When Antonio Margarito rocked Miguel Cotto
Seventeen years ago this weekend, it was a fight that turned one way and then, definitively and with crushing finality, the other. The repercussions were prodigious.
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Gutting Through It: 11 Boxers Who Fought Through Significant Injuries
Every boxer who enters the ring puts their health, if not their life, on the line — though boxing fans often reserve the title of “warrior” for only a select few prizefighters. “I’m a warrior,” Andre Ward once said, offering a logical alternative perspective. “But people only give the ‘warrior’ tag if you get cut every other fight or you’re in a Fight of the Year candidate every other fight.” He has a point. “Warrior” is a badge of courage that all boxers proudly wear to commemorate them risking their health and safety to entertain fans of the sport. But not all badges are the same size. Ward earned his badge by consistently fighting quality opposition. Other fighters earn their badge by fighting through injury.
Mexico and Puerto Rico: The friendliest of vicious rivalries
On 8 June 1969, the soccer teams of El Salvador and Honduras met in the first leg of a two-legged tie to qualify for the following year's World Cup. The game took place in the shadow of growing tension between the neighbors; and after Honduras won the game, which took place in its capital Tegucigalpa, 1-0, Salvadoran fans set fire to the stadium
Daily Bread Mailbag: The Aftermath Of Inoue-Nery, More On Haney-Garcia, What If Margarito Met Mayorga And Much More
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Margarito Admits He Underestimated Pacquiao, Fight Should Have Been Stopped
Back in November of 2010, Manny Pacquiao was going for his eight divisional title when he stepped in the ring with the always dangerous Antonio Margarito. The contest, which had the vacant WBC junior middleweight title at stake, took place at a catch-weight of 150-pounds.
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Antonio Margarito Reveals Why He Left Boxing in 2017
It's been almost three years since former world champion Antonio Margarito entered the ring. Based in San Diego, the 'Tijuana Tornado' was a three-time world welterweight champion. He just celebrated his 42nd birthday. The last time Margarito (41-8, 27 KOs) saw action, he won a very tough seven round technical decision over Carson Jones. Many believe Margarito was on the verge of being stopped, but the contest was cut short due to a cut that Margarito suffered around his right eye due to a head clash.
Pacquiao: Thurman Is Heavy-Handed, He Hit Me Like Margarito
LAS VEGAS – Keith Thurman came to a post-fight press conference late Saturday night looking like he had been beaten up. The former WBA welterweight champion’s face was bruised, marked up and swollen following his grueling fight with Manny Pacquiao. He was knocked down during the first round, bled badly from his nose in the fifth round and withstood a painful body shot in 10th round.
Antonio Margarito vs. Sam Eggington Showdown Explored
Sam Eggington - who some call the 'The English Margarito' - has revealed that there have been discussions for a showdown with the real Antonio Margarito. Eggington (22-4, 14 KOs), after struggling to make the welterweight, has moved up to the junior middleweight limit of 154-pounds.
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Cintron Blasts Ex-Foe Canelo, Aims For Trilogy With Margarito
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Add another former opponent to the list of those ripping Canelo Alvarez. Former welterweight title claimant Kermit Cintron, beaten in a bid for Alvarez’s 154-pound belt in 2011, believes the red-haired Mexican’s recent travails are likely indicative of longer-term infractions. Gennady Golovki...
Antonio Margarito vs. Magomed Kurbanov in Talks For May 5
Russian boxer Magomed Kurbanov is scheduled to return to the ring on May 5 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. And the potential opponent in the other corner is none other than former world champion Antonio Margarito of Mexico, according to the director of the promotional company RCC Boxing Promotion Alexei Titov.
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