Érik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao vs. Érik Morales, billed as Coming With Everything, was a super featherweight boxing match. The bout took place on March 19, 2005 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States and was distributed by HBO PPV.[2][3] The bout is the first of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy,[4] widely considered as one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time.[5][6][7]

Coming With Everything

Date	March 19, 2005
Venue	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, United States
Title(s) on the line	IBA and WBC International super featherweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Manny Pacquiao Érik Morales Nickname "Pac-Man" "El Terrible" ("The Terrible") Hometown General Santos, Philippines Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Pre-fight record 39–2–2 (31 KO) 47–2 (34 KO) Height 5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm) 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) Recognition The Ring and lineal featherweight champion. Three-division world champion. Former WBC and IBF super featherweight champion. Three-division world champion.
Result
Érik Morales won via UD[1]

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.[8]

References

1. https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2017471
2. https://www.philstar.com/palaro/2005/03/17/270730/sino-si-manny-pacquiao-
3. https://www.saddoboxing.com/968-morales-pacquiao-pride-power.html
4. http://theunderdogsports.com/clash-titans-part-erik-morales-vs-manny-pacquiao-iii/
5. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/646406-the-15-greatest-boxing-trilogies-of-all-time
6. https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2660607
7. https://www.philstar.com/sports/2006/11/28/372141/great-trilogies-boxing
8. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-20-sp-boxing20-story.html

Preceded by vs. Marco Antonio Barrera III	Érik Morales' bouts March 19, 2005	Succeeded by vs. Zahir Raheem
Preceded by vs. Narongrit Pirang	Manny Pacquiao's bouts March 19, 2005	Succeeded by vs. Héctor Velázquez