By Mark Vester
With the recent crumbling of a potential bout between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton - the door has opened for other mega-bout matchups. A few weeks ago, trainer Freddie Roach told boxing scribe Ron Borges that Pacquiao has a real urge to fight WBA welterweight champ Antonio Margarito. According to Roach, Pacquiao is convinced that he can outbox the much bigger Margarito.
Roach gave the same information to BoxingScene.com's Robert Morales. He said Pacquiao and his team and looking at Margarito as a possible opponent. Roach told Morales that a Margarito-Pacquiao bout is not possible because Margarito has a rematch in place with Miguel Cotto for June. Margarito also needs to win a tough title defense against Shane Mosley on Saturday.
Roach says the fight is not possible. Margarito says a fight with Pacquiao is very possible. If he prevails over Mosley on Saturday, he will take a look at his available options, Cotto or Pacquiao, and make a decision. Both Margarito and Pacquiao and promoted by Top Rank.
"I am focused on the fight with Mosley. [My next fight] will be a rematch against Cotto or a fight with Manny Pacquiao. We are willing fight him anywhere, but first we should concentrate on this fight [with Mosley] and later we will see what happens," Margarito told Primera Hora. "Freddie Roach has already said that they have the keys to beat me."
"In reality I never thought that he would continue fighting at welterweight. I thought that he moved up only to fight De La Hoya, but now they are already talking about me."
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