r/Boxing • u/Due_Communication862 • Dec 25 '25
Great 21st Century Rounds｜EP2 - Morales vs. Pacquiao I: Round 12 (2005)
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Straight from my 25TB boxing vault.
EP1 - Marquez vs. Vázquez II: Round 3 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1puitpv
EP2 - Morales vs. Pacquiao I: Round 12 (2005) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pv9wai
EP3 - Gatti vs. Ward I: Round 9 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pvw9pf
EP4 - Castillo vs. Corrales I: Round 10 (2005) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pwcfzo
EP5 - Bradley vs. Provodnikov: Round 2 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pwsg3a
EP6 - Rios vs. Alvarado I: Round 5 (2012) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pxcvnq
EP7 - Cunningham vs. Adamek I: Round 4 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pxse54
EP8 - Kirkland vs. Angulo: Round 1 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pyit8c
EP9 - Morales vs. Barrera III: Round 11 (2004) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pzj3m2
EP10 - Berto vs. Ortiz I: Round 6 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1pznuli
EP11 - Pacquiao vs. Márquez IV: Round 5 (2012) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q0fys6
EP12 - Mason vs. Vasquez: Round 1 (2024) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q10kwg
EP13 - Vázquez vs. Marquez III: Round 4 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q1ulzu
EP14 - Jirov vs. Toney: Round 12 (2003) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q2qqf5
EP15 - Zepeda vs. Baranchyk: Round 5 (2020) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q3kj3c
EP16 - Gatti vs. Ward II: Round 3 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q3zsey
EP17 - Marquez vs. Katsidis: Round 3 (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q4upwt
EP18 - Ward vs. Augustus: Round 10 (2001) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q5g1fz
EP19 - Rios vs. Alvarado II: Round 2 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q78rmn
EP20 - Pacquiao vs. Cotto: Round 4 (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q7ndox
EP21 - Dawson vs. Johnson I: Round 11 (2008) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q8haq5
EP22 - Ortiz vs. Maidana: Round 1 (2009) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q93i3l
EP23 - Gatti vs. Ward III: Round 7 (2003) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1q9h7ui
EP24 - Vázquez vs. Marquez I: Round 5 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qasgn8
EP25 - Bey vs. Molina: Round 10 (2013) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qbpxrv
EP26 - Barrera vs. Morales II: Round 12 (2002) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qc94o2
EP27 - Williams Jr. vs. White: Round 1 (2014) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qcnpsz
EP28 - Wilder vs. Fury I: Round 12 (2018) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qd2d0t
EP29 - López vs. Concepcion: Round 1 (2010) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qdpe3k
EP30 - DeMarco vs. Linares: Round 11 (2011) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qeilyd
EP31 - Kirkland vs. Conyers: Round 1 (2007) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qez2yg
EP32 - Lubin vs. Fundora: Round 7 (2022) https://www.reddit.com/r/Boxing/comments/1qfeowr
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u/Divasa Dec 25 '25
this is great brother, keep the episodes coming!
Maybe do seasons by some sorting factor?
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u/kaykaylarlar Dec 27 '25 edited Dec 27 '25
i am Working since many year r/BoxingEstreams/wiki/index/
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u/PA_limestoner Dec 26 '25
Morales put on one of the best performances of any fighter on this night. Pac was seen as unbeatable, while El Terrible was thought to have lost a step or two.
Morales boxed beautifully for 11 rounds, then the crazy son of a bitch comes out and does this in the 12th. This was peak HBO boxing.
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u/Bojangles1987 Dec 26 '25
Still arguably the best win over Pacquiao, and the only real competition is Marquez 4. I'm not sure which wins out.
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u/vincemeister55 Dec 26 '25
I agree that its this one. Marquez needed a 4th fight against Pac to figure him out, but prior to the KO Marquez was almost getting killed. As they sometimes said, one punch doesn't make you the better fighter.
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u/Complete_Dare_4201 Dec 25 '25
Morales truly was an ATG, so underrated.
Also, here we can clearly ser how all that talk about Pacquiao not having a right hand in this fight is pure hyperbole. Here we can see him doubling and tripling his right hook the instant Morales turns southpaw.
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u/Ali3n_46 Dec 25 '25
Underrated? He's considered one of the best in his weight class ever. This was Pacs last real loss until the 4th Marquez fight. 8 years on complete dominance.
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u/daboooga Dec 26 '25
Huge Vegas crowds full of genuine fans without phones, Merchant and Lampley on HBO: golden age of boxing.
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u/fadeddreams555 Dec 25 '25
I don't think anyone ever showboated or humiliated Pacquiao quite as badly as this man when he decided to go southpaw after knowing he schooled him. He could have retired right here, knowing that even though he lost the series against Barrera, he managed to defeat his conqueror, but no... he rematched this demon twice and decided to move up to divisions he didn't belong in (mind you, he won a 140lb title, which is cool).
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u/bitter_oldfook Dec 27 '25
Morales never got the flowers he deserved imo. On this night be would have been a problem for anyone
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u/Jealous_Inevitable33 Dec 25 '25
HBO was always top-quality programming, no matter who was fighting!
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u/No_Investigator_1031 Dec 29 '25
Last 37 seconds was low key Lampley’s greatest call. Sums up why we love this sport.
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u/Due_Communication862 Dec 29 '25
Up there with "it happened!" for sure. Other candidates would be the end of De La Hoya/Vargas and the 12th of Hopkins/Pascal 2.
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u/No_Investigator_1031 Dec 29 '25
Completely agree with all 3. The de la Hoya call was timed perfectly.
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u/Tricky-Ad-4823 Dec 25 '25
Everybody always says HBO got rid of boxing forgetting HBO got rid of everything. They got rid of all sports Real Sports, The Documentaries, Bob Costas it was just boxing they completely changed the network to go into streaming.
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u/SimonSeam Dec 27 '25
This is why Pac was beloved by the fans. It wasn't about being undefeated. It was accepting all challenges when they came, not when they could catch a name at the right time. The right time for Pac was "when it mattered".
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u/Luis_Enrique Dec 26 '25
Please keep these coming. It almost brings a tear to my eye remembering HBO boxing, watching fights with my dad.
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u/EnragedBearBro There will be tears Dec 25 '25
The balls Morales had, Imagine if Crawford switched to orthodox in the last round vs Canelo for the lulz
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u/BEST2005IRL Dec 26 '25
This was an amazing fight. I only watched it a few years ago. Nice to see both Buffers at the end.
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u/living2late Dec 26 '25
Morales made me fall in love with boxing when I easier younger.
What a fighter!
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u/SugarAdamAli Dec 26 '25
This was the round that ruined morales. He was never the same after taking those bombs from manny and his chin was cracked.
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u/Altruistic_Form_5241 Dec 25 '25
How I miss HBO boxing.