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.
Pacquiao was a 7-5 betting favourite.
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 115âÂÂ113 for Morales.
Both the Associated Press and Harold Lederman, HBO's unofficial scorer, had the fight 116-112 for Morales.
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