Quote Originally Posted by Mintymen
BYRD was badly beaten up. But Morales! Man I never saw his face like that. True he was winning after five rounds but that I think was the plan. Manny going in to dig into his body that's why he was caught with EMs shots and probably giving away those rounds. But when his corner decided to get it off in round 6 that was I think the most damage accumulated in a round in EMs career.
No way was Pac planning to let MOrales win the early rounds like that... No way. Look at their first fight, Morales fought at a crazy pace for all 12 rounds... How was Pac supposed to know he couldn't do it again. Plus they were trading toe to toe, it's not like Manny was strategically tiring him out like Floyd with Judah or something, they were trading for their lives and Morales was getting the better of many early exchanges plus his jab was working very well. I agree with you Morales looked a beaten man, his face... But it's not like he took as much damage as Lacy or even Mayorga, and it was a FOTY candidate, not one sided like the others.