Pacquiao vs. Margarito in the summer?
January 26th, 2010
By Sean McDaniel: If things don’t work out with negotiating a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. the second go around after Manny Pacquiao dispatches with Joshua Clottey, there’s an excellent chance that we may be seeing Pacquiao take on former World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KO’s) in the Summer.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has made no secret that he’d like to match Pacquiao up with fellow Top Rank fighter Margarito next if he’s unable to reach an agreement with Mayweather for a fight. Although Margarito isn’t Mayweather in terms of popularity, he’s probably a lot more popular than Joshua Clottey and will be able to bring in a huge amount of Mexican fans for a second fight at the Dallas Cowboy stadium.
For a fighter that many boxing fans have been calling for his head after he was found with a foreign substance in his hand wraps before his bout with Shane Mosley last year in January, Margarito would be in effect winning the lottery if he could be given a chance against Pacquiao.
This fight might end being much harder for Pacquiao than a fight against Mayweather, because Margarito is much more of a slugger than Mayweather and with his high volume which sometimes averages 100 punches thrown per round, Margarito would make it tough on Pacquiao. Naturally, Pacquiao wouldn’t just stand in front of Margarito like some of his other opponents have done, but he would still get hit quite a lot by Margarito.
Pacquiao doesn’t like to clinch a lot, and he’d have to learn to do this if he wants to get out of a fight against Margarito in one piece. Shane Mosley used a lot of clinching in his fight with Margarito to slow his offense down to a trickle. Indeed, Mosley clinched often after every punch thrown to limit Margarito’s ability to fire back.
When not clinching, Mosley moved on the outside out of reach of Margarito’s punches. Roach would have to teach Pacquiao to clinch a lot because he would be at a huge disadvantage against Margarito if he stands and tries to trade with him for 12 rounds. I imagine there would likely be a catch weight for this fight, because Margarito, 5’11”, is five inches taller than 5’6” Pacquiao, and Margarito also has a six inch reach advantage.
Pacquiao’s team would likely want to even the odds in the fight by having a catch weight handicap for Manny. He might need it in this fight much more than he did in his fight against Cotto. I think this fight would end up being much more exciting than Pacquiao’s fights against Cotto, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Clottey.
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iam picking mosley for pacquiao than margarito..better cotto vs margarito..a rematch
margarito-cotto 11 is interesting-a revenge for cotto.
I’d rather see Pac reconfigures Floyd’s pretty face
Another shot fighter for Manny, starting to get boring now
Plaster hands is the single worst crime one can commit in boxing. Far worse than even steroids.
I agree with you 100%. I wonder if Pacman will care if Margarito’s gloves are loaded…..Maybe Pacman will be loaded too! Since he wouldn’t take blood tests to prove he is clean. Margarito should NEVER be allowed to fight again.
Just shows how these crooks at Top Rank work. They dont care who is cheating, its all about the money. Fancy backing and promoting a known cheat. Bob Arum even called the commission racist for banning Margacheato for a year. Margacheato should be banned for life and should have served time behind bars. He put human lives at risk inside the ring. Margacheato dose not deserve to earn a single cent from boxing, but Slimebag Arum will reward him by setting up a fight with Manny. Instead of giving the boxing world the fight they want to see instad it will be Plasterhands vs Juiceman…this is what is served up to boxing fans..
Should be Pac vs Mosley (aka Margarito Conqueror) in the summer.
And u jmann u obviously know nothing about boxing Margarito has no skills even though I believe both men are cheaters Manny will have no problem whipping Margarito’s ass
It would be a great to see what would win illegal hand wraps or steroids?
Margos the best we support him 100
manny is a bum but lets see whats better manny steroids vs margaritos hand wraps but manny is bum
Margarito would be duck soup for Pacquiao. If Mosley could hit him that easily, then Pacquiao would just go to town on Margo. Margo is actually tailor made for quick handed fighters. Everyone can hit Margo, Cotto did, Williams did, Clottey did, Citron did, and Shane surely did. But only Shane hits harder than Pacquiao from that list, but Pacquiao is faster and quicker than Mosley and has a wider variety of offensive attack.
Shane ran circles around Margo too, Pacquiao would be three steps ahead of Margo. I hope Pacquiao punishes that cheater and make him pay for his immoral behavior.
i find it funny that yet again manny is guna fight someone who will stand still and try and trade with him so he can use his same in and out movement and punching in flurries to win his fights when will he fight someone that is a moving target and test himself show the world that he has the whole package and proove he is pound for pound number one
“This fight would end up being more exciting than his fights with Cotto, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Clottey. Excuse me muppet he hasn’t even fought Clottey yet. This to me sounds as if your totally dismissing Clottey.
would rather see pac fight mosley, im not for putting money in margacheato’s pocket
a thing to think about,is everyone hopes were sky high for a manny and floyd mayweather fight.its a disappointment for sure,but we dish any other possible fight like cottey and manny and this fight if its coming,but I have learn through experience , anything that hype up like the floyd and manny fight can never deliver as expect,its could not deliver the action as its has to be better than expected,high hopes. might be a chase and low fews action decision fight. so best enjoy the fights given to us as anything can happen,and as long as it a action fight we boxing fans can enjoy it.
Margarito is too slow for Pacquio. Pacquio is fast and very accurate, it will be so easy for him to pick the right target and knock Margarito out. Pacquio needs an opponent as fast like Floyd and a very evasive fighter. Problem is, I still don’t think Floyd wants to fight the Pacman. Maybe he will just wait and wait till Pacman is 40 years old and thats when Floyd will agree to fight him Lol…Floyd is a joke! He better fight Mosley this May.
Pacman “carries the weight of all the Filipinos…” who cares…I am not a Filipino.. I mean no disrespect….I am a boxing fan.
To me Pacman carries the weight of being a cheat. ….
can some body please explain what old school just said ??
Shane vs Pac that is a PPV figth. margarito is too slow he will be an easy target for many.
margarito will beat pacquaio
I believe that a man is innocent until proven guilty, but if there is any body who Margarito should be fighting its Miguel Cotto not Manny.This he should prove that whatever skills/strength his got that won him his match with Cotto is technically legit.
It’s insulting to us Boxing fans and also to other legitimate contenders to Manny. I agree that giving him the option to fight Manny is an insult considering Manny is accused of using drugs …. who ever thought about this should reconsider and for Manny, please don’t even consider this, fight Mosley or anybody.
Uphold your integrity and principles, we fans of Boxing either Manny fans or Mayweather should shout this out … looks like a money grab that does No Good to boxing whatsoever.
wether this is true or not I like the idea that manny is not waiting on floyd, therfore making for tuffer talks again……….floyd is going to find himself just peeking thur the window as the train moves on LMAO
Just shows how these crooks at Top Rank work. Fancy backing and promoting a known cheat. Old man Bob even called the commision racist for banning Margarito for a year. Mark my words, Pacroid will beat Clottey then slimy Arum will set a fight up with his other cheat Margarito then possibly Foreman and then retire without facing PBF, Mosley or any random blood test.
Why’s plasterhands getting rewarded with a payday? Everyone wants Pac vs Maywather
I think this fight is a very dangerous fight for pac-man. margarito has something to prove now, but manny should win in the end. The best fight for margarito would be a rematch with cotto. Thats a blockbuster fight.
Margarito isnt tha same fighter since tha c0tt0 fight. they t00k it 0ut 0f each 0ther an m0sley finished tha j0b. easy win 4 pac. it w0uld l00k al0t like tha m0sley fight
My mistake! Not in this thread. People posting here are sensible.
Some people posting here and in other threads are not too careful or just plain stupid. Pacquiao was tested recently and the Nevada Boxing Commission declared him clean. Plain stupid people who do not have degree in biochemistry or medicine keep on insisting that Pacquiao is into EPO or growth hormone.
Paul Williams that’s all I have to say….Williams whooped Margariti’s ass!!!! Why would Pac-Man take a step back??????? Pulling a Mayweather……
Margarito doesn’t deserve any chance during 2010 to fight either Pacman, PBF, Cotto or even Clottey and may never deserves a chance again to fight. But I understantand that Manny wants a very slow fighter and a very easy target to hit.
bob should let margo keep his plaster fists and also let manny stay juiced !!! then this MIGHT be an interesting fight … but probably not…
Margarito should be allowed to use loaded gloves to make the playing field even…
Didn’t even read this article – just wanting to leave a comment that I’m not keen to see Margarito fight Pacquiao. I’d rather see Mosley and Pacquiao instead.
margarito vs cotto!!!!
they could title it… The Revenge!!!
Re match for Cotto and Margarito is GOOD
I rather see Manny vs Shane
Margo is lucky he’s given a 2nd chance. Arum is telling us Margo needs to take only one step before he gets a huge payday fighting a mega star? Sounds ridiculous. Make the guy work harder. He committed a wrongdoing in which he could’ve literally murdered someone in the ring.
Easy fight to predict in my opinion. Pac by way of TKO somewhere in the late rounds. Roach will drain Margo and make Pac attack the body frequently. Without plaster Margo’s punches won’t hurt Pac. Huge difference in footwork skills and that will be one of Pac’s biggest advantage.
Would really like to see Cotto get his revenge on Margo. That fight makes so much more sense in so many different aspects. Pac should be fighting either Shane or Floyd in the Fall.
Margarito is way too slow, and without his plaster fists, I don’t see him being all that competitive. It would be like the Delahoya fight all over. Pac would utilize his in and out attack to do maximum damage, and get out before Margarito knew what hit him. I also think the Mosley beating took alot out of Margarito, both physically and mentally. And to be honest, the cheating POS doesn’t even deserve the fight… That’s my 2 cents.