Manny Pacquiao vs. Érik Morales III
Date | November 18, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC International super featherweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manny Pacquiao won in the 3rd round via KO |
Manny Pacquiao vs. Érik 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.[1][2] The bout is the last of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy,[3] widely considered one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time.[4][5][6] 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.[7]
Similar to the second fight, Pacquiao entirely dominated the fight, scoring a total of three knockdowns to knock out Morales in the third round.[8]
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.[9]
References[]
- ^ "Pacquiao-Morales III slated Nov 18". Philstar.com.
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- ^ http://theunderdogsports.com/clash-titans-part-erik-morales-vs-manny-pacquiao-iii/
- ^ Tate, Justin. "Manny Pacquiao vs Erik Morales and the 15 Greatest Boxing Trilogies of All Time". Bleacher Report.
- ^ "Mulvaney: Can Pacquiao-Morales join all-time great trilogies?". ESPN.com. November 16, 2006.
- ^ Juico, SPORTS FOR ALL BY Philip Ella. "The great trilogies in boxing". Philstar.com.
- ^ "Pacquiao-Morales III draws 350,000 PPV buys, $17.5M". ESPN.com. November 29, 2006.
- ^ "Pacquiao finishes Morales with blistering 3rd-round knockout".
- ^ "Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- Boxing matches involving Manny Pacquiao
- 2006 in boxing
- Boxing in Las Vegas
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- Boxing on HBO
- November 2006 sports events in the United States
- Thomas & Mack Center