Morales said that the last time he fought Manny Pacquiao, he tired out and that caused him to lose.

Boxing is a sports for the best conditioned athletes that’s why boxers have to train long enough to prepare for a single bout. If indeed Morales lost because he tired out, then the training he had was questionable.

He is currently watching his training closely and is praying that he will not tire out in their rubber match on November 18, 2006 in Las Vegas.

Should his training be a lot better now, will that mean he will not tire out anymore? I doubt it, and I have a suggestion for Manny to tire Morales out once more–BODY BLOWS.

Body blows take much of a fighter’s strength and upset much of his strategy. If Pacquiao’s speed and power should be most devastating, they should be aimed at the kidney and liver areas of Morales. In their last meeting, Pacquiao gave Morales a good number of stinging body attacks. Some of them caused Erik to grimace and lose his balance.

Morales is tough in the head. He has had battles with the best punchers of his division and none of them ever had broken his chin. It was only Pacquiao who made Morales feel the daze of a punch to the head . . . but not after he gave Morales a good dose of abdominal shots.

When Pacquiao has taken much of Morales’ strength through body shots, then he could shift to the head, especially the nose, to let Morales breathe in gasps and . . . it’ll be over. Pacquiao via TKO!

It is a fact that the average Filipino of today is sorely wanting in his communication skills in English. Study after study show that while our Asian neighbors are vastly improving in their English language skills, the majority of us here in the Philippines seem to get worse in every passing moment notwithstanding the fact that English has always been a medium of instruction.

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