Antonio Margarito
Are we seeing more and more cheating in boxing?
Once he had his opponent against the ropes, Victor Ortiz (L) gave it his best shot at butting heads with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (r) during their WBC welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 17, 2011. Referee Joe Cortez alertly recognized Ortiz’s blatant attempt and called for an […]
Boxing’s headlines from the Left Coast
On Saturday, Brandon Rios, the current WBA lightweight champ and stablemate Mikey Garcia are having a charity boxing function in Oxnard, Ca. with all the proceeds going to the family of amateur boxer Gustavo Rodriguez who was shot and killed last week. “Gustavo was just 17,” said Robert Garcia of the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy. […]
Margarito vs Pacquiao, the aftermath
Margarito scheduled for surgery on Tuesday Antonio Margarito took such a beating on Saturday night that both his eyes were swollen shut and his face was a bloody mess. After the bout he was taken directly to a Dallas hospital via ambulance to have the cuts on his face examined. That’s when the injury to […]
Recap of Pacquiao’s total domination of the guy who never cheated
My vantage point for this critique? A comfortable seat in front of a large TV screen at the Viejas Casino. Joined by friends, we were surrounded by boxing fans that were equally divided. With the very large Philippino population in San Diego cheering for Manny Pacquiao and the equally large Mexican population cheering for Antonio […]
Pacquiao versus Margarito has everyone’s interest
November 13, 2010, Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas is the site of what could well be the Fight of the Year. Some people are referring to the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito fight as: Good versus Evil, Big Man versus Little Man, Speed versus Power, and others recognize it as pride of country, Mexico versus […]