Only Erik Morales could beat Pacquiao on points

Only Erik Morales could 
beat Pacquiao on points

By Alex P. Vidal

In a rare display of unanimous agreement, three judges submitted similar scores when they awarded two vacant boxing titles to Erik Morales, the first and only man in history to ever beat Manny Pacquiao convincingly by unanimous decision.
There was no uproar or storm of protest when Morales, nicknamed "El Terible", subdued Pacquiao for vacant WBC international super featherweight and IBA super featherweight titles at the MGM Grand on March 19, 2005.
Judges Paul Smith, Dave Moretti, and Chuck Giampa all scored an identical 115-113. Referee Joe Cortez had no problem controlling the action as both Morales and Pacquiao played professionally and did not employ dirty tactics. 

DANCE

"I erred when I allowed him to dance and avoid my heavy blows," Pacquiao said in Tagalog when pressed to recall the first of his three encounters with the Mexican heartthrob.
Pacquiao destroyed Morales in their next two meetings, the only trilogy in the Filipino's career, winning by TKO in 10th on January 21, 2006 and KO in 3rd on November 18, 2006. Both massacres occurred at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Prior to losing a unanimous verdict to Morales, Pacquiao's two other previous defeats were clean knockouts inflicted by unheralded fellow Filipino Rusteco Torrecampo and Medgoen Singsurat of Thailand.
Pacquiao, then a skinny flyweight prospect, fell flat like a sack of potatoes in 3rd after being hit in the chin by Torrecampo's powerful wallop in a 10-round non-title header in Mandaluyong City on Feb. 9, 1996.

VICTORIES

After chalking up 13 straight victories, Pacquiao again wiped the canvas with his face after being blasted by Singsurat, then nicknamed "3-K Battery", in a gallant and failed bid to retain his WBC flyweight crown  in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand on September 9, 1999.
He had to leave the flyweight division and move up  after the Singsurat debacle where he racked up 11 straight wins as a super bantamweight terror that included a spectacular KO win over the late Lehlo Ledwaba to claim the IBF super bantamweight diadem at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on June 23, 2001.
The controversial split decision loss to Bradley came 14 fights after his loss to Morales, winning 13 and drawing one against Juan Manuel Marquez on Nov. 12, 2011.
Aside from Morales, no boxer has beaten Pacquiao on points convincingly. Because of the gravity of pressure and force Pacquiao applies in all his fights, either his opponents end up snoring in the canvas or he is the one counting the stars after falling head first like in his December 8, 2012 duel against Marquez.