Erik_Morales_vs._Manny_Pacquiao
Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao
Boxing competition
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.[2][3] The bout is the first of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy,[4] widely considered one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time.[5][6][7]
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]