Round by Round: Morales -vs- Pacquiao

By Will Lassalle

20/03/2005

Round by Round: Morales -vs- Pacquiao

Pre-Fight
Tale of the tape has pacman at 139 tonight and Morales at 140lbs. Wow looks like the weight factor won’t be much for Morales. Pac comes into eye of the tiger!!! Wooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! Pac looks relaxed smiling in the ring. Morales comes in to some Spanish music and looks pretty calm.

Round 1
The fight starts with both measuring each other in the middle of the ring. Looking for openings Pac is throwing measuring jabs and lands one or 2. Pac jabs high and low. Pac gets caught with a right to the body from Morales. Pac lands a shot down the middle but doesn’t phase Morales as it doesn’t land flush. Pac is pushed back by Morales. Pac lands a left hand. Morales chases pacman and lands some big shots. Pacman goes against the ropes hard and calls out Morales. Wow nice exchange! Pac goes back to popping out his jabs and lands a hard left hand. Morales is against the ropes and lands an uppercut. Pacman hurts Morales to the body against the ropes. At the end of the round Morales lands a big combination WOW big time action. Tough round to score.

Pacman 10 Morales 9

Round 2
Round starts with Pac slowly coming forward and Morales backing up. Pac lands a small left.  Morales lands upstairs. Pac is slowly stalking Morales. Morales lands a great right hand counter. Break in the action in the middle of the ring and Morales lands a good body shot. Morales is at his best when he moves forward backing pacman up. Pac continues to slowly stalk Morales. Pac lands a left that backs Morales against the ropes. Ref breaks it up and Morales lands a big shot after the break up. Last 10 seconds has Morales land a big right hand. Morales 10 Pacman 9

Morales 19 Pacman 19

Round 3
Center of the ring both looking for openings. Morales is backing up and picking spots to counter pacman. Pac lands jabs coming forward and tries a lead left to the body. Morales counters with a right hand over the top. Straight right lead lands for Morales and pacman lands a left soon after. Pacman bouncing in and out jabbing and looking to land straight lefts. Morales lands a nice left hook. Pac lands a 1 2 that drives Erik back into the corner. Center of the ring action and Morales gets the better of exchanges. Manny goes back to jabs but gets caught by a nice uppercut from Morales. Pac looks like he’s tiring a bit. Morales 10 Pacman 9

Morales 29 Pacman 28

Round 4
Round starts after Freddie tells pacman not to take Morales lightly. Morales lunging with left jabs in the middle of the ring. Hard right hand lands by Morales after Pac lands a left. Morales lands some nice counter shots. Pacman looks like he is losing some steam. Morales is careful while moving forward. Morales backs pacman into the ropes, Pac lands a left hand that doesn’t seem to phase Morales much. Morales coming forward almost this entire round.  Morales 10 Pacman 9

Morales 39 Pacman 37

Round 5
The meet in the center with no punch thrown in the first 10 seconds. Morales lands a nice uppercut. Pacman is popping jabs looking to load up on left hands. Hard left lands for pacman but Morales takes the punches well. Morales lands a nice jab. Pacman moving around the ring drawing Morales in. They exchange big blows in the middle of the ring. Pacman is bleeding badly from his eye! Time is called bad cut over pacmans eyes getting checked by the Doctors. It is ruled caused by a punch.  Action commences. Morales feints and lands a good right to the body. Pacman lands a combination. Morales’s left hook sends Pac back into the ropes. Against the ropes and Morales gets the better of the exchange. Morales 10 Pacman 9

Morales 49 Pacman 46

Round 6
Round starts in the middle of the ring both trading jabs. Pacman is being aggressive looking desperate because of the cut. Trying for the KO and looking to create opportunities. Good flurry by pacman that lands to the body. Morales lands some big shots to pacmans face coming off the ropes. Last 10 seconds has very little action. Pacman 10 Morales 9

Morales 58 Pacman 56

Round 7
Pacman wings some big bombs. And misses. Morales’ feet get tangled while backing up. Pac seems to be bothered by the cuts. Morales lands some big shots in the middle of the ring but pac lands a nice counter left. Morales wobbles pacman with a right hand on the inside. Rights are landing at will for Morales to the head and body. Pacman lands a 4 shot combination. Great lead right wobbles pacman! Pacman comes back with shots of his own though. Vicious body shot by Morales. Morales is having his way with pacman this round. Morales 10 Pacman 9

Morales 68 Pacman 65

Round 8
The meet in the middle of the ring sizing each other up with no punches thrown in the first 25 seconds. Morales lands a big right coming in. Center of the ring has Morales double jabbing and trying to land straight rights. Pacman seems to have slowed down some. Pacman coming forward throwing jabs. They trade vicious big shots in the middle of the ring. Morales lands a few big shots after a lead lounging jab. Morales circles pacman a little. But Pac lands a nice right that halts Morales. Left hand catches Morales by Pacman that seems to stun him. Last 10 seconds has pacman land some good lefts. Pacman 10 Morales 9

Morales 77 Pacman 75

Round 9
Round 9 starts with pacman shooting jabs. Morales lands a stiff jab upstairs. Pacman is looking for openings but not being as active as in the beginning rounds. Pacman moving side to side looking for openings shooting jabs with Morales looking to counter. Morales is caught with a hard right hand that drives him back. Morales looked hurt. Pacman lands a left hand that staggers Erik. But Erik moves forward and backs Pacman up against the ropes. Ref breaks up a clinch and Pac attacks right after the break up. Last 10 seconds has pacman land 2 flurries. Pacman 10 Morales 9

Morales 86 Pacman 85

Round 10
Rounds action starts off with no action in the first 25 seconds. Morales throws some jabs which are blocked by Pac. Erik lands a nice right to the body. Middle of the ring action has Morales landing an uppercut same hand hook combo. Erik lands a nice 1 2 coming inside and backs up Pacman. Pac is wobbled but catches Morales with a right hand coming in! Flurry lands by Pacman. Action packed round! Morales lands some big shots upstairs. Time called to get Pacmans mouthpiece back in! After the short break the crowd screams MEXICO! Morales is landing some nice Rights out of a southpaw stance. Morales 10 Pacman 9

Morales 96 Pacman 94

Round 11
Round starts with Morales landing some shots upstairs. Morales leading and pacman backing up. Now pacman is measuring jabs. Pac fights out from against the ropes landing some 1 2’s. Nice straight right hand lands for Morales. They exchange in the middle of the ring with Manny landing a nice straight left. Morales lands a nice combination. Morales backs Manny up against the ropes and gets the upper hand.  Manny lands a few shots with Morales coming forward. Manny flurries in the middle landing some shots but with no pop. Last 10 seconds has very little action with Pacman landing a right hook to close it out. Morales 10 Pacman 9

Morales 106 Pacman 103

Round 12
No action to start the round. They exchange in the middle of the ring and clinch. They both are measuring each other clearly trying to rest up. Morales switches southpaw and gets caught with a big left hand! Pacman is landing some nice shots. They are having huge exchanges in the middle of the ring with Pacman getting the better of them! Pacman lands a bunch of shots and Morales keeps coming forward. Morales is wobbled with a shot from Pacman but still keeps coming. Pac sticks out the jabs in the middle of the ring. Flurry by pacman in the final 20 seconds. Last 10 seconds of the fight have both men go toe to toe!!! Great Fight!! Pacman 10 Morales 9

Morales 115 Pacman 113