Arum: Margarito will drop WBO title to avoid Williams

[Xcel]

it's ******ed to say Margarito is ducking anyone... he's not in charge, Bob Arum is... please save the ignorance

and money talks and even if Paul Williams may very well deserve a shot first, a fight with the more marketable Miguel Cotto equals more money at this point

Williams isnt just another mandatory. He is a 30 win mandatory, with highly rumoured sucess against Margarito in sparring. A mandatory that has 3 televised wins on national TV. This guy is a legit threat. Cotto isnt fighting Margarito until June/July, so Margarito has time for another fight in Feb/March and if he wins can still get a fight in June/July. He really has no exscuse.

[IwatchBoxing]

I think Margo is nervous. I think his ribs hurt from just watching Quintana fall. Miguel BALLS Cotto.

Margarito is just a pawn man, hes hanging around just for Cotto or a Puerto Rican can whup his ass. They matched him with Santos, he couldn't beat him, so they went to Cintron, and now he gets a chance at Cotto. Just rubs me off bad...if Cotto does beat him, his status will just dissapear and it will look as Cotto beat a nobody.

[mECHsLAVE]

I'm not quite sure how you "duck" a fighter when you sign to fight a better one. Cotto has clearly accomplished more then Williams, has proved himself far more, and is the FAR bigger draw (nobody outside of a boxing message board is sure who Paul Williams is). And it's clear that Arum runs Margarito, so this is obviously Arum's choice, and on paper it's a smart one. Cotto is a name, a respected titlist, undefeated, and has become a very good draw. PR v. Mexico is also a "can't lose" promotion.

Would I like to see Tony defend against Williams, keep his belt, and then unify with Cotto? Of course! But I totally understand why Arum wouldn't want to take that risk.

Then again, if I was Arum (and yes, I'm still thinking in terms of risk/reward) I'd have Tony defend against Williams first. I think Williams gets hit too easy to beat Margarito in a war.

[salinass1234]

Margarito is horrible and a coward. That's really all there is to say about him.

You won't get in the ring with him!!!!

[Guest]

I'm not quite sure how you "duck" a fighter when you sign to fight a better one. Cotto has clearly accomplished more then Williams, has proved himself far more, and is the FAR bigger draw (nobody outside of a boxing message board is sure who Paul Williams is). And it's clear that Arum runs Margarito, so this is obviously Arum's choice, and on paper it's a smart one. Cotto is a name, a respected titlist, undefeated, and has become a very good draw. PR v. Mexico is also a "can't lose" promotion.

Would I like to see Tony defend against Williams, keep his belt, and then unify with Cotto? Of course! But I totally understand why Arum wouldn't want to take that risk.

Then again, if I was Arum (and yes, I'm still thinking in terms of risk/reward) I'd have Tony defend against Williams first. I think Williams gets hit too easy to beat Margarito in a war.

You weren't saying this when Floyd Mayweather was looking to a fight with DLH...

[marlo]

Keep talking your bull****, after September passed, Margarito still offered Mayweather the fight and Mayweather turned it down. Stop being biased, Mayweather avoided a Margarito fight, simply the truth.

That's a ****ing crock of ****. Arum withdrew his $8 Million offer two days after Baldomir beat Gatti.

[Guest]

Keep talking your bull****, after September passed, Margarito still offered Mayweather the fight and Mayweather turned it down. Stop being biased, Mayweather avoided a Margarito fight, simply the truth.

If you are going to talk **** about Mayweather passing up that paper champion Margarito for better fights (Baldomir and DLH), then you need to start hating on your boy Margarito too since he won't fight Williams to guarantee a shot at Cotto...

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Paul Williams strikes fear into the heart of Margarito. Tony can't beat southpaws and Williams would be the best lefty he's faced. Williams is also bigger than Margarito and Margarito already felt The Punisher's power in sparring. It all adds up to why Margarito wants nothing to do with Williams...

[marlo]

I'm not quite sure how you "duck" a fighter when you sign to fight a better one. Cotto has clearly accomplished more then Williams, has proved himself far more, and is the FAR bigger draw (nobody outside of a boxing message board is sure who Paul Williams is). And it's clear that Arum runs Margarito, so this is obviously Arum's choice, and on paper it's a smart one. Cotto is a name, a respected titlist, undefeated, and has become a very good draw. PR v. Mexico is also a "can't lose" promotion.

Gee, that's pretty funny coming from a guy who was accusing Mayweather of "ducking" Margo not that long ago. There are some huge ****ing hypocrites and irrational haters on this forum.

[mECHsLAVE]

You weren't saying this when Floyd Mayweather was looking to a fight with DLH...

I wasn't saying this when Floyd opted to fight Judah instead of Margarito or Baldomir, you mean. That's really the only time I've been critical of Floyd's choice of opponent. That and calling "Margarito" easy work, and turning down career-high paydays to fight him. None of that applies to Margarito and Williams, does it?

[El Jesus]

You weren't saying this when Floyd Mayweather was looking to a fight with DLH...

i was thinking the exact same thing, especially coming from him. he says margarito isnt ducking, yet fails to mention that williams is his damn mandatory, better fight or not. Mayweather was NEVER in line to fight margarito, ever, margarito was never the mandatory for anything, he was just begging for a fight.

and to others who say "dont bieleve what comes out of arums mouth" ok, thats fine, then we can throw out that 8million dollar **** as well.