Grapes: Morales vs Pacquiao 2: Who wins and how?

KenJi · #1 (**permalink**) Jan 18, 06

Just for you who is gonna win the rematch this saturday.

Erik Morales easily won the first fight unanimously.

He stiffened Manny up with his jab and pretty much dominated the fight from the outside. The only time he was in trouble was when he tried to slug it out with the pacman.

I think if Pacquio can somehow solve Morales's jab and get on the inside he can do damage, and perhaps be the first to knockdown Morales and maybe TKO him.

but i believe its gonna be abody blow that would fell the mighty 'El Terrible'

so what say you.

I kinda wanna watch this fight actually

e_BoY · #2 (**permalink**) Jan 18, 06

Kenji you should watch Pride mang

Grapes · #3 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

Sorry I missed this.

While I agree that Morales won the fight the first time out, "easily" might be over-stating things. As you put it, there were occasions where he traded with Pacquio, and on those occasions Manny was able to put a bit of a scare into him. Morales was never able to hurt him, so the only danger was coming from the other direction. Eric was smart enough to hold him off.

With that said, I'm worried about Morales.. I think his career might have peaked. I feel like if Manny can lure him into more slugging, he might not escape unscathed this time around.

Wait a minute, has this fight already happened???

Kenji, you have no idea how hard it is out here to see sports other than cricket or tennis :`(

Grapes · #4 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

K, you're going to have to trust me when I say this buddy. I swear I did not know that what I typed above was basically borderline psychic. I just checked espn.com's boxing page...

KenJi · #5 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

I saw the fight live at a friends. Morales looked sluggish from about the 6th round on. No legs, after the 9th round he just stood on his stool looking like he didn't wanna fight.

Morales looking like he didn't WANNA FIGHT!! Manny never slowed the pressure from the first round but Morales was ruling the first 3 or 4 round soley on his jabbing skills, but by the 5 and 6th rounds Paquiao's body punches were doing its job of neutralizing Morales movement.

KenJi · #6 (**permalink**) Jan 23, 06

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Originally Posted by KenJi

Just for you who is gonna win the rematch this saturday.

I think if Pacquio can somehow solve Morales's jab and get on the inside he can do damage, and perhaps be the first to knockdown Morales and maybe TKO him.

but i believe its gonna be a body blow that would fell the mighty 'El Terrible'

so what say you.

I kinda wanna watch this fight actually

I was pretty close in my prediction too