Vernon Forrest Tells Margarito: "Let's Get it On"

[Shalafi]

Why should Margarito move up if he's preparing for a welterweight fight in the summer? Why doesn't Forrest come to 147 if he really wants it? And like someone said earlier, his plans to fight Cotto last year didn't stop him from fighting a dangerous fighter like Paul Williams. Margarito just doesn't know how to back down from any man.

Exactly, he fights any m0f0 that calls him out, that's why I ****ing love Tony, he's my kind of fighter. But like you said, if Forrest wants a piece of Tony he should drop down to 147.

[niceguy45]

forrest has problems with punchers, IMO he will struggle with margarito if this fight happens which i doubt, there are a lot of options for margarito,
he wants to aim at bigger paydays mayweather,dlh,cotto.........forrest should be calling out winky

[MELLY-MEL...]

It didn't take long for WBC junior middleweight champion Vernon Forrest (40-2, 29KOs) to answer the call of Antonio Margarito (35-5, 25KOs). During an earlier interview with BoxingScene.com, Sergio Diaz, manager of Margarito, said his fighter would be willing to move up to 154 and fight Forrest. [details]

vern will give the primative margarito a lesson in the sweet science!

[cupcrazy01]

Why should Margarito move up if he's preparing for a welterweight fight in the summer? Why doesn't Forrest come to 147 if he really wants it? And like someone said earlier, his plans to fight Cotto last year didn't stop him from fighting a dangerous fighter like Paul Williams. Margarito just doesn't know how to back down from any man.

I didn't say Margarito doesn't want it, I said ARUM doesn't. Do you think Arum WANTED Marg to fight Williams? He took him to court over it. He told anyone who would listen that the fight was a big risk and he didn't want Marg going through with it--hence the litigation. He settled for letting it go through (in exchange for an extension with Top Rank I believe) and grabbed Judah for Cotto instead. It worked out last year, but Arum won't be denied twice.