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| Date | November 18, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Thomas & Mack Center,Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC International super featherweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pacquiao wins via 3rd-roundKO | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manny Pacquiao vs.Erik Morales III, billed asThe Grand Finale, was a professional boxing match contested on November 18, 2006, for theWBC International super featherweight championship.[1]
The bout took place at theThomas & Mack Center,Las Vegas,Nevada, United States and was distributed byHBO PPV.[2][3] The bout is the last of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy,[4] widely considered one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time.[5][6][7] The fight also marked a return to HBO for Pacquiao, and the first fight in his four-year contract withTop Rank as his promoter.[8]
Similar to the second fight, Pacquiao entirely dominated the fight, scoring a total of three knockdowns to knock out Morales in the third round.[9]
The winner of the fight was supposed to become themandatory challenger of WBC super featherweight championMarco Antonio Barrera, but it was cancelled due to a legal dispute betweenTop Rank andGolden Boy Promotions.[10]
Confirmed bouts:[11]
| Country | Broadcaster |
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 United States | HBO |
| Preceded by | Manny Pacquiao's bouts 18 November 2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Erik Morales's bouts 18 November 2006 | Succeeded by vs.David Díaz |