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At the moment Antonio Margarito is a very confident man. Now deep into a grueling training camp for his November 13th fight with Manny Pacquiao, the Tijuana brawler is looking to redeem his image after being shaken by his January 2009 hand wrap controversy that cost him a year of his fighting career as well as overall respect from the sport.

Magarito has been training in Oxnard, California with his new trainer Robert Garcia at the Oxnard Boxing Academy and seems to be a man with a newfound focus at this point in time. Despite opening up a 7-1 underdog to the dynamic Pacquiao, Margarito feels the Filipino icon will be in for a rude surprise come fight night.

?Pacquiao won?t stand up to my punches,? Margarito declared in a recent interview with John Martinez of FightChronicles.com. ?He?s been shook by smaller fighters than me and he will find out the har

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