Fresh from Beverly Hills Hotel in BEVERLY HILLS, California – If you think that this fight between Manny
Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito is despicable, then I suppose your consciousness must be abominable. Whether you like it, when Pacquiao fights the long-called “Tornado” of the Aztecs, the boxing world gets revived again…yes only on November 13, 2010 at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium in Arlington , Texas. This contest is set for the vacant WBC Light Middleweight title.
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“Nobody in the history of boxing history has come yet as close as to this fight,” Top Rank Godfather Bob Arum says. “It’s going to be a great fight.”
For Pacquiao, this fight against Margarito promises more excitement versus his fight against Joshua Clottey last March 13.
“(Unlike) Clottey, Margarito is an aggressive fighter who throws a lot of punches,” Pacquiao says. “I am sure we will have great exchanges from the opening bell.”
On the other hand, Margarito says, as translated, “I am the new Antonio Margarito of old. I am fighting for the best of boxing and I dedicate this fight to my family and to Mexico.”
Mexico is celebrating its Bicentennial and Centennial this year. (See 2010: The Year of Mexico’s Bicentennial and Centennial.) And, Mauricio Sulaiman of the World Boxing Council takes the pride of making sure the Margarito-Pacquiao fight will become part of the features of their collective celebration.
Pacquiao, on one hand, is asked about his belief on Margarito’s claimed innocence on the issue of illegal hand wraps, he says, “I believe Margarito is innocent,” referring to the illegal wraps which were used on his hands and were aborted just before Margarito entered the ring on the night of his fight against Sugar Shane Mosley last year.
Meanwhile, Arum arguably comes to the defense as well of Margarito’s innocence. The Harvard lawyer says “Antonio Margarito is entitled to the highest justice just as any other minorities. Evidence determines guilt or innocence and there’s no shred of evidence that Margarito knew of the illegal hand wraps.”
