Men among Boys: Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales set to Rumble
Isaac Barrio - 1/20/2005
No monetary contract disputes. No promoters flapping their yaps. Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales promise pure boxing fury.
In a day and age in which fighters hide behind the protective skirts of their promoters, Pacquiao and Morales separate themselves in a quest for boxing immortality. Pacquiao and Morales is a cut above the rest because we have two fighters of great magnitude and skill coming together after a short time period of negotiation. Pacquiao and Morales bucked the system and tore through the red tape in making this bout, and for that they need to be applauded.
The bout itself promises to be the early runner for fight of the year…hell make that fight of the century.
In Pacquiao and Morales, we have two furious fighters in their prime. Neither one will back down and succumb to the will of the other. Pacquiao is on a tear through the weight divisions and is taking on anyone brave enough to step into the ring.
In my eyes, Pacquiao successfully defeated Juan Manuel Marquez in a rematch that never actually took place inside the ring. Why? Because based on their first bout, Juan Manuel Marquez did not have the huevos (BALLS) to negotiate a rematch…and to me that constitutes Defeat.
Unlike Marquez, Morales put aside childish demands in order to make this fight. Morales is coming off another controversial defeat to archrival Marco Antonio Barrera, a fight in which he showed tremendous heart. Morales made such an amazing comeback against Barrera that it is easy to argue that Morales won. True to his warrior past, Morales did not sit around feeling sorry for himself. Opportunity for greatness knocked and Morales answered by making this bout with Pacquiao a reality.
So who wins this bout of the Century?
What we have been waiting for. Who will win this fight? Your answer is as good as mine. We don't and won't know until the fight actually is complete. It can go either way... a pick type of fight. What I do know is that there is no shame in losing to Manny Pacquiao or Erik Morales. Both are great warriors and both will leave everything they have in the ring. There will be no holding back with these two. I once said that Pacquiao must bring his "A Game" if he fought Erik Morales, well the same goes for Morales. Morales must be on his "A Game" from the onset of the bout with Pacquiao. What I do predict is that it will be a great fight and just maybe it will be their first bout in yet another great boxing trilogy.
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