The first knockout loss of Morales last January was due largely to one thing about Pacquiao: his gloves. The Cleto Reyes gloves did their damage on Morales especially in round 2 where Pacquaio gave a powerful left straight that sent Morales off-balance. Had he not held on to the rope, he should have been knocked down.

That left straight hit the center of Morales’ nose and since then, Morales had trouble breathing through the nose–a factor for his losing steam along the way.

If Pacquiao can hit Morales again in the same fashion, El Terrible will have to contend again with difficult breathing.

The Morales camp tried to deny the difference made by the gloves but it is evident that the gloves are a big factor.

In the first fight, Pacquiao’s power was diminished by the thick padding of the Winning gloves. In the rematch, Morales felt the difference with the Reyes gloves as he went down to the floor.

Pacquiao cannot break Erik’s nose with the Winning gloves but with the Cleto Reyes, expect Manny to target his opponent’s nose again.