By Mark Vester 

WBA junior middleweight champion Daniel Santos has launched a verbal attack in the direction of WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. Santos wants Margarito to pick on someone "his own size" and dared the Mexican warrior to move back up to 154-pounds for a trilogy bout.

Both of their previous bouts had similiar endings. The first time, fought at welterweight in 2001, ended with a first-round no-contest after a clash of heads opened a serious cut on Margarito. The second time around, Margarito moved up to 154-pounds to challenge Santos for his WBO title. This time the bout went ten-rounds, and once again ended when a clash of heads that opened up another serious cut on Margarito. The rematch went to cards due to the cut and Santos won a close technical decision. Following the loss, Margarito moved back down to welterweight.

A few weeks ago, Santos watched his countryman Miguel Cotto get stopped by Margarito in eleven-rounds. Santos says that Margarito picks on smaller fighters because he can't dominate fighters his own size. Both boxers jumpstarted their careers last month. Santos went before a hostile crowd in Canada and knocked out undefeated Joachim Alcine to capture his present title, while Margarito scored the knockout over Cotto to win his.

"Margarito was able to do that to Cotto because he was bigger, but with someone his own size like me, he won't be able to. He wasn't able to do that with me at 147 and I beat him at 154. Margarito is the champion because I moved up in weight and he had to drop back down. If Margarito truly wants to fight with the best, I am expecting him up here - if he dares," Santos said to Primera Hora . 

If Santos is unable to land Margarito, he will target the other champions at 154 and then jump up to 160.

"I want to fight the best and I first want to get Margarito and then unify the titles at 154, whether it be against Verno Phillips or the Ukranian Sergey Dzinziruk, who won the WBO title from me in 2005. If I can't get them, then we'll target Kelly Pavlik at 160-pounds."

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