Hang up your gloves Eric

[Howard_lfc]

After a glittering career - the once mighty Eric Morales is now finished as a top line fighter. He's just been beaten for the 4th time in 5 fights; once again he was stopped by Manny Pacquiao - this time in the third round.

Morales trilogy of fights with Barrera will live long in the memory of fight fans, but his insistence to carry on boxing now that he's a faded force is beginning to diminish just how good Morales was in his prime.

Put the gloves away Eric. Please.

[kurtangle01]

Morales has to give up now his punch resistance must be at zero%. On the plus side Barrera and Paquiao must surely be on the cards for 2007.

Ricardo Torres won the WBO Light-Welterweight title last night. I'd love to see him and Hatton fight somewhere down the line t'd be a right tear up.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Classic case of a fighter carrying on for too long. It is hard to quit though, you always think you have one big fight left in you. The thought of not training and not getting into that ring is a scary one for a lot of fighters, a lot of them feel like they are a lesser person when they cannot hack it at the level they were used to, and a lot just miss the money