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What?! DB got a pac prediction right? Unheard of! LoL
Holy ing I saw a picture of Margarito and you weren't exaggerating.
He was close.
What?! DB got a pac prediction right? Unheard of! LoL
meanwhile, mayweather is looking for a tin can to win an easy 12-round decision against in his next boring fight/slapping match.
Mayweather has some legal issues to get through. If he does he'll probably need money and that will force him to fight Pac Man.
damn!
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/news/story?id=5805223
Antonio Margarito to have surgery
Antonio Margarito, the Mexican super welterweight beaten badly by Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night, suffered a fractured orbital bone and was to have surgery Tuesday in Texas, Top Rank promotor Bob Arum told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Margarito, who lost in a lopsided, 12-round decision, was taken directly to the hospital via ambulance after the fight to have cuts to his face examined.
That is when the injury to his eye socket was discovered, and he remained in the hospital Sunday, Arum said.
Margarito had skipped the postfight news conference at the request of the fight doctor and people in his camp, an unusual move for such a big fight.
Legendary Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach was critical of the late-round decision-making of Margarito's corner, saying they should have forced a stoppage.
"There was no way I was going to quit. I'm a Mexican, we fight until the end," Margarito said.
Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs), giving away both pounds and inches, won the 150-pound, WBC super welterweight belt to extend his record with a le in an eighth weight class -- two more than Oscar De La Hoya.
"He's a very tough guy," Roach said of Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs). "I was surprised how tough he was. He has the worst corner. They probably ruined his career by not stopping the fight."
Pacquiao turned Margarito into a bloody and nearly blind fighter with a dizzying array of punches, dominating from the opening rounds on at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The beating was so thorough that the congressman from the Philippines turned to referee Laurence Cole several times in the 11th round, imploring him to stop the fight.
"I told the referee, 'Look at his eyes, look at his cuts,'" Pacquiao said. "I did not want to damage him permanently. That's not what boxing is about."
It went on, though, even though Margarito had no chance to win.
"I can't believe that I beat someone this big and this strong," Pacquiao said. "It's hard. I really do my best to win the fight."
Pacquiao moved up in weight yet again to take on Margarito, a natural welterweight with a reputation for ruggedness in the ring.
And rugged he was, though he took a beating all night long at the hands of a faster and seemingly more powerful opponent.
Pacquiao won every round on one scorecard, 120-108, and was ahead 119-109 and 118-110 on the other two. The Associated Press had it a 120-108 shutout.
Hey had to happen sooner or later right
I still like Floyd and the way he fights but the only fight for him is the Manny fight. If he wants to fight a few more times and keep making excuses as to why he won't fight Manny well his pay-days are gonna get smaller and smaller. Manny has basically beaten every top contender he can that' in his weight range, unless he wants to go all the way up to middleweight which is around 160 pds.. I wouldn't think so he's only 5'6 for god's sake.. At a certain point Manny will lose some of that great speed edge if he goes up too much.. Floyd needs to take this fight or retire..
Floyd's a giant piece of scared .
He doesn't want to risk damaging his legacy.
he got a ruptured spleen because of that stunt.
His legacy is the issue here. That 0 clearly means a lot to Floyd but it has become worthless to most given what Manny has done the last few years. I still like Floyd but he has to man the up here...
Floyds legacy would be better going 41-1 with pac in his resume then 41-0 without it.
you know after watching this fight, Floyd is probably even more scared to face Paquiao. Before he was scared pacman could ruin his legacy, now he is probably scared pacman will also ruin his face.
I see chance of Floyd vs. Pacman happening at -5%
Pacman is not only the champion, he is also the fighter noone wants to face. I remember 2 recent guys had those qualities: Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson prime.
IMO Pacman is reaching #1 fighter ever status. If he wins a couple more fights(Cotto, Mayweather, other) he should retire as #1 boxer ever.
im about the same height, weight and dimensions as margarito. maybe i should pick up boxing again...i was pretty damn good when i trained under an olympic boxing coach...then i punched out an older guy and got out of it because i was afraid of being sued.
Knock knock.
"Who's there?"
Sugar Ray Robinson.
thats who pacquiao should be compared too...not a pussy like Floyd wifebeater Gayweather.
you can't really compare what happened more than 50 years ago to today. I was talking about modern boxing (less 50 years ago)
yeah the legend of Robinson is amazing, if true he was probably a God in a human's body. Let's talk about mortals.
Seems like the window for this thing was as open as ever 6 months ago and now it''s just dead.. It's so rare that a fight of this magnitude where so much money is to be made just doesn't happen..
By being dragged kicking and screaming into the fight and then getting beaten on top of that? Sorry, I think the only thing that saves Floyd's legacy is if he goes in and decisively beats Manny; no split decision. If he loses to Pacquiao all anyone will remember is how scared he was and how that fear ended up being justified.
I agree the only thing holding Mayweather back from being the best is stepping into the ring with Pacman, but he is too worried about tarnishing that undefeated record I don't believe it will ever happen...He is content where is at and Pacman is just the better fighter. If Pacquiao left boxing right now he would still have a more memorable legacy than Mayweather.
i agree....i guess mayweather fans will always have "undefeated" as thier arguement. But i can simply respond with "Resume".
Maywhat?
What about Muhammed Ali? Roy Jones Jr.? Tyson? Joe Lewis? Sugar Ray Leonard? Foreman? Holyfield? Would you be so quick to put Manny above all of them?
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