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MANILA, Philippines—Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao believes Antonio Margarito is better than Joshua Clottey and sees an action-packed bout when they tangle for the World Boxing Council super welterweight crown on Nov. 13 at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Texas.
In an impressive display of boxing skill and punching power, the Philippines scored a 4-0 sweep over The World in a blockbuster fight card at a jam-packed Pacific Ballroom of the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu City Saturday.
Michael Domingo, the quiet but underrated bantamweight who has been avoided by the bigger names in the division especially after his spectacular second round knockout of Colombia’s menacing-looking Luis Melendez last May, has gotten a long deserved break and will face off in an eliminator for the No.1 slot of the IBF.
Alejandro “Zorrito” Barrera, a cousin of Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera was stone-faced and clearly not bothered by an embarrassing incident during the official weigh-in for the “Philippines vs The World” blockbuster fight card at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu on Saturday.
Promoter Gabriel “Bebot” Elorde Jr a short while ago confirmed that his fighter, WBC International flyweight champion Ryan Bito will face former world light flyweight champion Edgar Sosa on September 11 at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City.
Veteran Filipino super flyweight Flash Villacura has dropped a unanimous ten round decision to undefeated Fred “The General” Mundraby in a battle for the vacant Australian super flyweight title at the Fortitude Gym in Queensland.
Undefeated Filipino southpaw Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta has taken out one of two opponents he had to beat before his team believes he’ll be ready to face WBO interim champion Michael Katsidis (27-2, 22 KO’s) of Australia.
World Boxing Council (WBC) president Don Jose Sulaiman has acted promptly and decisively to stop a potential mismatch between Filipino featherweight Joan de Guia and undefeated Juan Carlos Burgos for the WBC Youth world title scheduled for September 11 in Guadalajara, Mexico in a fight c ard that will also feature Mexican legend Erik “El Terrible” Morales and former WBC light flyweight champion Edgar Sosa.
Even as he expected the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito fight to push through on November 13, Pacquiao’s conditioning expert Alex Ariza indicated that if there was a decision to replace Margarito due to his inability to get a license in Texas - then a credible replacement would be lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez - which he said “is a good fight” although Ariza noted he didn’t know the status of the relationship between Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions, who promote Marquez.
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz is confident that the Texas Commission will give Antonio Margarito a license to fight Pacquiao at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium on November 13 despite the California State Athletic Commission’s 5-1 vote against issuing Margarito a license to fight in California.