First Blood! Margarito-Oscar Rivalry Began in Sparring

a side from boxing fans, Margarito is an unknown, even by Mexicans. He fought in Carson, alot of Mexican fans are going to show up and throw their support regardless of who he is. Seen him fight plenty and even bought his PPv when he fought shotgun Gomez, but aside from hardcore fans, he does have a lot of bandwagon fans who had no idea who he beat or who he really was. You must also think that Sergio Mora is more known than Tony Margarito, lol.

a side from boxing fans, Margarito is an unknown, even by Mexicans. He fought in Carson, alot of Mexican fans are going to show up and throw their support regardless of who he is. Seen him fight plenty and even bought his PPv when he fought shotgun Gomez, but aside from hardcore fans, he does have a lot of bandwagon fans who had no idea who he beat or who he really was. Mexican's have been asking for Oscar to take the Margarito fight for years now. You don't know what your talking about.

ANyone who can't see that Oscar is scared is just lying to themselves. Yeah, sure he has nothing to prove, which he doesn't. That still doesn't mean he's not ducking Margarito, it's the fight everyone wants DLH to end his career with and he's not going for it. Oscar's being a little bitch. He don't want none of Tony, so he keeps making up all these stupid excuses. Let's list a few. He don't want to disrespect Paul......Bwahahaha He only wants to fight the "Best"......Manny may be the best featherweight, but at Welter, come on! He don't want to fight another Mexican.....Tony was born in L.A. & why the hell is he seeking a fight with Sergio, oh wait, he's Mexican-AMERICAN, sorry. Tony has unfinished business with Paul Williams....well hell, Oscar's got unfinished business with let's see: B-Hop & Felix Sturm but he ain't calling them out.

ANyone who can't see that Oscar is scared is just lying to themselves. Yeah, sure he has nothing to prove, which he doesn't. That still doesn't mean he's not ducking Margarito, it's the fight everyone wants DLH to end his career with and he's not going for it.

Thats the biggest pile of shit i've read today! I went to the first Israel Vasquez v. Rafael Marquez fight and there was nothing close to a sell out. I can back you up on that as I was there too. It wasn't even half full. The side that the cameras were on was practically empty.

a side from boxing fans, Margarito is an unknown, even by Mexicans. He fought in Carson, alot of Mexican fans are going to show up and throw their support regardless of who he is. Seen him fight plenty and even bought his PPv when he fought shotgun Gomez, but aside from hardcore fans, he does have a lot of bandwagon fans who had no idea who he beat or who he really was. Thats nice and all, but what does it have to do with anything I said in response to Margarito has a lot of bandwagon fans, but the moment he loses they will all be gone. ?? Nothing really. He already has lost and since that particular loss, hes gained even more fans.

I seriously doubt Margarito did any of this and just talking shit.. Margarito isn't shit compared to a prime De La Hoya. Then why don't Oscar want to fight him. Styles make fights and all indications lead me to believe that Margarito fucked up Oscar in sparring.

I seriously doubt Margarito did any of this and just talking shit.. Margarito isn't shit compared to a prime De La Hoya.

Thats the biggest pile of shit i've read today! I went to the first Israel Vasquez v. Rafael Margarito fight and there was nothing close to a sell out. And Frankie can back me up in this. The 3rd fight was a sellout. the Margarito v. Williams fight was a sell out. Margarito is a known, somebody!!! As of the Cotto fight , he is now known. How many PPv's buys for the shotgun Gomez fight? I say anywhere near the 50 to 75k mark. Not a sign of being known or having real and true fans. thanks for the compliment.

can you explain his rise in popularity since the Williams loss? Exactly! I second that, As much as people say Cotto has no personality He carries himself with true champion confidence. Margarito is kind of a dick and is talkin mad shit. You should hear all the spanish interviews. Cotto was babied and payed good for his fights. Against a hungry fighter that hasn't seen the paydays Cotto has. Cotto already said he'd beat Cintron and some other shit so stop the hate Margarito is the man.

a side from boxing fans, Margarito is an unknown, even by Mexicans. He fought in Carson, alot of Mexican fans are going to show up and throw their support regardless of who he is. Seen him fight plenty and even bought his PPv when he fought shotgun Gomez, but aside from hardcore fans, he does have a lot of bandwagon fans who had no idea who he beat or who he really was. Thats the biggest pile of shit i've read today! I went to the first Israel Vasquez v. Rafael Margarito fight and there was nothing close to a sell out. And Frankie can back me up in this. The 3rd fight was a sellout. the Margarito v. Williams fight was a sell out. Margarito is a known, somebody!!!

FALSE. i HAD non boxing fans texting me the night of "the battle".. about how Marg is whoopin Cotto..:banana::flowers1: these no boxing fans taht u mention, how did they know who he was if they are non boxing fans? It sounds like they were going against the guy with more xposure, Cotto.

can you explain his rise in popularity since the Williams loss? a side from boxing fans, Margarito is an unknown, even by Mexicans. He fought in Carson, alot of Mexican fans are going to show up and throw their support regardless of who he is. Seen him fight plenty and even bought his PPv when he fought shotgun Gomez, but aside from hardcore fans, he does have a lot of bandwagon fans who had no idea who he beat or who he really was.

margarito vs williams II. If Tony wants to avenge the loss he was so confident taht he won , why not rematch for unification? side note: Margarito has a lot of bandwagon fans, but the moment he loses they will all be gone. can you explain his rise in popularity since the Williams loss?

margarito vs williams II. If Tony wants to avenge the loss he was so confident taht he won , why not rematch for unification? side note: Margarito has a lot of bandwagon fans, but the moment he loses they will all be gone.

so much bullshit, I think Margarito has turned into a bit of a prick.

Oscar has ALL of boxing at his fingertips. If him and his trainer wanted someone to beat up they would get one. Not bring in this fool, time and time again. Margarito was a sparring partner. Read that again, thats what he is to Oscar. I like how this is played out to be some kind of forced war to make Margarito look like a hero. Margararito was roughing up Oscar in sparring. That's why he was let go and Oscar made the decision to never fight Tony. Basically Oscar got his feelings hurt during those sessions and he won't give Tony the opportunity because he wants to deprive him of the payday or he's truly afraid of what Tony can do to him.

First Blood! Margarito-Oscar Rivalry Began in Sparring Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 at 11:24 am By Scoop Malinowski As Antonio Margarito, the new kingpin of the Welterweight division, savors and celebrates the most important and spectacular triumph of his 15-year career, and attempts to lure the Golden Man Oscar De La Hoya into a passing of the torch Chavez-De La Hoya type HBO PPV showdown later this year, we thought it was an appropriate time to re-tell the story about the infamous Margarito-De La Hoya sparring sessions. “I did spar with Oscar but I used him as my sparring partner,” Margarito told me about two years ago, of their sparring sessions from about four years ago. “Oscar and his trainer wanted me to be their dummy. They would tell me to let him hit me, not to throw any punches. Then I would be told to throw at him, but not hard, while he was throwing hard.” Clearly, Oscar was well aware of the extraordinary punching power of Margarito and was uncomfortable to deal with it’s consequences. But Margarito is a champion, he does not possess the typical ’sparring partner mentality’ and refused to be Oscar’s dolt. “I’m a person with a short temper, all this was only making me furious. So, naturally, I would let go of my punches with power. On two different occasions I made him bleed. Once from the nose, and the other time from the ear. Unfortunately, both times they sent me back down.” Now justice has been served and Margarito is the new WBA Welterweight champion. And boxing has annointed a new superstar who displays many fine attributes in and out of the ring. How quickly we can forget the boring business fights of the previous self-proclaimed best welterweight who recently ran away to hide in a phony retirement so as to 100% evade the expectations to face the Cotto-Margarito winner. And now Oscar De La Hoya has the hard decision to make: Do the honorable thing for the natural progression of the sport by fighting the next great Mexican icon heir apparent, as Julio Cesar Chavez did for Oscar in the 1990’s. Or handpick a meaningless/circus/business exhibition against Manny Pacquiao. I think all boxing fans would prefer the story lines and intrigue of Oscar vs. Margarito, how about you? The Pac Man vs. Ricky Hatton makes more sense. LOL good post

read the post I quoted on kid.. No doubt son..

what the hell are you talking about ? wasnt Shane, oSCARS sparring partner for the May fight?? lol...SSM > ODLH X2.... okay? They have been firends since they were kids and are current business partners. What did that have to do with anything?