By Eric Thomas: Antonio Margarito isn’t lacking for confidence going into his November 13th fight with Manny Pacquiao for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title. In article at Philboxing.com, Margarito says “I will knock Pacquiao out, and show the world that I am back, this is the fight of my life and Manny will be in for a tough night, I wont quit like De La Hoya did.”

Indeed, Margarito has never been known to quit in his fights. He’s the type that goes down swinging, which was the case in his 9th round TKO loss last year to Shane Mosley. That was about the poorest performance that Margarito had ever been as a pro.

Margarito reportedly had problems making weight for that fight and had to take off a lot of weight in a short period of time. That might explain why he looked so weak in that fight. If Margarito comes into the Pacquiao fight on November 13th resembling the same fighter that defeated Kermit Cintron twice and took apart Miguel Cotto, Pacquiao could be in for a lot of trouble.

Margarito has always been known for his high work rate and his ability to throw 100 punches per round for an entire fight. Normally, Margarito’s opponents can take that kind of punishment when Margarito is throwing at such a high rate. This could be the case for Pacquiao if Margarito is able to average 100 punches thrown per round and stay at that level for the entire fight.

It would then come down to whoever has the best chin between these two fighters. It’s possible that Margarito might have too much size for Pacquiao. It will depend on how weakened Margarito is by the 151 pound catch weight limit that Pacquiao and his team want for this fight. That could be enough of a handicap for Pacquiao to beat Margarito, but it might not be if Margarito is in good shape for this fight.