The tide turned in the sixth round. I could see Morales was fading from the body punches. Manny's right hook was beautiful. We still have to work on Manny's defense a bit. |
Those Winning gloves are like pillows. |
We are going to start training camp in the Philippines for two weeks then we will go back to the States for another six weeks. |
We chose this opponent because he has a style similar to Morales', ... I think this fight will definitely help prepare him for the next fight. |
We had too many distractions going into the Morales fight. Now a lot of the bad people are away from the scene and we have a good team, now. |
We know Morales can take a punch, because Manny is a puncher and Morales took a lot of Manny's good stuff. |
We love the Filipino crowds and it was great to have them there, but it got too much in the end. You couldn't breath in the gym, as more and more came each day. |
We're working on boxing and we're going to be smart about it. A basic 1-2 is not going to work. Manny knows that now. |
When we did make it public that we were not letting anyone watch any longer, the Filipino fans stopped coming. They respected the decision and knew it was for Manny's benefit. They helped us out and we respect that. |
You can celebrate birthday every year and fights like this (with Morales) comes once in a lifetime, |
Z has the potential to be a world champion. He's a very good prospect. He's a solid boxer, but he's not a huge puncher. He's probably a better boxer than Manny and he has good fundamentals, but Manny just has such power and speed. But Z is quick and technically very sound. |