“I love the fact that Margarito has balls and he puts his money where his mouth is. That’s really the bottom line. I was trying to work a deal out with him, he wasn’t happy with it, so he put everything on the line. And to me, that speaks volumes…If this guy believes in himself that much, then hell yeah we will back him up. I think it’s funny…watch, everybody that’s haters right now, if he beats Pacquiao, they are going to jump on the bandwagon…you gotta love an underdog; especially one that believes in himself…it’s a win-win for us. We’re getting great exposure and if he wins, it would be huge. And quite frankly, I think Ecko is just trying to jump on the bandwagon because we’re getting press; Ecko is not stupid. We’re getting more press than them,” stated Affliction VP Tom Atencio as he talked about their sponsorship deal with Antonio Margarito for his upcoming November 13 clash with Manny Pacquiao. You don’t want to miss what else he had to say as Atencio talks more about Margarito, the fight, and much more.
PC: How is everything going Tom?
TA: Good. What’s going on?
PC: There are some people questioning the fact that Affliction would step up and sponsor Antonio Margarito, and they question the ethics of Affliction for doing so. How did the deal with Margarito come to fruition?
TA: Yeah, you know what? We sponsored Margarito for his last 3 fights. The last fight we sponsored him was the Shane Mosley fight. He’s coming back, he made a mistake, and honestly, nobody knows except for him, and the guy that wrapped his hands, whether he knows or not. So when I see comments coming from people over at Marc Ecko, I ask, how many mistakes has he made in his lif
