Fight Name: | Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao II |
Fight Date: | January 21, 2006 |
Location: | Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, United States |
Titles: | WBC International super featherweight title |
Fighter2: | Manny Pacquiao |
Nickname2: | Pac-Man |
Record2: | 40–3–2 (31 KO) |
Hometown2: | General Santos, Philippines |
Style2: | Southpaw |
Height2: | 5 ft 6+1/2 in |
Weight2: | 128+1/2 lbs |
Recognition2: | WBC International super featherweight champion The Ring No. 5 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 3-division world champion |
Nickname1: | El Terrible ("The Terrible") |
Style1: | Orthodox |
Record1: | 48–3 (34 KO) |
Hometown1: | Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
Height1: | 5 ft 8 in |
Weight1: | 130 lbs |
Recognition1: | The Ring No. 6 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 3-division world champion |
Result: | Pacquiao wins via 10th-round TKO[1] |
Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao II, was a super featherweight boxing match. The bout took place on January 21, 2006 at the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and was distributed by HBO PPV.[2] The bout is the second of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy,[3] widely considered one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time.[4] [5] [6]
Pacquiao dominated the fight, eventually scoring a technical knockout win against Morales in the tenth round and avenge the third loss of his career in their first fight.[7] [8]