On November 13 former world champion Antonio Margarito will fight for the WBC Super Welterweight title against one of boxing?s fiercest warriors and heavily favored multi-division champion, Manny Pacquiao live from Cowboy?s Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Pacquiao is looking to dispatch Margarito and win a record eight championships in as many weight divisions while Margarito has an eye on derailing the Pacquiao Express by late stoppage, thus becoming only the third man in Pacquiao?s career to do so.
? Pacquiao won?t stand up to my punches,? said Margarito, ?he?s been shook by smaller fighters than me and he will find out the hard way that his punches won?t hurt me.?
With an overwhelming majority of people having already discounted Margarito?s chances of winning much less stopping Pacquiao this fight, one would think there?s no reason to pay the asking price for this HBO PPV event.
Why tune into a fight that the public has already deemed an automatic victory for the Filipino Bomber? Robert Garcia, Margarito?s trainer, has an answer.
?I know what I?ve got in Antonio Margarito. He?s a fighter?s fighter. He comes to not just work, but to improve on what he has been learning since training camp has started.?
?Antonio isn?t going to be the same pressure fighter from before; he?s going to be a pressure fighter that applies his will smarter and with more patience and defense.?
After recently speaking with Antonio, I now believe that his goal of not just beating Manny Pacquiao, but stopping Manny is a high probability that may come to fruition.
Margarito is training like a demon possessed, but not overly tense. He is seemingly calm and relaxed, but more importantly unphased by the taunts from the naysayers, including Pacquiao?s famed coach, Freddie Roach.
