HANDLERS of Mexican ring great Erik “El Terrible” Morales does not think he has what it takes to knock out Manny Pacquiao, but are confident the Tijuana fighter will beat the Filipino again on points.
Jose “Olivaritos” Morales, Erik’s father and manager, predicted this yesterday when asked by Mexican media, as quoted by the website Boxlatino, about his son’s fight against Pacquiao on Jan. 21 in Las Vegas.
“One of the great virtues of Pacquiao is that he has a granite jaw which resists much punishment, and I believe that Erik must move to make an intelligent fight, to give [Pacquiao] a boxing lesson and to win on points,” the elder Morales said.
Jose said that if Erik stays at the Centro Ceremonial Otomi for two more months, his son “will have a sure victory, because he would come to the fight very tough by then.”
The World Boxing Council ruled during its recent annual convention in Spain that the rematch will serve as an eliminator, with the winner advancing to meet WBC and IBF super-featherweight king Marco Antonio Barrera.
