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Entries tagged with "Antonio+Margarito":

• Shane Mosley Meets the Press – April 27th, 2011

  Bouts aren’t won or lost with fighter’s mouths, which is a good thing, because Shane Mosley's mouth isn't working so good...
  
  

• Pacman Meets the Press – April 28th, 2011

  Wednesday was Pacquiao’s turn to meet the press, and the difference between him and Shane Mosley was like night and day...
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II at MSG – July 21st, 2011

  
  
  

• Ringside with Boxing's Biggest Expert (Part One) – July 22nd, 2011

  I am looking over at what used to be the "Fight Museum" on the gaming floor of Mandalay Bay, but it's not there anymore...
  
  

• Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito – August 6th, 2011

  Now that Antonio Margarito has been cleared by doctors to return to the ring for a Dec. 3 rematch against WBA super welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden, maybe it's time to revisit their brutal first fight. It was July 26, 2008 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the WBA welterweight title, and Margarito was the underdog who fought like the top dog and stopped Cotto with a TKO in round 11. The controversy that followed the fight has dogged Margarito to this day, but it was still one helluva fight...
  
  

• The Art of Boxing and Sergio Martinez – August 15th, 2011

  “I was starving,” Martinez said. “I needed to work. I needed to eat. I needed to train. And I was in a new country. I was an immigrant…”
  
  

• The Enigma of Floyd Mayweather – September 14th, 2011

  “And Mayweather is beginning to operate like a surgeon," said Jim Lampley. "Fighting Floyd Mayweather is a dose of cold reality..."
  
  

• Mayweather vs. Ortiz: Head vs. Heart – September 16th, 2011

  To deny these feelings, gut and heart feelings, to operate solely and soullessly on the cerebral plane, is to negate boxing’s primal attraction…
  
  

• Maravilla: Boxing’s Hidden Gem – September 29th, 2011

  I observed a confident, relaxed, and jovial Sergio Martinez strolling through the casino at midnight before the fight—with two attractive, vibrant women…
  
  

• Nonito Donaire: Old School Young Man – October 17th, 2011

  Nonito Donaire had never visited New York before Sept. 19, and he was as blown away as any tourist visiting the Big City for the first time…
  
  

• Hopkins-Dawson: Reflections on a TKO for Boxing – October 18th, 2011

  Most boxing fans are not Hollywood A-listers, but rather, are working-class people who look to boxing as an escape from their daily toil...
  
  

• Pacquiao: Blunting Greatness – November 9th, 2011

  Some sick and sad process of dulling the luster and blunting the greatness of Manny Pacquiao has and is taking place before our very eyes…
  
  

• Pacquiao vs. Marquez III Preview – November 12th, 2011

  Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, speaks with Rick Strom from TYT Sports about the last fight in the trilogy between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. They discuss the strengths and deficiencies of both fighters, the history they share, and what we're likely to see when the Filipino whirlwind and Mexican warrior get it on...
  
  

• Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito Face Off – November 13th, 2011

  On Dec. 3 at New York's Madison Square Garden, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito rematch their controversial first fight. Cotto took a serious beating and suffered his first loss, while losing his WBA welterweight title in the process. But Margarito was later discovered to have loaded gloves, and the whiff of disgrace follows him wherever he goes and whenever he fights. There's no love lost between these two men. Nor should there be. On HBO's Face Off with Max Kellerman, the animosity between Cotto and Margarito seems as real as it was on the night of July 26, 2008...
  
  

• Jim Lampley: Boxing’s Vibrant Expressionist – November 16th, 2011

  “The bottom line is that boxing attracts literate observers because the psychological confrontation between two fighters is so compelling—and so identifiable...”
  
  

• It’s Transition Time Again – November 17th, 2011

  
  
  

• Antonio Margarito: Seeing Eye Dog – November 18th, 2011

  
  
  

• HBO 24/7 Margarito-Cotto Episode 1 – November 20th, 2011

  Everyone is on pins and needles as they wait to see if the Dec. 3 rematch between Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto will or won't take place at Madison Square Garden as scheduled. Their brutal first fight, however, isn't far from anyone's mind. Margarito handed handed Cotto his first loss and gave him a God-awful beating. Everyone assumed that Cotto had an off night. These things happen to the best of them. But when Margarito got caught using loaded gloves in his next bout, the old assumptions were dropped and new assumptions took on new meaning...
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II: Eye for an Eye – November 21st, 2011

  
  
  

• Trouble in the Big Apple – November 22nd, 2011

  
  
  

• If You Can’t Make It in New York – November 22nd, 2011

  “I signed this fight for New York," said Cotto. "I didn’t sign this fight for somewhere else. I’m going to fight in New York. Just New York..."
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II: Hindsight is 50-50 – November 22nd, 2011

  Maintain vigilance and discipline the next time your favorite websites or favorite writers begin howling and pointing fingers…
  
  

• Viva Mexico! – November 23rd, 2011

  There is much more to the resurgence of Mexican boxing in 2011, but suffice it to say the hombres are back and then some…
  
  

• The ABC's of Margarito's Texas License – November 24th, 2011

  Any conjecture of wrongdoing is entirely based on a reader's ability to speculate and an ability to allow one's mind to imagine the possibilities...
  
  

• Alvarez vs. Cintron Preview – November 25th, 2011

  Canelo is an imperfect fighter, but 32-year-old Cintron won’t be the man to exploit those imperfections…
  
  

• Uh-Oh, Something Has Changed – November 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito: A New York State of Mind – November 28th, 2011

  Two can play rough. There is nothing simple to these two different warriors. Not a simple life, this boxing...
  
  

• 24/7 Cotto-Margarito II Episode 2 – November 28th, 2011

  Now that the brouhaha over Antonio Margarito's eye has been resolved by the NYSAC to everyone's satisfaction, all systems are go for his eagerly anticipated rematch with Miguel Cotto. Their first fight is still shrouded in controversy, and the their second fight is intended to settle the matter once and for all. This is a big event for big stakes in the big top in the big city, and HBO is giving the bout the full-scale 24/7 treatment. Here is Episode 2...
  
  

• Another Dream Boxing Weekend – November 29th, 2011

  
  
  

• Antonio Margarito vs. Kermit Cintron I – November 29th, 2011

  Antonio Margarito first fought Kermit Cintron on April 23, 2005, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for the WBO welterweight title. Cintron was undefeated at the time with a 24-0 record. Margarito was 31-4. It was supposed to be a gimme fight, but Margarito did most of the giving and Cintron did most of the taking. They fought a second time three years later and the result was the same. But now Cintron, at least in his mind, given what has come to pass, has an excuse for what transpired in Sin City...
  
  

• Antonio Margarito vs. Shane Mosley – November 30th, 2011

  The Jan. 24, 2009 fight between Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley at the Staples Center in L.A. for the WBA super welterweight title was a turning point in Margarito's career. Before the fight, Mosley's trainer Naasim Richardson discovered that Margarito's hand wraps had been tampered with. It caused a lengthy delay, but when the opening bell sounded, Sugar Shane made up for lost time. Margarito's questionable tactics have shadowed his career since then, and will be a factor in how he performs, and how Miguel Cotto performs, Saturday night at The Garden...
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II: Bad Blood – November 30th, 2011

  “If you don’t know what a criminal means, you can look it up in the dictionary,” said the Pride of Puerto Rico. “It’s someone who uses a weapon…"
  
  

• Miguel Angel Cotto: A Warrior Martyr – December 1st, 2011

  I can’t think of a modern fighter who has absorbed more punishment and anguish—both in and out of the ring—than Miguel Cotto...
  
  

• Bam Bam Hits New York City – December 1st, 2011

  
  
  

• Antonio Margarito vs. Manny Pacquiao – December 1st, 2011

  Antonio Margarito fought Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 13, 2010, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Although he crushed Miguel Cotto two years earlier to win the WBO welterweight title, Margarito lost badly to Shane Mosley in Jan. 2009. He rebounded with a win over Roberto Garcia in May 2010. But in facing Pacquiao, Margarito was in a superfight against a super fighter, and without an advantage, real or imagined, he was at a serious disadvantage, and Pacquiao made the most of it...
  
  

• Bob Arum: Boxing Is Not Dead – December 2nd, 2011

  
  
  

• Mala Sangre: The Mexico-Puerto Rico Rivalry – December 2nd, 2011

  Lest we believe the rivalry has subsided, the Cotto-Margarito dynamic has reminded us that the “mala sangre” is alive and well…
  
  

• Cotto-Margarito II: Day for Night – December 3rd, 2011

  We forgave the Pawtuxet Indians and bloodthirsty Romans, so why not forgive Antonio Margarito?
  
  

• Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito I – December 3rd, 2011

  There's a huge amount at stake in tonight's rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito at New York's Madison Square Garden. Pride, revenge, and setting the record straight take precedence over a trifle like the WBA junior middleweight title. And it's all predicated on what went down when the two men fought their first fight. Cotto dominated the first half, but faded badly as the bout progressed. The reasons why he faded as badly as he did remain a mystery to this day...
  
  

• All Hail Miguel Cotto – December 4th, 2011

  Cotto was showing the world something he felt the world needed to see, and he was doing it in grand style…
  
  

• One More Round: Too Much to Ask – December 4th, 2011

  The night was to end with a "convicted" glove-loader losing to a man he was suspected of using loaded gloves to beat a few years earlier…
  
  

• Miguel Cotto: Silence Is Golden – December 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Antonio Margarito: I, Me, Mine – December 4th, 2011

  
  
  

• Adios Tony; Bienvenido Bam Bam – December 4th, 2011

  In some way Brandon Rios is very similar to Margarito and in other ways the differences are stark….
  
  

• After Redemption, Where Does Cotto Go Next? – December 5th, 2011

  Don’t be surprised if Miguel Cotto—a Warrior’s Warrior—pursues yet another mega-fight in early- to mid-2012…
  
  

• For $9.99 You Get Roy Jones – December 6th, 2011

  
  
  

• Bob Arum: 80 Years Young – December 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• Capital Showdown DC Weights – December 9th, 2011

  
  
  

• Ward/Froch on Lucian Bute – December 14th, 2011

  When asked if they can be “universally regarded as the best” without having fought Lucian Bute, Ward and Froch found unanimity…
  
  

• Aaron Davis in the Driver’s Seat – December 14th, 2011

  "I didn’t suspend those judges just to say I’m a big bad guy," said Davis. "It’s really for the betterment of the sport...”