Arum: Margarito could face Pacquiao or the winner of Foreman-Cotto
March 24th, 2010
By Esteban Garduno: Former World Boxing Association welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KO’s) will be returning to action after a year out of the ring on May 8th against Roberto Garcia (28-2, 21 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout at the Aguascalientes, in Aguascalientes, Mexico. If things go good for the 32-year-old Margarito in that fight, he could be matched up against either WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao or the winner of the June 5th bout between WBA light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman and Miguel Cotto, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.
The pads were removed and later on Margarito had his boxing license revoked by the California Athletic Commission for a year. Margarito has been eligible to get his license back since February, but instead of reapplying for his license with the California Athletic Commission, he attempted to get it back first with the Texas Athletic Commission so that he could be available to fight on the undercard of the March 13th card involving Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey.
Rafael writers that the Texas Commission wanted to have a hearing about the issue. Arum then opted to put another fighter on the card instead of Margarito. It’s unknown whether Margarito would have been able to get his boxing license back. Technically, his license has been revoked for only one year, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be a breeze for him to get it back. But in the meantime, Margarito will continue with his boxing career by fighting on May 8th.
The will be held at light middleweight instead of welterweight. This makes sense because Margarito has likely put on some weight in the past year and could find it a struggle to get back down to 147. That would make it easy on Margarito for the short term while he gets his boxing license problem ironed out.
Once that’s taken care of, a fight against either Pacquiao or the winner of the Foreman-Cotto fight will be ideal to get Margarito back in the limelight. The Pacquiao fight is the one that Margarito is hoping for. It’s also a fight that would bring in big numbers if they put it in the Cowboys Stadium.
Margarito is a big draw in the Mexican community and would be able to draw Hispanic boxing fans from all around Texas and nearby Mexico to watch him battle it out with Pacquiao. As for some boxing fans, writers and ex fighters that feel that Margarito should be banned permanently from boxing, if the man has done his time and served his suspension, he should be allowed to come back. It’s only fair.
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PAC is a coward. . . even if he knows MARG is not much of threat, PACWOMAN will ask for a catchweight, he ducked MONEY and now that MARG was exposed and eaten by MONSLEY, PAC wants to fight him, hahaha not that surprised PAC has been cherry pickin opponents for a while now.
Jon, u can sck my dck, I will take care of Pacquiao.
Lace, sounds like the only thing u ever laced is a pair of pbf testicles in ur mouth, shut ur filthy trap and leave the bizness of boxing to real men
why not pacaiuo clottey 2 ?? pactards would find a way to justify it !! pac is over rated and a phoney !! on his best day he could NOT beat mosley or mayweather… he avoided both !! marga-cheato would actually be a perfect fight for pacman.. margo, comin off a loss, and will stand there and get beat up like pac likes… perfect for his style .. also pactards love a one sided beat down…
I’m a fan of both pacman and cotto neither one should give this guy any opportunity to make money off of them. This guy shouldnt be given his license to fight anywhere! Only that ambulance chasing piece of **** Arum would try and do something like this.
For Pacman’s last fight he should TELL!!! Arum that “it’s MUST be Floyd or I quit NOW!”
marquez, a 135lber at 144lbs (came in overweight).
hatton, a 140lber at 147 (was only rated at 140).
oscar, at 154lbs (split decision and oscar was well past his expiry date).
ps same thing applies for the pacquiao de la hoya fight, only i feel pacquiao’s victory rated higher. floyd was the favorite against oscar, pacquiao wasnt given a chance!
then who was there, oh right the all conquering carlso baldomir with all his previous 8 or 9 professional loses!
and of course we cant forget the GREAT zab judah! you no the guy that has the heart the size of a pee!!
yeah floyds fought the best for sure!
epic failure,
who the fock said anything about pacman being still credited as a top p4p if he ” started losing all over the place”?????????????????
not me you focken clown!
read what i said retard!
the only village idiot around here is you pal!
what i said is that if , IF, pacquiao was to lose to floyd (possibly one of the greats of all time) that it wouldnt detract from his (pacquiao’s) stellar career! not if he went out and lost to “anybodys” as you would put it!
your the type that just puts words into peoples mouths to make arguements.
but yes if floyd beats pacquiao (the smaller weighted fighter) i dont think it tarnishes pacquiaos career at all.
marquez, who fought and was outclassed at welterweight doesnt lose his status as a top p4per! i wonder what would happen if floyd fought marquez of pacman at 140lbs!
my beef with floyd is that he lacks “defining fights ” in my view.
hes been a welterweight for nearly 5 years and who has he fought????
waiting…..
epic failure, your the failure!
I say let margarito fight without the hand wraps so he could f***ed up by cotto and cintron…then he’ll be banned from boxing by the fighters that he cheated against…That would be the perfect way for him to get banned if i had it my way
smash em all margo , working class fighter for the blue collar fan .
Margarito shud b inside 4 attepted murder n never allowf 2 box again the scruffy dirty cheatin twat
Yes people do deserve second chances! But Margarito does not, and should be banned for life from boxing! If he cheated using PED’S that would be wrong but a second chance at redemption would be fine. Using palster wraps is deadly and he is lucky he’s not in prison for murder. At the very least he altered the careers of a few top fighters like Cintron and most importantly Cotto. BANNED FOR LIFE!!!!! NO EXCEPTION!!
Same Ole Bob. Panama Lewis never got a second chance and does not deserve one.
when floyed gets behind in a round he comes forward thats when you throw your flurries .
After what Margaritto did he does not deserve a shot at the welter weight title and a big pay day so quickly. What does that say to other boxers, and the fans? Basically if you cheat you get a shot at a title and a big payday to go with it. On top of all that, he lost his last fight and looked slow
and weak in the process; Pacquiao shouldn’t be fighting that bum. Give a shot to someone who deserves it like Paul Williams.
Floyd and Margarito are not deserving to get a chance to fights against pacquiao…Those guys are Class “C” as kown as Chicken and Cheater..
i dont know why arum is still refering to margacrare, as a boxer! that fer doesnt even have a license yet? how can arum be naming potential opponents for him if he doesn’t even have the right to fight in the states? i think arums been getting high with the idea, but that all she wrote.
he has done his time and deserves a second chance. i for one cant wait to see him fight again as i like his style. plus i think mayweather is the one who is scared of pacquiao he has never asked for blood testing in the past then all of a suddon once he knows he is fighting the pacc man he starts to demand them.
Margarito is in a bad spot. If I was him I would want a second chance. Arum should make him start at the bottom. If he gets a title shot right after being suspended that shows that Arum is as slimy and sick as I thought.
its all floyeds fault for not fighting manny .he dont whant to loose the zero on his record .come on now we know fm is cherry picking.manny fought cotto and clottey and if fm dosent fight manny ,manny will fight mosley or margarito.while fm fights my grand daddy come on people open your eyes.
what a LOSER Arum is…he is the main one behind why Pacquiao and Mayweather will not fight…i don’t care who you root for…this guy is scum…
John Charles, I agree. This is probably the first article from Esteban that did not insult Pacquiao. It would appear he could actually write an unbiased/balanced article after all.
I’d like to congtradulate you on writing an article that is actually an article. Good job!
How I wish that Cotto would get the chance beat up Marga-cheat-o! Cotto could possibly have beaten Pacquiao if Marga-cheat-o wouldn’t have cheated.
Its become very clear whats going on here. As Arum has been quoted as saying, he doesnt want Mayweather. Bob Arum is doing everything in his power to keep Manny away from Mayweather. There are two reasons for this…
1. Arum doesnt want to do ANY business with Mayweather
2. Arum is scared of Mayweather, and knows Pac would get his ass handed to him.
Just look at who is last two opponents have been..and now has a good chance of fighting ANOTHER Top Rank fighter, that walks forward. Manny, I am begging you…in 2011, LEAVE TOP RANK.
Well margarito in in Arum’s stable of fighters right? Well, it would be his “job” to make fights for margarito. But why cant he just drop margarito instead?
Don’t represent margarito anymore. And if in case he is stuck with margarito… produce fights in mexico or something.
Margarito mind was not in the Mosley fight his mind was on jail time. But of course we have many arm chair boxer’s here so I can see how you wouldn’t understand.
Bravo!
This article is the best one coming from you because it is simply informative.
I congratulate you for not insulting pacquiao on this one article. Keep up the good work. It’s better when you do stuff similar to this.
So why is margarito being considered as a potential pacquiao opponant? or any other big fights at all fot that matter?
Has Bob Arum forgot that shane mosley dismanlted him in 9 rounds in his last fight? Not to mention the fact hes a proven cheating fraud who should never be taken seriously ever again
epic fail@ mannys clean why should i take a test .floyeds the reason why the fight did not happen .fm says pacs a easy fight pacs 1 dimentional .plus a easy 40 million floyeds scared all boxers and experts know this see the light .
WHAT IF STEBAN GARDUNO OR DAVE LAHR WRITES LIKE STEVE LEWIS?
I believe it is time for Bob Arum to turn control of Top Rank over to someone that will make the fights that people want to see. Arum and a few other greedy promoters are slowly killing the sport.
Bs, none of those names is “cherry” enough to be matched up against pedquiao, give him an old lady to punch, like the last one.
We should throw tomatoes at Aurum
bangus;
lmao
where is the mosley and floyd fight articles what this 5 days and no article.?
Another Arum conspiracy!
Marg / Cotto…
REMATCH!!!
Bob Arum is GREEDY…nothing more, nothing less.
I don’t understand the point in looking so far into the future and basically by passing the fight that should actually take place if in fact Mayweather makes it past Mosley. If indeed Money and Pac are the two biggest names in boxing they should lace ‘em up and prove it. Stop all of this hoopla about retirements, other boxers and not wanting my pride hurt bc someone suggest or infer i’m on PEDs…it’s rediculous. If any clean fighter wanted to set the record straight about their cred he proves and continues to beat his ass in the ring. Fumbling over words and excuses raises questions amonst true fans of boxing.
As for Pac-Margarito why do it? That would be a landslide for Pac.
As for Cotto-Margarito again…..let’s not embarrass the man yet a second time. Dude, unless Cotto starts defending himself or uses some crude form of head movement he’s not going to survive a second fight. Cotto shouldn’t be put in the ring with any contenders until he gets some sound training in his corner.
Arum you are a disgrace to boxing,The biggest cheater in boxing shouldnt be worthy to eat off elite fighter’s plate,Sure he draw’s in huge number’s,Like the mosley fight ,Let it be known not you mosley,margachita broung in the bread.He got away with commiting a crime.And now looking for huge payday’s.He should be in jail………
Like I said when it happen. Bob Arum will only have his fighters fight each other so he can make a fighters purse. The Manny vs May has nothing to do with Steroids. It is all about Bob Arum. What he is doing isn’t new. Arum is doing the same thing Don King did with Mike Tyson. People you need to wake up. Mayweather fights for MONEY and Manny fights who Bob Arum tells him to. It is that simple. Bob Arum is still mad at May for leaving Top Rank. Bob Arum will never give May the opportunity to make the purse he will earn if the May vs Manny would happen. Arum was the first one to leave the table and the only one who kept saying that a deal can’t be made. WAKE UP PPL.
Bob Arum is a SEWER RAT. How can he even think of rewarding Margacheato with a fight with Cotto? Cotto himself has said he dosent want Margacheato to earn one cent off his name again. I cant beleive Bob is even considering it. The only way ill be happy for marg to fight cotto is if there is a 100/0 split in purse favouring cotto and cotto is allowed to have plaster in his hand wraps. Bob Arum needs to DIE already. What a scumbag.
Arum wins either way!!!
I’ll watch Cotto vs Margarito II. It’ll give Cotto the chance to redeem himself and prove to everyone that he’s not a shot fighter. I still believe that Cotto is a great WW and isn’t quite done yet.
yeah cotto should fight that cheater again and this time cotto should be allowed to have illegal hand wraps to make it even!!!!
Like it or not the WORLD wants to watch Pacquiao vs Mayweather & Cotto vs Margarito these will be great for boxing it’ll be a real fight a fans fight! Their is pride + bad blood = MONEY! LOL BIG MONEY!
antonio is a tough mexican with an entertaining style and people will pay to see him fight because he FIGHTS!!
bob arum is a disgrace can’t believe he might let that scum bag margarito fight cotto again
All is Fair in Love and War and Boxing is WAR
Let’s be clear about “WHAT’S FAIR”.
Fair is fighting your opponent WITHOUT
the use of any illegal means to win.
Fair is not overlooking the health and
safety of another individual to insure
victory.
Fair is not a word one should use when
the name ANTONIO MARGARITO comes up in
any boxing forum.
Disgrace is a more accurate description.
Bunch of HATERS up in here, they know Margarito is gona whoop some ass when he comes back and prove whos the best. Pacman is an easy fight for Margarito theyd prolly charge Margarito with manslaughter after fight, then hes gona avenge his loss to Mosley, then hes gona make Cotto retire, and Mayweather will never fight him.
@wow
Why do u think he’s overrated lol?? He beat marquez barrera morales he was great even before movin up in weight!! Lol n why are u puttin floyd over pac? Just cuz floyd is undefeated?
@Anonymous
I stated that I believe he is already overrated. Him losing to Floyd wouldn’t change my stance whatsoever. I’m not convinced Manny is the best of the decade along with Floyd. I think Mosley would give Manny a run for his money and would do WAY better against him than he will against Floyd. I may be wrong in thinking that, and sadly don’t know if I will ever get to know for sure. But if they fought and Manny beat Mosley, I would give him kudos and say he’s second to Floyd. And if he beat Floyd I would say he’s the best.
Fans, I feel pbf will come around to fight me when he is ready, he knows I am at my peak, confirmed after the fight with my friend, joshua clottey. I understand his reluctance as it must be hard to protect that undefeated record as your claim to greatness, but he does not need to impugn my character to cover his fears. My concern is how to convince my mum that I want to continue fighting win or loose the election because I want to, I like it, I can still do it, but above all, I need it because it is who I am…a boxer.
@wow
I said if u think marquez n mosley were overated by losin to floyd cuz u said if pac loses to floyd he will be overated
@wow
The only opponent I think was past his prime when he fought pac was odlh but I still give pac full credit just like I will to floyd when he fight old mosley we both agree pac n floyd are the best of this decade
I’m almost convince that Esteban Garduno, Chris Williams and Alex Fugate are Arum’s marketing guys. They always talk about Pacquiao. They don’t want Pacquiao’s name be forgotten in the mainstream media.
@Anonymous
Yes I do. I can’t take away the fact that he won his recent fights, but I can look and see they were not in their prime, or in Clottey’s case was already beaten before he stepped in the ring. (Throw 4 punches to 20 or whatever dumb sh*t he said. If you can’t see that as a beaten fighter before he stepped in the ring you have to be blind. And yes that is his usual style, not anything Pacman did to him because of fear.)
There is 0 shame in him losing to Floyd. I’m quite sure I started my last post off saying I already believed he was overrated. So why are you asking if Marquez and Mosley lose to Floyd will they be overrated? That’s nowhere in what I said, nor did I hint at it in any way. But to answer your question no I wouldn’t. We all know Mosley fights whoever wants a fight, and Marquez was simply out of his league. If Pacman lost to Floyd that wouldn’t be the reason I thought he was overrated. Anybody who really sits and watches boxing already knows Manny’s flaws and a boxer with speed/defense will give him hell in the ring.
@wow
I think floyd will beat mosley easily it will be a repeat of floyd vs odlh n I will give him full credit which he doesn’t need cuz he is among the best of this decade anywayz n yes of course mosley is a better opponent for pac lol we all know that!!
Hell I’d give him credit for beating Mosley… Even though Mosley is somehow “old” fighting Mayweather but “the best fight for Manny” because his “old” self can somehow put on a great brawl in Manny… That either says the way Mayweather fights is superior to how Manny fights, because Mosley is somehow old fighting Mayweather, but the best fight for Manny. Or its just another off the wall excuse to discredit Mayweather. Its good to get your excuses out early, that way you can say it before the fight happens… But then what would you say if Pacquiao fought Mosley after Mayweather?
@wow
So u give him credit for his wins but think he’s overrated? If pac loses to floyd he will lose to a great boxer there’s no shame in that!! Is marquez overrated for losin to floyd? If mosley loses to floyd is he overrated?
@epic
Lol that won’t happen once pac loses he will retire he will still go out has a great boxer!! U just a pac hater n hate the fact he stealin the spotlight!! If floyd beats mosley n then pac he will be huge!!! But pac will still be great
@Anonymous
I already think he is overrated and do not give him the credit all is fanatics do. Is he talented? Yes. Entertaining? Yes. Fighter of the Decade? Sure, if fighter of the decade comes with a loss and draws somehow… Has his past few fights been picked knowing he would win and boost his marketability/career? Yes, IN MY OPINION. He has accomplished a lot, and even if I FEEL the people he fought were tailor made for his style, he’s broken records.
So yes I would think he was overrated if he fought and lost to Floyd… But I already think he’s overrated… I give him credit for the wins he got, but he’s not the best in my opinion and the only reason he has the P4P title is Floyd retired…. If he beat Mayweather however, I would then give him his kudos… That is with random blood testing…
@iceman
your arguement doesn’t make sense…Pac can jus go out and start losing all over the place and his blind fans in their dillusional minds will still consider him rated high on the p4p chart? What an Epic Failure…making rules for him as he go along…If Floyd wins this fight that may never happen you still put him above Floyd bc Pac is little…lol…damn son, i’m going to have to call you village idiot man for now on unless you retract your statement…i’m patient but not that patient so make it quick…
@gary
I think margarito should be allow to fight but not get a chance at a 7 figure paycheck with the p4p king!! Even tho I think pac will be to fast for margarito to handle
@iceman
Yup just like jmm is still king at lightweight even with the lost to floyd at ww!! Mosley has 5 loses but that doesn’t discredit his career
Ppl also forget pac has fought 50 fight n has been on wars so when they discredit his victories sayin hes fightin boxers past their prime or shot is dumb
i think margarito should NOT be given another chance; but if he is, i do NOT think he deserves a fight with the pacman & the pacman should not fight margarito as the only thing it could do is tarnish the pacman’s image
and its that reason pacquiao even through a loss would retain a solid p4p status
anonymous,
man i totally agree with your response man.
if pac does lose a decision to floyd, pac doesnt lose half as much as what a floyd loss to pac would do to the pretty ones career.
people forget pac is a lightweight super ligtweight fighting above and beyond.
@ cadillac
I don’t think cotto has anythin to prove by fightin margarito if he can get past foreman he has future fights like williams martinez angulo cintron or even chavez jr lol easy money
I don’t take anything from Pac but the same would not be said of Floyd if his first loss came to Pac, but if Pac’s 4th loss come to Floyd he’d still be considered top 10…damn what an Epic Fail
I hope they give him Cotto so My boy Cotto could get his revenge! Lets see how he does that to Cottos face without those plastered hands!!
@epic
Lol I don’t hate floyd !! Lol I don’t like his personality but floyd is among the best of this decade I give credit where credit is due!! I actually think floyd will beat pac but even with a lost to floyd pac is one of the best of this decade
To be a good boxer, you need good genes and good training
To be a great boxer, you need same plus a hard life that steel your hunger and fortify your determination
To be an ATG, you need all of that plus the right timing that is really beyond your control, but a kind of being chosen, a destiny, the right man for his times…and that , brothers and sisters, is Manny Pacquiao, at this time, for his people and us boxing fans just as Obama is for America at the current times, Ali during the tumultous sixties, the Beatles during their times…
@ wow
So if pac fought floyd n lost u will think he was overrated n not credit his career?
@Anonymous
now that you’ve changed the context of your response I indeed know it would prolly bring in about 75,000 jus due to the shear Floyd haters lining up to see if someone, anyone could knock that big GOOSE EGG out of that L colume
anon,
yeah, theres plenty out there. the super middleweight tournament is great and i cant wait to see the dirrell abraham fight this weekend.
@Anonymous
It doesn’t matter about the numbers I was being a smartass but that was a funny comment you posted…lol
@wow:
Afro Americans no longer dominate boxing, bro…we’ve grown soft, living the high life in America where poverty doesn’t mean going hungry like in the good ol days before the Johnson’s welfare programs….
Pac is a p**ssy, plain and simple. I’m getting sick of hearing about how good this dude is when it’s right in front of our faces that he won’t fight the two best welterweights out there. To be the best you got to fight the best. This dude is a fraud.
I meant to say it won’t bring 51000 fans
You expected Pacquiao to fight someone good? Nah, his career isn’t close to ending yet so Arum won’t let it happen… Well he wont be retiring unless random blood testing is adopted by the commission that is……
@epic
I don’t know but I know it would bring 51000 fans to watch live but I don’t care about numbers is not like am gettin a share of the money
@Wow:
Afro Americans no longer dominate boxing, elite fighters from the lightest weight to the heavy are not afro americans , bro…
@ Anonymous
I bet that fight would sell more ppv than Pac and Punchingbag Clottey…do you disagree?
I want floyd to fight malinaggi lol they will put the 24/7 series on PPV lol the trash talkin will be amazin n better then the fight
I dont get it? why isnt their anything about floyd and mosley fight online for 4 days now? nothing new to write about?
I hate when ppl say there’s no fight worth watchin other the pac vs floyd!!! Lol really?
@iceman
Lol yup!! This whole megafight crap is damagin boxin!! the megafight would only revive boxin for the media n casual ppv fans but us true know there plenty other stuff goin on in the boxin world!! Wat if floyd fought pac n won? Pac will retire n maybe floyd with his cash will also n then wat? Boxin will live on with or without pac n floyd
it come down to this floyd said if he lose he get a rematch.so if mosley wins their is no floyd or mosley fight with manny .
only if floyd wins a fight this year can a fight happen.so saying pac avoiding floyd or mosley isnt logical unless floyd wins and the blood test can be worked out,
anonymous,
or it would be williams was weight drained!
wow,
when u say shane challenged him. yeah he did. and pac fought the guy that beat shane! how is that a duck. i dont understand u man.
your entitled to your opinion as i am mine, but saying things lik that just go round in circles and its one of the reasons i dont comment as much anymore.
but peace anyway
@iceman
I agree I don’t blame pac for not fightin williams n even if he did n won they will say williams was overated or that quintana exposed the blueprint lol
fight someone that 8inches over you is stupid even floyd much closer not that stupid .
Screw all of you bringing out the race card.Screw that scum Arum and for good measure screw Margecheeto who should never be aloud in the squared circle again.R.i.P. Billy Collins.
Lol @wow
I love boxin!! But I know boxin is more of a business then a sport!! Pac vs margarito is trash but pac vs williams makes no sense!! I would had love to see pac fought mosley n floyd fight williams!! Just cuz pac vs clottey didn’t live up to the hype doesn’t mean it didn’t make sense clottey was the number 1 contender
Pac shouldn’t fight berto cuz hes not african he’s from haiti floyd n williams were born in the usa but cuz they have african roots that makes them a tougher matchup for pac? Lol
this is a smart move by arum,a lot of mexican has backed manny .but their some like perez guys here would love to see Margarito win.
it be a huge seller.
Anonymous actually I use African-American purposely, because the top challenges for him are African-American. Arum/Roach balked at Floyd fight, Shane went in person to his gym and challenged him but he didn’t accept, instead of fighting Clottey he could have called out P. Williams who did call him out. Seriously dude, your not a boxing fan, why am I wasting keystrokes entertaining you?
wow,
??? lets not make this about race??? you did! not me bud.
he never fought “african americans” whilst in the lower divisions because, well mate, there werent any good enough!
now the likes of mosley and floyd and even berto, who i rated a good chance against mosley, are there and i would agree that at least one of those guys need to be on his record. probably shane or floyd more so.
wow, when i look at fighters on another boxers record i dont look for what race they are, i look at the quality of the man they beat.
@wow
The only reason u brought that up is cuz a while back dave lahr wrote an article about pac avoidin african-americans lol
@wow
So u say no race is superior but pac is duckin african-american cuz they will beat him? Dude just stop talkin about race plz I’ll ask u this if pac fought mosley who will win?
Top rank’s nr 1 cheater vs nr 2 cheater, sounds just fine with me !!
where is that black fella that said before cottey fight that pacman was going to finally going to be beat up by his first black fighter,ha,ha,cottey hide behind his glove all night,and got beat up a no contest.pac let cottey hit him to make it a fight,
@wow
Stop sayin african-american just say the other 2 top ww!! Floyd n Mosley! Pac should fight the winner!! why fight williams at 154 when williams doesn’t hold a belt makes more sense to fight someone like martinez who is smaller n holds the WBO
Anonymous I actually have to disagree with you. I believe no race is superior to another. But if we must use your analogy, the GOAT is ALI, he was African-American. Dude, stop while your behind.
The top competition out there for Pac to actually fight is what? African-American. That is a fact, not an opinion guys. And of the top competition Arum/Roach is directing their energy where? Nobody said pac was avoiding anything, I implied Pac record would be more accomplished if he faced one of the top African-American fighters that ARE available. Dudes, lets not make this a racial anything, no room for that at all. I pointed out the obvious. But those who do not follow fighters (prob some of you) would have never known that little fact, had I not spoke it. Lets keep it simple here.
but i agree that pac MUST fight floyd if he beats shane.
@wow
Can we agree that pac has fought the toughest race on boxing? Mexicans? Jmm barrera morales? All future hall of famer?
wow,
you are trying to tell me that pacquiao avoided certain african american fighters at the lower weights??
p. williams. come man, seriously. you guys that go on about that are sad and unrealistic. williams is down as 6 2. pacs 5 6! its an unrealistic fight based soley on size. ask floyd!
That’s like sayin all african-american avoid filipinos is just dumb!! Don’t get me wrong pac shouldn’t fight margarito!! Williams is on mw so he not an options pac should fight floyd or mosley n retire but don’t say stuff like that is just dumb
that right African-American cottey was the worst no balls at all.
i agree with anonymous.
to say that pacquiao avoids a particular race is pathetic. let it be about the man, not the race. otherwise it makes you look foolish!
Anonymous, I see you don’t know me. I’m that dude that likes to point out obvious things. Pac long accomplished record lacks and victories over any Top Ranked ever African-American fighters. News flash if you missed it, Shane, Floyd, Zab, P. Williams are all Afircan-American. I could continue with the list but I understand you are to merely argue, not to be constructive at all.
floyd said if he lose he get a rematch.so if mosley wins is their is no floyd or mosley fight with manny .
only if floyd wins then and the boxing association tell pac he need to take a blood test the fight can happen.
I love to see pac and margarito fight.more action
@wow
Ur logic of pac avoidin a particular race is as dumb as they get lol seriously lol
This is the promoter that all the Pac fans praise and support, haha, when its about Arum promoting Pacquiao: “oh arums such a great man, he gets pacquiao all the best fans, yay”, when talking about Margarito-Arum: “i hate arum, hes scumm”. Double standard in boxing. fk top rank and everybody under that slimey motherfr!
Anonymous Clottey is not African-American, he is African. Come on dude, lets not be silly here.
@Wow
So wat u sayin is that they have to be half american n half african?? Isn’t clottey an african leavin in america? Last time I checked he is a citizen of the us livin in new york doesn’t that make him a african-american
Hey randy can you provide us with the link to Al saying that, we would like to see and read for ourselves. Thanks buddy.
floyd advisor al haymon said about 3 year ago floyd mayweather would not fight Margarita but maybe cotto. said that floyd would lose to Margarita .then said f*&k boxing its all about the money.
Bob Arum is a piece of st, he’s no better than Don King yet people give him the benefit of doubt. The guy is the biggest bull ster in the world. Now he’s talking about Pac fighting anybody except the real challenges. He stuck up for Margarito after he was busted and pretty much spit in the face of Cotto! People love talking bad about Don King, but tell me what is the difference?? He lies, cheats and steals the same way…
i dont see the sense of a pacquiao margarito fight.
dont get me wrong, did would be a big ppv seller, but its a lose lose for pacman.
i mean if he beats margarito, which i think he would, people wont give him the respect. while if he loses well……
i’ve stated countless times that im a pacquiao supporter, but my support would diminish quite considerably if the only reason he doesnt fight the winner of mosley floyd as being based on random blood tests.
in a way i hope floyd does win because if he doesnt hes got a “floyd like” get outta jail free card with a rematch, therefore not allowing pac and mosley to get it on.
if that were the situation we the fans would be looking at another 6 months before the rematch and at least another 6 before the possible “mega fight”. and thats if pac hasnt fought anyone else in the mean time.
we are looking at maybe mid next year if shane wins!
also, can anyone please tell me why there has to be a rematch if floyd loses?? i mean mosley is the champion??
Margarito should be banned for life. Arum is so stupid if he wants Margarito to fight Pacquiao. I don’t think it’s worth fighting a cheater. Pacquiao should fight the winner for Mayweather/Mosley fight. Who ever wins it’s going to be a good fight.
I agree margarito shouldn’t be be given a shot at pac but why is bradley name bein mention? The only names should be floyd mosley or jmm!! Keep sayin pac fought an unknown boxer in clottey but do ppl know bradley more then clottey are u serious!! Bradley would have to move to ww to fight pac n trust me he will get ktfo
MARG would beat COTTO again, but this time it could be worse, COTTO is a warrior thuoght i’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. as for PAC, i dont think PAC will fight him unless there is a catchweigh below 147 against MARG, PAC could beat him, but ROACH would wanna play it safe, thats why ROACH did not wanna fight MARG after the ODLH fight. We’ll see how this turns out, hope MARG does fight again, i mean if MOSLEY could fight again after cheating then why shouldnt MARg>
margarito should never be allowed to fight again
come on why you crying margarito did his time soo let him fight watch he’ll come back and destroy everybody again!
LETS GO MARGARITO!!
arum should worry about getting mayweather vs pacquiao done. margarito vs cotto 2 would end the same way. elite pressure fighters will always beat cotto. padded gloves or not!
cottov margarito 2, cotto by tko via 9th round!
It should be cotto-Foreman winner vs margarito not Pacman, cotto needs revenge and Pacman won’t silence any critics fighting Margarito a fighter who is there to be hit pacquaio needs to fight more of a technician
It would be a disgrace for this fight to happen in so many accounts. margocheater is a thug who shouldnt fight again and he did lose to Mosley, there arent any better opponents for Pac? Pac should fight either A)Mayweather, B)Mosley if he beats PBF, or C) Bradley. Any other opponent including Edhwin Valero who is missing part of his skull and can’t even get medical clearance to fight in most states is also a joke against Pacquiao.
Bob Arum simply wants his fighter to fight themselves so he can keep all of the profit.