By Gari Jones: It was a fight too remember as Manny Pacquiao (W52 (KO38) L3 (2 by KO) D2) put on a master class display too outpoint a brave and determined Antonio Margarito (W38 (KO27) L7 (1 by KO) D0), fighting for the vacant WBC Light Middleweight Title, not too many people could’ve have predicted that Pacquiao would be so devastating against a man who was naturally a Light Middleweight and being bigger and heavier than he was.

At the weigh-ins Pacquiao weighed 144.5lbs to Margarito’s 150lbs, however by fight night Margarito had gone back up to about about 164lbs. Pacquiao was also giving up a sizeable height (4.5”) and reach (7”) advantage, but despite this Pacquiao was simply too good for the Mexican.

Margarito who hadn’t fought since January 2009, was making his comeback fight after being banned for one year after illegal padding was found in his gloves when he fought against Sugar Shane Mosley, despite this Margarito put on a brave display of guts and determination and was always trying to make a fight of it, despite Pacquiao punishing his face every round with his blistering speed

For the first six rounds the fight was a slugfest, no time was wasted in sizing each other up as the two of them began to throw down; this was giving the fans all the excitement they could hope for in a boxing match. With both fighters trading punches it was clear by the end of the fourth round that Pacquiao was landing the more telling shots, Margarito’s eye had began to swell up quite dramatically and despite chasing the Pac-Man down the Mexican could not find a way through.

Margarito’s best shot came in the seventh round when he landed a left hook to Manny Pacquiao that almost sent the Phillippino to the canvas, with the ropes coming to Pacquiao’s aide he was able to steady himself and fight back towards the end of the seventh trying to halt the advantage Margarito had gained from that shot.

But after that round the fight ceased to be a contest anymore, as the punishment began to slow Margarito down and it was a case of how much more he could take. Pacquiao still moving with great speed and agility was himself looking a bit tired, but by then the damage had already been done. Pacquiao began to target Antonio’s eye more and more looking to end the fight with either a KO or having the doctor step in and declaring Margarito unfit to continue due to his badly swollen eye.

The Pac-Man almost got his wish in the 9th and 11th rounds as the referee stopped the action for the ringside doctor to check up on Margarito’s eye. Testing to see if Margarito could still see out of his badly swollen right eye, the doctor would ask him how many fingers he was holding up, always guessing right the fight was allowed to continue. I think there more of Margarito’s toughness showed through, he could have easily looked for a way out of the fight as Pacquiao by then was landing his punches at will it was almost exhibition stuff from Manny. To give you an idea just how easy it was by the end of the fight Pacquiao had thrown 1,069 punches and landed 474 (44% success) to Margarito’s 229 landed of 817 thrown (28%).

Anyway after 12 rounds the fight went to the judges’ scorecards, there was no doubt about the decision it was just how much a point gap there would be. All three judges awarded the fight to Pacquaio Jurgen Langos scored it 120-108, judge Oren Schellenburger scored the bout at119-109 and judge Glen Crocker scored the bout 118-110 making Manny Pacquiao a World Champion for the eighth time in an INCREDIBLE EIGHT (8) DIFFERENT WEIGHT CLASSES.

The only thing left for Pacquiao to do now is to arrange a Mega Fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the one title that would decide once and for all, who is the BEST P4P BOXER IN THE WORLD.