Erik to Pacman: No way to pay $1M

Erik Morales has vowed to tip the scales at 130 lbs, nothing more and nothing less, for his highly-anticipated showdown with Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas.

The 30-year-old Mexican recently told the Mexican media that he is confident that by the time the two fighters are weighed on the eve of the fight, he will be safely inside the limit.

Under the fight contract, Morales should pay Pacquiao $500,000 if the Mexican weighs from 130.1 to 131 lbs, and $1 million if he weighs in at 132 lbs or more.

Then Pacquiao will also have the option to just take the $1 million and not climb the ring at the Thomas and Mack Center. Pacquiao said he might use this option if Morales weighs 132 or more.

"Manny Pacquiao should not worry himself. I am going to fight him in the date indicated at the Thomas and Mack Center. And he should forget about the 132 pounds. I am going to register the limit of the 130 in which the contract was signed," Morales was quoted as saying.

When the fight contract was signed last July, Morales was weighing around 165 lbs, but has undergone rigid training, including an eight-week weight reduction program in Los Angeles.

Morales weighed 142 last Oct. 18 and reports indicate that he’s now down to 137 with still 17 days left before the fight.

"I expect to conquer Pacquiao. And I’m not going to give him favor of paying him $1 million," Morales told Mexican newspapers.