Did Margarito "Deserve" a Fight With Mayweather in 2006?

[Steak]

I think Margarito would beat Baldomir, but I doubt by KO unless via cut. Never know, look what happened to Lujans ear. yuck...

I also think Floyd would beat Margarito by a wide margin, although it would be a semi-exhausting fight, you dont get out of a fight with Margarito without at least a few small bumps and bruises, its just his work rate, physicallity and will makes things difficult.
Even though I think Floyd would handily beat Margarito, I think Margarito did "deserve" a fight with him. He was rated #1 in the Welterweight division, and is a pretty damn decent fighter. there was no Mosley there at the time, Cotto wasnt where he is now, and Hatton wasnt exactly around for whatever reason...
BUT...there were better fights to be made. simple as that. so it doesnt matter that the fight didnt happen. but Margarito definately "deserved" a fight with Floyd...
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[Fox McCloud]

I think Margarito was on the final short list of candidates that possibly deserved a fight with Floyd. There is nothing you can say that makes him stand apart from all the other big names that also deserved a fight with him, is there?

[ArturoBalboa]

Marg didn't deserve a bout with Floyd then, most likely still doesn't since he lost his last fight. You have to look at this from a pro/con standpoint. Antonio had no big names on his record or any notable fight at the time so was a virtual unknown despite his contender position. If Mayweather loses a fight to a legit tough fighter with no name recognition - he catches hell for losing and the overrated claims pour in given his p4p status. If Floyd wins the tough guy bout, he gets 'boxing purist cred', but no notch in his belt on a name win and no real increase in status to get on the radar of pop culture or the future big money fights that he salivated over. It's either a tough fight win (that he should've won anyway), or he lost to an unknown - which is the equivalent to a bum in some minds.

Your typical high risk low reward fight. If you call out the guy with so much to lose fresh at the top of the food chain, you better give him some incentive to fight you, a name win you can hang over his head or something.

I think this is a great post.
Maybe it doesn't strictly answer if margarito deserved a shot but i think it offers a much better insight in how boxers consider who their next opponent should be rather than the playground bull**** of a fighter being scared and ducking an opponent.

[ArturoBalboa]

this is what im saying after judah ppl jumped on the baldi wagon.......he just beat a guy who already lost from the beggening of the fight judah is never 100 percent mentally

You mean the way margarito fans jumped on williams bandwagon since he beat margarito.

Before that fight the maragrito fans were talking **** about williams, immediately after the fight williams punches wre reffered to as tip tap **** hitting margarito on the arms and he never won the fight, then he was a ***** who was too scared to offer marg a rematch.

Now he swallows mayweather.

You and viva mexico should show more respect to the boxers you so easily refer to as bums and realise the world doesn't revolve around your favourite fighters.

[toe to toe]

when you come with the biggest payday of mayweathers life of course you deserve it. only a coward would turn that money down.

[Fox McCloud]

when you come with the biggest payday of mayweathers life of course you deserve it. only a coward would turn that money down.

Baldomir - $8 million.

Thank you.

[eazy_mas]

Baldomir - $8 million.

Thank you.

without the PPV too.

The problem with Margarito is he is hyped by Bob Arum made him look bigger than he really is with the $8 million offering of Floyd

[SkillspayBills]

when you come with the biggest payday of mayweathers life of course you deserve it. only a coward would turn that money down.

Now I see why you made a new name your old one got banned, ha!

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Of course he did

[Pugilistic™]

hell no he didn't