Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao,
billed as Coming With Everything, was a super featherweight boxing
match. This match occurred on March 19, 2005, at the MGM Grand Garden
Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, 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.
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.
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. The bout is the second of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy, widely considered
one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time.
Pacquaio 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.
Manny Pacquiao vs Erik Morales III, billed as The
Grand Finale, was a super featherweight boxing match. The bout took
place on November 18, 2006 at the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas,
Nevada, United States and was distributed by HBO PPV. The bout is
the last of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy, widely considered one of
the greatest boxing trilogies of all time. The fight also marked a
return to HBO for Pacquiao, and his first fight in his four year contract
with Top Rank as his promoter.
Similar to the second fight, Pacquiao
entirely dominated the fight, scoring a total of three knockdowns
to knock out Morales in the third round.
The winner of the fight
was supposed to be the mandatory challenger of WBC super featherweight
champion Marco Antonio Barrera but was cancelled due to the legal
dispute between Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions.