In perhaps boxing?s most intriguing matchup today, Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito finally square off Saturday in front of 70,000 fans in Dallas Stadium, as well as a huge pay-per-view crowd.
Despite legal and political obstacles, both camps claim their fighters are in peak condition to make the scales at the 150-pound catch weight limit Friday.
At 156 pounds in the days remaining, Margarito comes fully prepared to win the world super welterweight championships and prove critics wrong, as well as patch up a tarnished reputation due to the alleged handwrap tampering incident.
For the icon turned Philippines congressman, Pacquiao goes for an unprecedented eighth title, as well as trying to improve conditions for the poor in his homeland.
?I have already achieved my goals in boxing and I want to achieve more in the public service in my country,? Pacquiao said.
Freddie Roach, Pacquiao?s trainer, is hardly worried going into the fight.
?It will be an easy fight, just like with Oscar De La Hoya,
