When it was announced that Manny Pacquiao would be moving up in weight to challenge Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC junior middleweight crown, the contest was initially met with disappointment. Pacquiao had just teased us with another stage of negotiations with Floyd Mayweather and settling for Margarito, a fighter still recovering from the hand wrap controversy that rocked his career in early 2009, as a replacement wasn?t the easiest proposition to accept. Vegas sports books later tabbed Margarito as nearly a 7-1 underdog in what some looked at as a mismatch of a fight.
Pacquiao has been on an incredible run in the sport over the past few years and very few looked at the plodding Margarito as much of a threat yet as the contest draws closer the reviews coming from each man?s camp seem to be polar opposite and the opinion on the fight has changed. Under the watchful eye of former champion Robert Garcia, Margarito has been impressively
