By Chris Williams: I’m looking over the November 13th Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito card and I can’t say it’s got me eager to dump $55 on it, when most of the fights on the card appear to be huge mismatches starting with the main event between Margarito and Pacquiao. I know Pacquiao probably won’t be fighting too much longer, but I’m not much into paying big bucks to see him beat up on guys that look as horrible as Margarito has looked in his last two fights.

I’m tired of watching Pacquiao beat up on guys that were recently beaten by somebody else, and that’s the case with Margarito. I don’t even think I would watch this fight if were free. There’s no suspense with this bout. Margarito is looking terrible recently and I don’t see anything changing just because he’s fighting Pacquiao.
The undercard fights are as follows:

Kelly Pavlik vs. Brian Vera – Pavlik is coming off a one-sided beat down to Sergio Martinez in April and Vera is also coming off a loss to Maksym Bursak in September. Why should I care about watching two guys that are struggling with their careers? This is the co-main event , and I can’t believe this is what they’re showing. This should be on regular cable, and I’m not talking HBO or Showtime. I see this as ESPN all the way.

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Ricardo Cordoba – I never heard of Cordoba and pretty much don’t care about this fight. Rigondeaux has looked good on ESPN, but I don’t see any reason to pay to see him fight at this point. I wouldn’t mind watching him on ESPN if they put him in with a named fighter but again, I don’t pay to see him fight this guy.

Mike Jones vs. Jesus Soto-Karass – I already saw Karass get beaten up by Alfonso Gomez, who I don’t even rate, last year. I think Jones is a decent fighter, but I’m not interested in this mismatch. He’s going to destroy this Karass guy and it’s not interesting having to pay to see this mismatch. Now, if Jones were matched Shane Mosley, Andre Berto, Kermit Cintron, Alfredo Angulo, Jan Zaveck, Saul Alvarez o Zab Judah, the I wouldn’t mind seeing this fight. But I don’t want to see Jones beat up on a guy that was beaten by Gomez and who I’m not impressed with. This is a mismatch. No thanks. I’ll pass on this fight.