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• I think Erik Morales will win by Knockout in the 11th round.  Manny Pacquiao will come out like gang busters trying to make it a fast paced scrap and Morales, if he can weather it, will impose his size, will and overall ability on Pacquiao in a tough to score but exciting scrap until Morales is able to time him hurt him and eventually stop him late in the fight. Manny Pacquiao is a heck of a puncher but we don't know about his chin and what he does when he can't stop the other guy.  If he thinks Morales will roll over and let him rush in and impose his will like Pacquiao did vs. Marco Antonio Barrera and round 1 and 10 vs. Juan Manuel Marquez then he's making a fatal error.

  Pride and ego will carry the day for Erik Morales.

  - Aladdin Freeman
   
• I think this will be a fight that lives up to it's hype. These fighters only fight going forward, and I got a feeling that Pacquiao will be too powerful for Morales. If anyone saw the way Manny overpowered Barrera, they know that he can do the same to Morales. Morales will land a good share of shots, but Pacquiao seems to have a chin made of steel. I pick Pacquiao by late stoppage. - Tom Dickey
   
• I like Manny Pacquiao in this fight, he will come out like a machine and will take it to El Terrible. He will wear Morales out, before the referee stops the bout around the 8th round. So, I believe this awesome fight will end in the 8th round by TKO. - José Hernandez
   
• The pick here is Pacquiao - speed with power gets my call. Could be a quickie, but the guess is decision win. - George Elsasser
   
• This is a match made in heaven for all fight fans. I am going to go with Erik Morales by a unanimous decision. Due to his big fight experience and the fact that a second loss in a row would be devastating, Morales will find a way to win. I'm not taking anything away from Manny Pacquiao but the Juan Manuel Marquez fight did leave me wondering and Morales is a huge step up. - Ed Ludwig
   
• I think Pacquiao is going to solidify himself as one of the very best
  Pound For Pound in the world by stopping Morales late in the fight.
  Needless to say, Morales knows how to handle himself when this becomes
  a war, but I think The Pac Man has too much firepower. There is a
  first time for everything, right? - Mike Leanardi
   
• Here we have 2 tough warriors. The question is, can Pacquiao match up with the likes of Erik Morales? Morales is a super talented fighter and though he has gone through some incredible battles with some of the best, he still has the strength and sharpness to take on all comers.
  The poop on Manny Pacquiao is that he is a one dimensional fighter,  your basic slugger. This was evident in his draw against Juan Manuel Marquez.
  Morales is one of the craftiest fighters in boxing today and when it comes to ring generalship, he is the master.  Pacquiao is going to have  to add to his game. Is he on the same level as Morales?---Not yet.  Morales wins by decision. - Kris Lake
   
• My heart says Morales but I think Pacquiao will be a bit too much. Pacquiao TKO11- Chris Robinson
   
• This fight is certainly not an easy one to call and should prove to be a tightly contested match-up. I believe the outcome of the fight will depend almost entirely on the strategy each fighter chooses. If Morales decides to simply outbox Pacquiao and stay away from any exchanges where he could be forced to trade punches then I believe he can earn a hard fought unanimous decision. However, I don't believe that Morales will be disciplined enough to stay away from these exchanges and so he will leave himself prone to Pacquiao's harder punches.
  
  Pacquiao on the other hand has to do what he always does, which is press the action and try to impose his will on his opponent. He, too, can't afford to be a one dimensional fighter and simply rely on his straight right hand. He will need to show Morales something different and if you believe the rumors he may have something of that nature planned already. In the end I believe that Pacquiao is just too strong for Morales who probably never faced someone as powerful and intense as Pacquiao. I predict Manny Pacquiao will win by a late stoppage. I also predict that this will be a Fight of the Year candidate, but that's almost a given. - Oleg Bershadsky    
   
• Good match up, tough to call.  Manny Pacquiao by split decision. - Danny Serratelli
  
 
• I really like Morales as a person and consider him a friend but I lean toward Pacquiao because he's faster, punches just as hard and he's left handed plus he has a style that will give Morales fits. He's Barrera with more speed and more power and less worn than either one. My heart is with Erik but my choice is Pacquiao by decision in another war for Morales. Who knows how much Eric has left, this might be the night that all the wars with Barrera come into play. It should be a great entertaining fights for true fight fans. - Jeff Mayweather
   
• Manny by late round KO - Kenny Perrault 
   

• Let me elaborate a bit... This fight can go either way.
  
  Scenario 1: Morales will use his reach, experience and tenacity to outscore
  and break down Pacquaio as he not only takes Pacman's shots but tests
  whether Pacman can take his.
  Scenario 2: Or...Pacquiao KO's him in the 2nd.
  
  The reality is, I do NOT know how this fight will go and it seems silly to
  pretend to have a clue. Both are dangerous in their own right and neither
  deserve to be overlooked or underrated. Bottom line, I expect a hell of a
  fight. - Frank Gonzalez Jr. Sharkie's Machine
   

• I think you have to go with Pacquiao, but not because he's younger and faster or because Freddy Roach has a great strategy of backing Morales up all night. All of those things may be great, but Morales is a high enough caliber fighter that he's going to be prepared to counter all of those disadvantages. I'm going with Pacquiao for the simple reason that Morales should be more fired up, more hungry, from the loss to Barrera in November. But he just doesn't seem to be. If Pac-Man can stay focused through the middle rounds (and stop worrying about his gloves and his socks and every other little distraction), he should win a decision despite a probable late surge from Morales. - Jocelyn Saurini
   

• Morales has seen his best days pass by in boxing, due to too many hard fights in recent times. Therefore, I pick Manny "The Tsunami" Pacquiao to win knockout in ten rounds or less. - Oscar Borrás
   
• Manny Pacquiao v Erik Morales  is that rarest of fights that comes under the epic title Super fight..  This one lives up to its Hype.  Erik never seems to have an easy fight and I love his true fan friendly style, however he seems to me to have had one too many hard wars , This is one of the reasons why I do think Manny may have the freshness , and speed to give Erik extreme trouble.. Both can dig deep in the trenches yet I see the Barrera fights catching up with Morales, and on this rare occasion he may just fall short on not just speed, but the opposition has great power and a style that may end up giving the Tijuana fighter fits of trouble. Erik is a favorite of mine , but I have to put my dollars on Pacquiao.. probably via decision ..on another fabulous Morales night to remember. - Stephen Jones