Antonio Margarito Boxing News

By Chris Williams: Whether the WBC blesses the fight or not, WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KOs) will likely be facing junior middleweight Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) rather than WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez or the other name that’s been mentioned recently Andy Lee.

By Dan Ambrose: It looks as if a fight between former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and the current World Boxing Council middleweight champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) will have to wait a little longer, as the news out isn’t looking good for this fight as far it happening next.

By Allen Fox: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez gave his two cents about the prospects of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and junior middleweight contender Antonio Margarito stepping up in weight to fight WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the near future, and Martinez said this on his twitter page: “181 [...]

By Jason Kim: In an interview with Boxing Channel after Saturday’s night loss to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s), the beaten Marco Antonio Rubio was asked if Chavez Jr. is afraid to fight his WBC ordered challenger former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Rubio answered “It’s obvious. Chavez Jr. [...]

By Chris Williams: Bob Arum of Top Rank will probably move ahead and match his fighters WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) and Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) up against each other next April or May in order to maximize profit for his guys. Chavez Jr. would have an even bigger [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) had his usual excuse about why he couldn’t fight Sergio Martinez next after Chavez Jr’s 12 round unanimous decision win over Marco Antonio Rubio on Saturday night, saying according to Dan Rafael “If my promoter says go, let’s go…Whatever my promoter wants, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) will be facing former IBF/WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) in 2012 if Chavez Jr. can beat challenger Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

By Dan Ambrose: Due to the controversy of the New York doctor stopping the fight just when Antonio Margarito was starting to take command of the fight, I think WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto needs to do the right thing and give Margarito a rematch so the two fighters can settle the matter once [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) isn’t ready to retire after losing a 10th round stoppage loss to WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto recently, and feels that he’s still got a few big fights left him before he hangs up the gloves.

By Chip Mitchell: My colleague Robert Uzzell and I recently attended three major fight cards on the east coast. The events just so happened to take place on back-to-back-to-back weekends. Hey, who says all the good fights land in Vegas? As gas prices soared to about $3.80 per gallon, we wondered if Greyhound or even [...]

By Dan Ambrose: A third fight between Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) and WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) is being looked at for May or June of 2012, according to an interview by Margarito at fightnews.com.

By Dan Ambrose: Before World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) defeated Antonio Margarito earlier this month by a 10th round doctor’s stoppage, EPSN analyst and trainer Teddy Atlas believed that the 31-year old Cotto was damaged goods from the beatings he took in his loss to Margarito in 2008 [...]

By Tommy Graves: When considering Saúl Álvarez, the phrase ‘don’t believe the hype’ comes into mind but as I am an open minded person and would like to think I could neutrally and fairly analyze a boxer.

By Dan Ambrose: Referee Steve Smoger wished that Antonio Margarito had been allowed to come out for the 10th round in his recent loss to WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. Smoger said he wanted to let him, but the ringside doctor stepped in and halted the fight due to Margarito’s rapidly closing right eye.

By Gerardo Granados: Miguel Cotto is a three division champion and has engaged against fifteen champions during his long boxing career, he is trully skilled but his size is not the ideal for the middleweight division. The former World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight, WBA World – WBO welterweight & current WBA World light middleweight [...]

By Dan Ambrose: After seeing the Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito fight last night for the second time, I’m now even more convinced that Cotto was saved by the referee stepping in and halting the fight after the 9th round last week to prevent Cotto from being knocked out for a second time against the [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): Trainer Robert Garcia had no illusions when his fighter former WBA/WBO/IBF welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) took on WBA super light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) last Saturday night. Garcia knew that Cotto would make adjustments after his humiliating loss to Antonio in July 2008. He [...]

By Liam Brindle & Lee Demain: Having only arrived back from New York City on Monday we thought we’d wait to read a few articles, news stories and generally wait to hear what the noise was after a fantastic fight at Madison square garden.

HBO SPORTS HEADS TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR A UNIFIED SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE SHOWDOWN WHEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®: AMIR KHAN VS. LAMONT PETERSON AND SETH MITCHELL VS. TIMUR IBRAGIMOV IS PRESENTED LIVE SATURDAY, DEC. 10 ON HBO PLUS THE EXCLUSIVE REPLAY OF COTTO VS. MARGARITO II HBO Sports serves up an intriguing unified super lightweight title [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Antonio Margarito feels that he could have kept fighting against WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto if he was allowed to come out for the 10th. Unfortunately, Margarito was never given the chance because the ringside doctor stepped in and prevented Margarito from finishing the last three rounds of the fight. This [...]

By Jason Kim: With his 10th round TKO loss to WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto last weekend, 33-year-old Antonio Margarito has now lost three out of his last four fights dating back to 2009.

Maybe it was his voice, his attitude, or the outspoken tendencies of the late sportscaster Howard Cosell, but there always was energy in the fights he announced. He announced many historic matches and today’s generation deserves that same energy. History was made in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, not only for Philadelphia, but for [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): To the surprise of many boxing observers WBA light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30 KO’s) was a changed fighter against former WBA/WBO/IBF welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27 KO’s) Saturday night.

It’s a special edition of HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® when HBO Sports presents MIGUEL COTTO VS. ANTONIO MARGARITO II, the exclusive replay of their super welterweight title showdown, this SATURDAY, DEC. 10 at 9:45 p.m. ET/ 6:45 p.m. PT on HBO. The HBO Sports team, which was ringside for the live event, calls all the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto’s uncle/ex-trainer Evangelista Cotto reportedly wants Cotto to step up and face WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) next in order for Cotto to try and make history by winning a 4th division world title.

By Dan Ambrose: I’m still really disgusted that WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto didn’t have points taken off for his use of his head against Antonio Margarito last Saturday night. All night long Cotto was ramming into poor Margarito like a little billy goat.

By Allen Fox: Antonio Margarito’s eye problems continued in his loss to WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto last weekend with Margarito sustaining a cut on right eye that required 12 stitches to close after the fight.

By Dan Ambrose: Having just lost to WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto by a ringside doctor’s stoppage at the start of the 10th round last Saturday night, Antonio Margarito reportedly wants to fight Cotto for a third time to prove who the best fighter is between the two of them, only this time the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is still under the impression that Antonio Margarito beat him with the aid of plaster in his hand wraps in their first fight in 2008 despite their being no proof whatsoever that Margarito did that.

By Dan Ambrose: If you saw last night’s Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II fight on HBO PPV, you might have noticed that the ringside doctor chose the exact worse time to step in and halt the fight due to Margarito’s right on swelling up.