Margarito could fight on Pacquiao-Clottey undercard – News
January 9th, 2010
By Eric Thomas: Former World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KO’s) could be fighting on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey bout in March, according to news from ESPN/. Top Rank president Todd duBoef, told ESPN writer Dan Rafael that Margarito could fight on the undercard as long if he gets his boxing license back in the February hearing.
The Clottey-Pacquiao fight could take place at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, Texas. The fight would give Clottey his biggest payday of his career. Clottey’s manager Vinny Scolpino said in an interview with ESPN, It’s the biggest payday he [Clottey] he ever made in his life.” It could very well bring in a million or Clottey if the fight does well on Pay-per-view.
That’s the big question, though. Clottey isn’t a popular fighter, and Pacquiao has had the benefit of facing big named opponents since last year. Clottey would be one of the lesser named fighters that Pacquiao has fought. Would casual boxing fans be interested in paying big money to see Pacquiao fight Clottey rather than Floyd Mayweather? That’s the question. Pacquiao could have fought Mayweather, but Manny was resistant to having blood taken from him any closer to the fight than 24 days. Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, says that having blood taken from Pacquiao weakens him.
By not fighting Mayweather, Pacquiao is walking away from a minimum of $25 million dollars and as much as $40 million. Obviously, Pacquiao feels strongly about not having blood taken from his body, because it will probably take as many of four to five fights against opponents like Clottey to make the same kind of money that Pacquiao would have received in one fight against Mayweather.
Recently, the two fighters’ management teams met with a mediator to try and iron out the differences pertaining to the drug testing for the March 13th fight. Mayweather wanted to meet halfway on the deal with blood testing taken place at 14 days instead of 30. However, Pacquiao’s teams wanted the blood testing to take place no sooner than 24 days before the mega bout.
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stop talking…you get ready to rumble…give the boxing fans what they like…collect your pay…boxing is here to stay. Congratulation to all those who contributed something to this sport.
To Ravenous Cotto is scared of Margarito ANY FIGHTER THAT THOUGHT THEY GOT CHEATED FROM IS GOING TO AVENGE HIS 1ST LOSS IN A HEARTBEAT UNLESS U SCARED AND WANT TO GET AWAY FROM GETTING ANOTHER BEAT DOWN U CAN MAKE UP SH*T LOAD OF EXCUSES Y NOT TO FIGHT HIM AGAIN!!!!!!! THEN AGAIN COTTO IS SORRY HE GOT A STRAIGHT BEAT DOWN FROM A FEATHERWIEGHT LOOKED LIKE A BEAT DOWN DOG HAHAHAHAHAHA
margarito vs pacquiao late 2010
margarito would kill pacman, remember margarito walked throught cotto punches and did not have cast in gloves vs cotto and never fought mosely with cast in gloves. margarito needs to fight mayweather and pacquaio and i believe he would beat pacquaio and lose to mayweather
Margarito. What can be said about a guy who tries to cave his opponents head in with a cast? I look forward to his future asswhuppins because without his cast his not hurting anyone and we all saw what happened in the Mosley fight.
cotto isnt afraid of margarito, cotto has proven he will fight the best and give the fans a great fight, no one else wanted to fight margarito or clottey, cotto fought them both, there was a rematch between cotto and margarito set up untill margarito got caught cheating.
The coward should APOLOGIZE to Cotto also…
Margarito should be fighting a PROSECUTOR in COURT…
MOA, because your post is so long, MOST posters will not READ IT, but I did & you make A POINT that I DO understand…And it is a GOOD POINT…
HELLLLLLLLLLLLL YEAH!!!!!!!!!! Ill be the first to buy some tickets if they come to dallas we never had boxing match down here shlT i bet the new staduim gets packed with half mexicans and half philipinos margaritos gonna rock that welterweight division all over again and have all them fools running scared and into retirement
WHY GIVE THIS PIECE OF SH^T A LICENSE TO FIGHT AGAIN ?? HES A FU%KIN COWARD !!! I CANT STAND MARGARITO. HE COULDVE KILLED SOMEONE IN THAT RING WITH LOADED GLOVES. HOPE COTTO TAKES THE REMATCH AND GIVES HIM A BEAT DOWN.
You are the bigger coward. You have already knows that HGH cannot be detected by urine why you divulge it to the boxing world. You can use it against your opponent and maintain your zero loss. IDIOT!
Mayweather I shame on you!
My personal advice to May wearther take that PED, HGH, use it to Pacquiao, since you know that cannot be detected in urine. Am sure Pacquiao will fight you what kind of drug you take.
Pacquiao is clean and believe his power given to him by GOD.
He is so discipline in terms of training. No boxer in my whole life like Pacquiao who consentrate heavily on training and boxing styles. No one.
He perfected all strategy teach to him.
You can see in Hatton, Cotto fights!
It is his style and dedication. He doesn’t have hit and run style of Mayweather.
Judah fight with Mayweather is the example.
@Jermiah: WELL, WELL, WELL! It seems like the real doper is Mayweather after all. Looks like the clown of boxing Mayweather has been using a injectable drug called XYLOCAINE on his hands. A drug banned in 49 states and is use to numb the hands so a fighter could actually hit harder without feeling the pain, no wonder he did not want to fight in Texas where the drug is banned. Las vegas though lets it go. Read em and weep mayweather fans, your boy Mayweather is not so clean after all.
who should be the best fight for margarito on march? cotto is in mourning so a rematch is not ideal. williams just fought last month, berto is dancing with shane this month. the best match up is ANTONIO MARGARITO VS. FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. that atleast will parallel with clottey vs pacquaio. if money wants money, then all the mexican can give him all the money he wants. there is no reason now to duck MARGARITO, come on floyd appeased us your biggest fans!
Moa explain that to the retards in Eastside boxing. Call ESPN and Teddy Atlas there about as bright as a door knob in why they don’t understand
What a waste. PACMAN IS A CHEATER. He has a million excuses as to why he can’t take the test. He needs time to juice up. SMART MOVE BY GOLDEN BOY AND MAYWEATHER asking for the test. MANNY has been exposed. LOSERRRR!
Atlas needs to know that PacMan has honor, pride and dignity. Something that the Mayweathers do not have. There is a big cultural divide between the two. It is not about the Money for Manny, it his HONOR, PRIDE and Dignity at stake something that most Americans do not have.
Manny can survive this. He is now fighting another TRUE WW while PBF is fighting a junior WW.
the article is about margarito fighting in the undercard of clottey/pacquaio. why is it a battlefield of lilfloyd and pacman. its like beating a deadhorse, lets put it in the graveyard. now what about margarito vs mayweather jr. titled “THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD: FRESH OUTTA RETIREMENT SUPREMACY”
Mr. Eric Thomas you witing a different stories. I went to Santa Monica last Wednesday and Thursday just to update myself for Pacquaio/mayweather fight. Team Pacquaio never walk away. You sounds Teddy Atlas too.
People like TEDDY ATLAS say, why would MANNY walk away from $25 million, if they have nothing to hide…
I guess the AMERICAN POV is to ask why anyone in their right mind would walk away from $25 million (Guaranteed–probably grow to $40 million)…
…I think the reason is…being Filipino, Manny has made a LOT of money– compared to those in his country.
After MANNY signed with TOP RANK he contract was for him to make
$2 million per fight…
his fights:
Morales #2
Morales #3
Barerra #2
Solis
Larios
Marquez
Diaz
…7 Fights @ $2 million is $14 MILLION.
…Manny also SHARES in the TV REV with BOB ARUM for his FIGHTS in the Phillippines…it was reported that he makes between $3-$5 million per fight (MORE THAN HIS PURSE)..
…7 Fights @ $3-5 million is $21-$35 million
$14 million + $21 million (minimum RV REV) = $35 MILLION
Manny’s MEGAFIGHTS
OSCAR: $12 MILLION
HATTON: $12 MILLION
COTTO: $22 MILLION
…which is $46 MILLION + 9 MILLION for the 3 TV FIGHTS (PHILLIPINE REV) = $55 MILLION
…TOTAL he’s pulled in $90 MILLION…from just boxing…
…that’s NOT including his endorsements from NIKE, and such.
…He lives in a country where the AVG. Family lives on $2 dollars per day… he’s not broke by comparison to the rest of his people.
…the EXCHANGE rate in the PHILLIPPINES is 50 to 1 American Dollar…
…If I have $1 million American Dollars…that’s $50 MILLION PESOS where he lives.
…like DAVE CHAPPELLE said after walking away from $50 million for Season 3 & 4 for Chapelle Show– “You don’t need $50 Million to live in OHIO.”
…but apparently MONEY MAYWEATHER needs $40 million to live in AMERICA…
…he reportedly made $50 million in 2007 (fighting HATTON & OSCAR)…after taxes that’s probably $25 million CASH…
…he comes back in 2009 needing to pay the IRS $6 million…
…how is that possible? It’s easier for Manny to walk away…
…if he won his ELECTION the first time around, he WOULD NOT have fought OSCAR, HATTON, and COTTO…and he was still CONTENT because to him, he was already a rich man in his country..
Manny Pacquiao is the best boxer of all time and Floyd Mayweather, Jr is the most coward boxer of all time!
WELL, WELL, WELL! It seems like the real doper is Mayweather after all. Looks like the clown of boxing Mayweather has been using a injectable drug called XYLOCAINE on his hands. A drug banned in 49 states and is use to numb the hands so a fighter could actually hit harder without feeling the pain, no wonder he did not want to fight in Texas where the drug is banned. Las vegas though lets it go. Read em and weep mayweather fans, your boy Mayweather is not so clean after all.
Margarito should NEVER earn another dollar from the sport of boxing. He is a cheater who damaged the careers of Cotto and Cintron by cheating. It is an absolute disgrace to the sport of boxing if he ever boxes again.
i cant believe that people can’t see that PBF has given in to most of manny’s requests and for the first time ever he wanted to make a few compromises on his requests just to make this fight happen..I THINK PEOPLE HATE FLOYD BECAUSE HE IS THE BEST BOXER AND BECAUSE GE DOESNT BUMLICK FANS LIKE PACMAN DOES
Give Shawn Porter a chance. Margo vs Porter. Include Yuri to promote his talents for the future.