Manny Pacquiao v Erik Morales **SPOILERS**

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Yet again Sky have missed out on a big fight live, so I've only just seen it, but what a fight it was, with Manny stopping Morales in the tenth.

It looked like Erik's many, many battles may be taking their toll, especially when Manny was working the body very well and you could see Morales wilting, having to move back all the time and taking a lot of clean shots.

Morales just didn't have the power to keep Pacquiao off him and if they fought again, it would be exactly the same for me, maybe Morales should consider retiring.

I think Pacquiao might have another go at Marco Atonio Barrera and at this rate, he'd win that one too, he's confidence is sky high, he's boxing better than ever and his conditioning is excellent, maybe another legend in the making?

I do wish Sky would get their act together and have these huge fights live, it's not good enough having to wait until Sunday morning.
 
It was a great fight :) (although I enjoyed Mormeck v Bell more)

Good thing I had bet on Pac man... Although I thought that he would have won on points to set up the rubber match.

I wouldn't say that Pacquiao will be a legend, he was schooled by Marquez (apart from the 1st round obviously) and I'd say that Raheem would beat him too as with most of the top slick boxers.

However I will have to disagree and say that Barrera would beat him if they fought again, Barrera is the more skilled and rounded boxer compared to Morales IMO.

I'd really would have liked to have seen Pac Man fight Chi when he was at featherweight.

The problem that Sky have is the huge sum of money they would have to pay to show them Live coupled with the lack of boxing interest in this country, it just doesn't make any sense for them to pay so much to show it live instead of paying less to show it delayed and have it shown at a time when more people will be watching.
 
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Smit said:
Good thing I had bet on Pac man... Although I thought that he would have won on points to set up the rubber match.

I thought Morales would have won on points myself, I thought he had too much for Pacquiao, wrong again. :(

Smit said:
However I will have to disagree and say that Barrera would beat him if they fought again, Barrera is the more skilled and rounded boxer compared to Morales IMO.

I think Barrera is coming to the end of his career as well and if Pacman fought the same way, I think he'd take care of him as well, although it won't be as easy to land the body punches on Barrera.

Smit said:
The problem that Sky have is the huge sum of money they would have to pay to show them Live coupled with the lack of boxing interest in this country, it just doesn't make any sense for them to pay so much to show it live instead of paying less to show it delayed and have it shown at a time when more people will be watching.

I suppose a lot of people aren't interested in the non-heavyweights, which is a real shame, as the better fights come from the lower divisions.

It's just really annoying, because there's nothing better than watching these fights live and I'm sure there would have been a pretty good interest, even if it was on pay per view, I'd have paid for sure.
 
Big Kev said:
I thought Morales would have won on points myself, I thought he had too much for Pacquiao, wrong again. :(

I was thinking that the fight would have been close and so the judges would have went for PacMan seeing as they announced that if he were to win then there would be a rubber match (3rd match) which would generate a lot of interest and money


Big Kev said:
I suppose a lot of people aren't interested in the non-heavyweights, which is a real shame, as the better fights come from the lower divisions.

It's just really annoying, because there's nothing better than watching these fights live and I'm sure there would have been a pretty good interest, even if it was on pay per view, I'd have paid for sure.

I wish they would show them live but I can see it from their point of view aswell... The general public wont have any idea who Morales or Pacman is so the money they spend advertising and securing the rights to show it live will be far greater than the amount of money they get from PPV sales.

Whereas the likes of Hatton have a big following as it is and most sportsfans and some non sports fans will know or have atleast heard of Hatton before. So it's easier and less of a risk to show him live and/or on PPV
 
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