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Shot or not. Diaz can not, will not beat Morales. Morales by knock out. Hopefully he'll retire afterwards.
I remember something similar last week, Gatti KO Round 1
Morales has always been a better fighter than Gatti. I don't think Morales is as shot as Gatti was. At least I hope he's not
Obviously Morales WAS always far better than Gatti... But Im not sure he isn't almost just as shot now. I thought Gatti was going to KO Gomez as well. The thing is, Gatti showed more life against Baldomir than Morales did in the rubber match with Pac.. Sure they both got Ko'ed and looked finished in the end, but you have to assume Gatti would have always lost to Baldomir at welter, and at least he showed flashes of himself, boxing well and landing some big shots before being Koed late.. Morales appeared to have absolutely nothing on his punches and no legs. I hope it was in large part due to the weight, but even if it was, he can't just expect to be back in old form because he doesn't have to lose the weight now, the damage is done.. Just like it was with Castillo and Corrales, if you ask me..
Morales definitely can't make 130 lbs any more as we've seen. Trouble is his last move to 135 lb he got schooled by Zahir Raheem.

I'm going to rewatch Diaz's fight with Santa Cruz tomorrow as that's the only fight of his I've got but if he shows me a chin and an ability to fight hard and last then I say he beats Morales.