MEXICO?s Antonio Margarito, who is being lined up to fight Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 13, may finally get his wish for a comeback fight in the United States as Texas authorities are reportedly poised to issue him a license for the fight to be held at the Cowboys Stadium.
The California commission had earlier denied his request for a license. The same commission revoked the Mexican?s license when it was discovered that he used illegal hand wraps before he was to fight Shane Mosley in a title bout last year.
But according to Lance Pugmire of the Los Angeles Times, Texas, unlike California, has the opportunity to profit from Margarito?s next fight.
?About 75,000 people are expected at the Cowboys Stadium in a Nov. 13 super-welterweight title fight against the world?s most popular boxer, Manny Pacquiao.?
Pugmire said that according to sources close to the negotiation, Texas authorities have all the information they need to reinstate Margarito in the form of a letter the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation?s head of combat sports requested from the Association of Boxing Commissions.
In the four-paragraph letter, ABC President Timothy Lueckenhoff and other board members advised to state commissions that Margarito has fulfilled his obligations, to appear before California before seeking a license elsewhere and thus he is now free to pursue licensure with any ABC member commission.
