Pac-Man via 7th round stoppage.
I like the underdog, Morales by Decision.
Morales by decision in a war.
I think Morales is the better fighter, but the way he gassed last time makes me think he's going to the well one too many times trying to make this weight class. Pac by ko.
Pac by 9th-11th round KO.
BTW: they have a nice documentary on these two fighters on HBO on Demand. Really good doc. showing how they came up in the fight game.
There's one segment where Manny just finished his roadwork, then started fooling around with flurries. His flurries were super fast!
I like Morales in this one. Didnt they wheel Pacman out in a stretcher
in training camp after fainting or some shit a few months back?
Almost to close to call but I am not going to sit on the fence... Morales by JD. From what he said on fightnews, I think he'll box Pac.
Morales is shot, and even if he wasn't I think Pac would take him. Manny just gets better every fight and you can't say the same about MAB or Morales
Pac by KO
i would ask the people who're saying this fight will look like their first one to take a look at how much better Manny's right hands have gotten since then
I'm not making weight excuses....just using it as a reason to pick against him :)
hated seeing Morales down like that :(
reminded me of arguello sitting down vs. pryor. he just knew there was nothing to be done.
Hope he retires.
He'll be laughing all the way to Canastota.
I just watched the fight. Man, that was brutal. Watching him sitting down winking at his corner, I felt a mixture of sadness and joy. Sadness that such a great warrior is burnt out and joy that a kid from the streets managed to do what he did and now looks like he can walk away from it without regret.
Watching him sitting there, it made me realise that many times when a fighter is washed-up as a fighter, he is also washed up as a person because that's often all they are. Maybe it's because he has all the things slick mentioned above that made him look to me like he was just finished as a fighter, but not as a person. Does that make sense?
And does anyone have pics of his wife??? ;o)