Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao II

Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao II

Date	January 21, 2006
Venue	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, United States
Title(s) on the line	WBC International super featherweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Erik Morales Manny Pacquiao Nickname El Terrible ("The Terrible") Pac-Man Hometown Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico General Santos, Philippines Pre-fight record 48–3 (34 KO) 40–3–2 (31 KO) Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm) Weight 130 lb (59 kg) 128+1⁄2 lb (58 kg) Style Orthodox Southpaw Recognition The Ring No. 6 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 3-division world champion WBC International super featherweight champion The Ring No. 5 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]

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