I thought Manny did ok, he was never remotely in any trouble and was always in control of the fight. He fought well within himself but he doesn't need to turn every fight into a brawl or try and go life and death when he's winning a fight comfortably anyhow.

I guess to some he may not look like the hungry fighter of a couple years ago but that hungyr fighter also lost to Morales and should have lost to JM Marquez.

I think you have too strong expectations of Manny to be honest.

He caught both Barrera and Morales on the tail ends of their careers and took advantage.

He has limitations and has always had them. I think he'd struggle to be Marquez but then I thought that before this weekend as well. I also think he would have struggled to beat prime Barreras and Morales'.

But he keeps winning and that's all that counts really. If an off day is pitching a virtual shutout against Barrera according to the judges scorecards then I expect both he and Freddir Roach will be pretty pleased.

At least now the old guard of Morales and Berrera has passed and we can see him in with the real prime fighters Marquez, Guzman, Soto maybe Diaz and Katsidis.