One of the strangest?and most divisive?fights to come along in years is finally upon us when Manny Pacquiao faces Antonio Margarito tomorrow night for a dubious junior middleweight title at Dallas Cowboys Stadium.
There are enough questions surrounding this event to make deciphering the plot of The Big Sleep a cinch. Featuring a disgraced former welterweight star, Margarito, against a boxer who won his first title at flyweight, this fight, set at 150 pounds, has so many subplots surrounding it that anything seems possible.
One of the key uncertainties concerns just how much Antonio Margarito, 38-6 (27), has left after suffering a debilitating beating at the hands of Shane Mosley in early 2009. In the omniscient minds of many observers?who must have powerful Ouija boards at their sides at all times?Margarito is practically walking on his heels at this point. Unfortunately, his being completely worn out has not been proven where it counts most: in the ring. Yes, Mosley left him reeling like a drunk tank detainee in Tijuana, but does that mean that Margarito should be assembling snowglobes at home? Although he is coming off of a shutout over game but hapless Roberto Garcia last May, Margarito did not look particularly good in notching a comeback win. His managers claim that Margarito was just trying to shake the rust from his suspension o
