Eleven months ago Antonio Margarito, known by many as “The Tijuana Tornado” for his relentless pressure style, announced his retirement after losing via 10th-round knockout in a grudge rematch against Miguel Cotto and previously suffered a broken orbital bone and a severe cataract in his right eye thanks to the hands of Manny Pacquiao. Margarito felt he could no longer compete in the level he wanted to.
Margarito’s announcement was the best decision he could have done. As a huge boxing fan, I couldn’t bare watching him get a beat down. For several years Margarito was considered the most avoided fighter in the sport and I want to continue remembering him in a positive way regardless of the hand-wrap scandal in 2009.
But… just like every fighter who retires, word is Antonio Margarito is planning a comeback.
The majority of fighters who come out of retirement do to financial issues and Margarito is no exception.
Rumor is that his divorce with Michelle, who is currently pregnant by a family friend, has become a nightmare, granting Michelle a multi-million settlement forcing the “Tijuana Tornado” to sell several of his assets.
With Margarito’s new baby with his new girl, Lorena Vidales, he wants to take on a big-money fight to help him financially. The only opponents that are able to give him big paychecks are a possible fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at 160. Chavez’s promoter, Bob Arum, did consider this fight before Margarito lost to Cotto.
Another fight that can take place at 154 will be against “Canelo” Alvarez but personally I don’t think he should even fight at all. The lack of money is the root of all evil.
It’s sad to see how far one will go, just ask Shane Mosley, he too got divorced and came out of retirement while Mike Tyson is doing stand up comedy to support his family. There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted but now it happens to everybody.
pretty stupid thread to subscribe to, although, you've always seemed pretty, eeh, stupid.
That's pretty rude mate.
I wouldn't criticize you if you subscribed to a thread where Cotto is being praised for being Golden Boy's very own gatekeeper.
Honestly i don't wanna see him back he didn't have much left the last time out and his eye is now a huge problem.Fighting for money as the main reason off a comeback rarely ends well.
but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. tony's a lot of things, one thing i'd bank on, though, is that he's a provider to his family and no entity should have the right to deny the man that.
he'd just be more of a legend in the minds of his fanatics if he actually loses the eye in the ring and complains to smoger to "geef me juan mor roun." TONY IS A GOD!
the pirate eye-patch would be appropriate for the man affectionately known as the tornado.
So Tony's so called "fans" are supportive of his return? You guys realize that he's been through hell throughout his career and has only 1 fully functional eye, right? You really want him to suffer even more damage in the ring? I mean the article obviously states that he needs to fight to make money, not because he feels the passion to fight again.
Being a Cotto fan and a believer that he loaded his gloves against Cotto, I still would prefer he stayed retired. It just seems senseless for him to further jeopardize his health.
Honestly i don't wanna see him back he didn't have much left the last time out and his eye is now a huge problem.Fighting for money as the main reason off a comeback rarely ends well.
Awww, he had a girl, what a shame. If that was a boy, we could have witnessed the birth of the next incarnation of Margarito. A cleaner version, of course.
freakin guy looks like a cross between justin beiber and eric estrada
This is the first time I have ever subscribed to a thread. A great one I might add. Wargodito is a G
pretty stupid thread to subscribe to, although, you've always seemed pretty, eeh, stupid.
Awww, he had a girl, what a shame. If that was a boy, we could have witnessed the birth of the next incarnation of Margarito. A cleaner version, of course.
chek da sig homie
Looks like Margarito already has a kid with his new gf. He has new braces too.
http://www.myboxingfans.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/margarito.jpg
Awww, he had a girl, what a shame. If that was a boy, we could have witnessed the birth of the next incarnation of Margarito. A cleaner version, of course.
Never was a fan of Tony, never disliked him or anything either. He's a warrior in the ring and now seems to be dealing with an akward situation outside of it.
Didn't know that his wife was cheating on him or anything, they seemed really close, she used to attend all of his training camps.
Pretty sure it's permanently like that. I'd be shocked if any commission in the U.S. would allow him to fight again.
Texas.....nothing else needs to be said.
What this sport needs to do is organize one giant PPV card and donate all proceedings to Tony Margarito. I can't think of another fighter who is as deserving of such charity after all he has given to it and it's fans. I'd personally have no problem in handing over a couple of hundred to this great man.
Oh dear lord. :nono:
Looks like his eye still looks weird or damage in the picture of him with his little girl.
Pretty sure it's permanently like that. I'd be shocked if any commission in the U.S. would allow him to fight again.
So Tony's so called "fans" are supportive of his return? You guys realize that he's been through hell throughout his career and has only 1 fully functional eye, right? You really want him to suffer even more damage in the ring? I mean the article obviously states that he needs to fight to make money, not because he feels the passion to fight again.
Being a Cotto fan and a believer that he loaded his gloves against Cotto, I still would prefer he stayed retired. It just seems senseless for him to further jeopardize his health.