http://www.hboppv.com/events/morales_pacquiao/ Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao Saturday, March 19. Live on Pay-Per-View from MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Las Vegas - Superstars Erik 'El Terrible' Morales and Manny Pacquiao will collide in a scorching showdown at MGM Grand Saturday, March 19. Top Rank and M & M Sports, in association with MGM Grand, will present Morales vs. Pacquiao in a 12-round super featherweight championship which will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View. "Fight fans are going to see an all-action fight from bell to bell," said Bob Arum of Top Rank. "This is an exciting event and this is what professional boxing is all about." "As they did in 2004, Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao continue to participate in some of the sport's most exciting and compelling match-ups," said Mark Taffet, HBO Senior Vice President of Sports Operations and pay-per-view. "This should be a great event for pay-per-view boxing fans." Morales, 47-2 with 34 knockouts, is a three-time world champion from Tijuana. Pacquiao, 39-2-2 with 30 knockouts, is a two-time world champion from Kibawe, Philippines. It is a riveting, historic match-up. Both fighters attack immediately, put pressure on their opponents and fire blistering punches. Morales and Pacquiao have been in many thrilling championship battles and are recognized by many as the two top action fighters in any weight class. Tickets priced at $400, $300, $200, $125 and $75, not including applicable service charges and taxes, go on sale Friday, Jan.14 at Noon at the MGM Grand Garden Arena box office. Tickets also are sold at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (Tower Records/WOW!, Smith's Food and Drug Centers, Robinsons-May stores and Ritmo Latino locations.) To charge by phone with a major credit card, call Ticketmaster at (702)-474-4000. Tickets are also available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com. For room packages, availability and event ticket information about MGM Grand, call (800)-929-1111 or (702)-891-7777 or log onto the World Wide Web at www.mgmgrand.com. The Morales vs. Pacquiao pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9pm ET/6pm PT on March 19, has a suggested retail price of $44.95, will be distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View and will be available to over 50 million pay-per-view homes. HBO Pay-Per-View is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry.
Pacquiao is the best thing going in boxing these days, right up until Vitali Klitschko knocks the hell out of Lennox Lewis. I'd be one happy person.
Yes defiently waiting to see Klitschko beat the crap out of him. You know Lewis' trainers are probably telling him to go after his eye cause he has been known to cut there real easily like he did before and they probably want to make sure and stop the fight before he does get his butt kicked.
I saw him fight Marco Antonio Barrera last summer here in S.A. 20 thousand Mexicans left the Alamodome silent when he dropped him! Pacquao aint no joke!
Man cmon, you guys serious? Morales is going to lay this kid out. Manny did not fight the real barrera. For those of you that have kept up with Marco Antonio know, he was not the same Barrera the night he fight paq. I think this fight will go about 9 rounds.
I think Pac has more power than Morales, if Morales trades with Pac, he's gonna get KO. Just look at how Pac know down yawn manual marquez FOUR times in the first round. I don't think morales can defense and box like yawn, he's gonna get hit.
Juan Marquez stunned Paq in the 8th round, and wobbled, if the round wouldnt have been over it could have been dropped. I've seen Paq get laid out twice in 3 rounds by some hard hitters. Dont get my wrong, Paq is a damn good fighter, but if he wants to trade with Morales, he wont last Morales power. I put money on this...
BTW.... I think Paq strategy wont work anymore. He beat Barrera when no one had heard about him, or seen much on him. No one knew what to expect. The guy fights the same exact way in every fight. Jab, Jab, Right...Jab, Jab, right. Anyone notice JMarquez get back into the fight once he figured him out? Morales is going to let Paq be the aggresser at first, and hes just going to stand and counter his ass all night. Everyones figured him out already. If Morales keeps his guard down, and Paq lands a right, he could possibly go down, its hard to believe that he'll knock out morales.
I remember them saying this before the Barrera fight. Pac will win, unless he gets that one shot from Morales. But I dont think Morales has that hitting power anymore.
