135 and pacman at 130.

[JoartCC]

Filipino ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach said yesterday that the third fight with legendary Mexican Erik “El Terrible” Morales will take place in September and that “one or two pounds won’t make much of a difference because Manny will knock him out, regardless.” [details]

Oh yeah, Let's get it on and prove who's the better man.

[JaNnO]

the fact that shelly was mum on pac's stand on the matter tells me that this deal is no way a go, at least at the moment. imo arum, shaw & co want the rubber match to roll earlier to create more interest in this fight in case they get pac's nod to step up at 132lbs. arum is hell bent of shutting out dela hoya for this hbo date and he will do anything to get this fight going. it is possible that they will offer manny additional money for the difference.

as for the catch weight of 132lbs, this only validates that manny is the the real champ at 130lbs. this also shows that the only way erik will have a chance against manny is to have the latter handicapped and imo puts a big question mark on erik's being called a "true warrior".
a true warrior one fights under any circumstances even if he knows that the odds is against him. based on this alone, one can make a good argument that manny is the true warrior between the two.

[legacyofbrutality]

Thats horrible why should pacquiao's camp follow what Morales wants? Pacquiao won the last fight decisively they should go by what pacquiao wants which is to fight at 130, Roach is now officially going against his word about pacquiao not moving up past 130 i know its two pounds but it could be two pounds too many.

[SuckaPunch]

This is the 100th thread that fans are arguing whether the next fight should be at 130 or 132

[legacyofbrutality]

well im just mad now because its for sure gonna be at 132 thats all that gets to me, before there was at least a chance that theyd honor the actual contract.

[flipside]

maybe roach has something prepared, or he knows something we dont