By Eric Thomas: Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s) isn’t happy with some of the things Oscar De La Hoya said in the media about Margarito and his hand wrap issue. Margarito had this to say in response to De La Hoya in an article at Philboxing.com:: “I don’t know what he has against me, I really don’t understand, what I do know is that he had a big influence in the California State Athletic Commission with everything he said against me, I am upset because he talked too much and said some nasty things and he has a shady past himself that most of us know about. I hope he takes off the fishnet, stop acting like a sissy and fight me, if you have something against me then get in the ring and fight.”
It’s not likely that De La Hoya will get anywhere near the ring to fight Margarito, because he had a chance to fight him in the past and opted to take a pass on that fight. Instead, De La Hoya chose to fight Manny Pacquiao and ended up taking a beating in that fight and wound up getting stopped in the 8th round of a one-sided fight.
In hindsight, De La Hoya may have been better off fighting Margarito because at least he wouldn’t have had to strip down weight in order to make the 147 pound limit to fight Pacquiao. Taking off weight to get down to 147 left De La Hoya badly weight drained and he had nothing left by the time that he got in the ring with Pacquiao.
Margarito has a fight lined up with Pacquiao on November 13th at the Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. This will be the biggest fight of Margarito’s career and the biggest payday by far that he’s earned in boxing. Margarito has a lot of work cut out for him in getting ready for this fight because Pacquiao has been dominating his opponents for the past two years and knocking almost everyone out.
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