Erik Morales Erik Isaac Morales Elvira (born September 1, 1976) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He is the first Mexico-born boxer in history to quadruple champion, win world championships in four weight classes, rangin ...

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, billed as ''Coming With Everything'', was a super featherweight boxing match. This match occurred on March 19, 2005, at the

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, United States and was distributed by HBO PPV. The bout is the first of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy, widely considered one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time.

Background

Pacquiao was a 7-5 betting favourite.

The fight

Morales controlled the pace of the close fight. In the fifth round, Pacquiao suffered a cut over his right eye caused by Morales' right cross. At the end of 12 round all three judges scored the bout 115–113 for Morales. Both the Associated Press and

Harold Lederman Harold Lederman (January 26, 1940 – May 11, 2019) was an American boxing judge and analyst. He began his career as a boxing judge in 1967 and joined the cast of '' HBO World Championship Boxing'' in 1986, and was there until HBO dropped boxin ...

, HBO's unofficial scorer, had the fight 116-112 for Morales.

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:

Broadcasting

References

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Morales Morales is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfredo Morales (born 1990), American footballer * Alvaro Morales (disambiguation), several people * Amado Morales (born 1947), Puerto Rican javelin thrower * Bartolomé Mo ...

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