Morales' long reach may pose danger to himself against PACQUIAO!!

[Hurlex]

god knows i hate morales but no...his reach is not a bad thing-hell no...morales will use the long jab and hold it there while setting right hand bombs to ko manny. and Morales is faster then he appears plus his skills are beyond great-i think even tho i dont want him to win(i am from nicaragua,not mexican ) i think morales will win by mid rounds ko(i think by one to the body)

[Chups]

I think the advantage of his long reach will outwiegh the disadvantage...and Moralles probably does realize this and has backup plan...

And the back-up plan is to back-up?

[torvix2000]

I have watched all of Erik's fights since MAB part 1 up to 130. And I haven't seen him not engage any boxer toe to toe. He does box but there are always rounds that he brawls.

One exception is against Ayala. Ayala was so small that it looked like Morales was boxing him. But hey, even Ayala was able to tag Morales with power lefts. But Ayala is a pigeon puncher.

[torvix2000]

god knows i hate morales but no...his reach is not a bad thing-hell no...morales will use the long jab

I think Pacquiao is a fighter that is not deterred by jabs. In fact, Pacquiao is the only fighter that likes to be jabbed.

Barrera is one of the best jabber out there and what happened? And you couldn't even say that he's not in shape because you don't need to be in perfect shape to throw effective jabs.

The moment Morales (or even MAB) throws a jab, Pacquiao will simply fire a counter fire that is as fast as Morales' jab but much more powerful.

Haven't you figure out why Marquez threw only a few jabs against Pacquiao? In fact, Pacquiao even outjabbed Marquez by a few.

The moment any fighter extend his arms, that is the time needed by Pacquiao to throw very quick power punches.

If Morales want to extend his arm, then make sure that it does more than a jab.

Marquez, when he extends his arms, has the purpose of gauging or neutralizing Pacquiao's right crosses which were previously effective against Barrera.

[Toller]

Good discussion guys. Man, this fight is a hard one to pick! I haven't really got a clue!

[MlLkMan]

Very true. ****ing your arm back would slower your punches and Pac can capitalize with his faster hands. Although he has to be very carefull, the more **** (lol) the more power and Pac might himself eating a delicious uppercut when he comes in. If he gets in range, Morales can pick him off with his longer arms, but fighting in closed quarters, longer arms won't be your best friend.

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[kadyo's]

I'm confused with the title of this thread. What? a long reach disadvantage? I'm no boxing expert but a longer reach in boxing is an advantage speciall if a skillfull fighter like morales posseses them. I'm for pac but I think if morales uses this long reach advantage to the hilt then he wins by UD.

[Kimmy]

The thing is also that Morales is used to having a big reach advantage being so tall and langy for a featherweight. Being used to it means he knows how to use it. And he would be used to a pressure puncher like punk man!

[MexicanBoxer]

Erik has that uppercut that will be the the key, manny will lunge and erik will cath him .

[kadyo's]

The thing is also that Morales is used to having a big reach advantage being so tall and langy for a featherweight. Being used to it means he knows how to use it. And he would be used to a pressure puncher like punk man!

That's the question, how will he handle the pressure of pac? will he run and use his reach advantage by moving laterally and sneak those jabs. But the thing is he is a warrior and he likes to brawl which is the style suited for the big punches of pac.