PaCqUiAo: MoRe Of A StReEt FiGhTeR tHaN a BoXeR?

it was a magnifecent day for the Filipino community across the globe... a historic event had happened... for the first time in the 6-year career of one of the legends of mexican boxing, Erik "El Terrible" Morales, kissed the canvas of the ring after yesterday's fight at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas with no other than, our very own, Manny "The PacMan" Pacquiao...

it was a seesaw fight from the very first round... in fact, Morales won the 4th, 5th, 6th and i think even the 7th round before Manny started to find his accuracy and ultimately knocking him out on the 10th round... it was too evident that one of the weaknesses of Morales was his body conditioning, because at the 8th and 9th round he was already worned out and began to breath from his mouth leaving an opening for Manny, who still looked as fresh as the first round, to continue his onslaught and launch barrage of punches...

one of the very obvious contribution to the victory of Manny was his improved weapon, his right hand jabs... it wasn't that explosive as his left hand but it's enough to keep Morales at bay...

after the bout, several sports anlaysts reacted about the fight... but the most intriguing comment i've heard was of i think coming from a filipino sprots analyst... he said that Manny won not because of the usual boxing technique but rather, he won by his street-fight style of boxing... he also said that most of the punches thrown by Manny never really hit Morales, Manny just keeps on punching at any direction hoping that one of them lands on the face or the body Morales... (eh ano naman!) whatever technique, as long as you win, it doesn't really matter... a win is a win...