After five rounds of action, Erik Morales was winning his rematch with Manny Pacquiao and appeared as if he might be on his way to a second win over the Filipino superstar. However, the tide turned dramatically in the sixth round and after that it was all Pac Man. By the tenth round, Morales appeared completely out of gas and was knocked down twice. Following the second knock down, refereee Kenny Bayless waved off the fight without a count for the first KO loss of Morales' illustrious career. Morales absorbed significant punishment during the fight and his nose appeared broken. After the fight, Pacquaio said he was willing to give Morales a rematch as called for in the fight contract, but Morales said he planned to take a long vacation from boxing. After losing three of his last four, that's not a bad idea at all. As for Pacquiao, he may be in line for a big-money rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera, who he stopped in 11 rounds in their first meeting in 2003.
Pacquiao Stops Morales
From Andrew Eisele, Former About.com GuideJanuary 22, 2006
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great fight, erik is a good fighter but manny is still the best. PACMAN manny mabuhay ka!
Hello po kuya many or bayaning pacman ng lahat ng mga Pilipino isa po ako sa tagahanga po ninyo halos ng laban ninyo napapahanga nyo po ako sobrang galling at lakas ng inyong kamao sa pagsuntok na parang bakal. Alam kop o na may laban po kayo ulit ni morales n sana ay gabayan kyo ng Poong Maykapal sa bawat laban ninyo n asana walang mangyaring masama sa inyo na sna ay manalo po kyo. Gusto kop o sana mapanood ang iyong laban sa las vegas at napanood kop o sa balita na kapag nanonood ng kosiyerto po ninyo ay magkakaroon ng pagkakataon na makasa s alas vegas para manood kung mabubunot sa raffle yong pangalan sana mapagbigyan po ninyo ang aking kahilingan na makasa sa inyong laban.
Maraming salamat po.
Lubos na Gumagalang’
Antonio S. Velasco “Tony”