Unbeaten junior middleweight title prospect Vanes Matirosyan thinks that Filipino boxing icon Manny ?PacMan? Pacquiao would give Mexican-American Antonio Margarito a beating in their November 13 face-off for the vacant World Boxing Council middleweight crown at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
?I think Margarito is too slow for Manny and I hope Manny puts another beating on Margarito to teach him a lesson,? Martirosyan told Fight Hype?s Felix Strunk, referring to the hand-wraps controversy that led to Margarito?s one-year suspension.
Matirosyan?24, and with a perfect record of 28 wins, 17 by knockouts?will again serve as one of Pacquiao?s sparring partners in the Filipino?s preparations for the Margarito fight.
The six-foot Armenian boxer now based in Glendale, California, said that he was upset about the hand-wraps issue of Margarito because ?somebody can get killed [in the ring].?
?You know, they say it?s karma . . . So now, he has to learn a lesson and I think Manny is going to show him his lesson,? Matirosyan said.
Martinez backing Pacquiao Earlier, world middleweight champion Sergio Martinez said that Pacquiao would give Margarito a beating on November 13.
?Pacquiao will win with no major inconvenience because he?s really an excellent fighter,? Martinez told Mike Juhas of FightHype.com.
The 35-year-old Martinez (45-2-2) has many things in common with Pacquiao: Both are left-handed power punchers and are exciting fighters who duck nobody.
Rumored to be a likely sparring partner for Margarito, he captured the imagination of fans with an impressive unanimous decision over Kelly Pavlik in April, four months after a thrilling mixed-decision loss to Paul Williams.
Team Martinez has since denied the talk by Margarito?s trainer Robert Garcia about the Mexican-American being a possible spar mate.
And like Pacquiao, the humble Martinez takes pride in being a good role model for the sport.
?Now that I?m the champion, I keep my humble ways. But more important than deciding to be a boxer, I decided to be an example for future boxers and the youth,? he said.
?I?ve never done any drugs or raised my hands to anyone outside of the ring,? Martinez added, perhaps in oblique reference to the current legal woes of thrash-talking Floyd Mayweather Jr., who is facing charges before a Las Vegas court stemming from alleged domestic violence.
