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Manny Pacquiao is not yet the king of the little men, but he certainly appeared to be the heir to their throne after becoming the first man to knock out the standard bearer of boxing's most exciting weight divisions - three-time world champion Erik Morales - Saturday night in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao has now overwhelmed and stopped both Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera, the two men who have ruled the featherweight and super featherweight divisions with iron hands (and chins) for some years now. Pacquiao may not yet be finished with either of them however despite those two stoppages because Barrera claims he was distracted by personal, medical and managerial problems at the time they met while Morales holds both a victory over Pacquiao and a guaranteeed rematch clause and a lot of people around him who will urge him to exercise it to get a rubber match that would be a major pay-per-view event when it happens.
Although Pacquiao can make big money facing either of them, again his dominance of Morales was so complete it hardly seems necessary it be repeated despite the potential size of the payday but when did the likelihood of making a lot of money ever stopped anythng from happening in boxing? Never, yet at least that remains the opinion of Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach. [details]
Pacquiao has now overwhelmed and stopped both Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera, the two men who have ruled the featherweight and super featherweight divisions with iron hands (and chins) for some years now. Pacquiao may not yet be finished with either of them however despite those two stoppages because Barrera claims he was distracted by personal, medical and managerial problems at the time they met while Morales holds both a victory over Pacquiao and a guaranteeed rematch clause and a lot of people around him who will urge him to exercise it to get a rubber match that would be a major pay-per-view event when it happens.
Although Pacquiao can make big money facing either of them, again his dominance of Morales was so complete it hardly seems necessary it be repeated despite the potential size of the payday but when did the likelihood of making a lot of money ever stopped anythng from happening in boxing? Never, yet at least that remains the opinion of Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach. [details]