Mexican Fans And Fighters

[Mozza]

its because the opponents run away in fear of this man. no man has dared to go toe to toe with the tijuana tornado and lived to tell about. anywhere who tried to stand in the pocket with margarito has gotten knocked out. i am hoping cotto has the cojones to try and go toe to toe with the baddest man in the planet.

It sounds like you are saying that anyone who has dared to go toe-to-toe with Margarito has been killed - mind telling me who?

[Migs]

It sounds like you are saying that anyone who has dared to go toe-to-toe with Margarito has been killed - mind telling me who?

Don't waste your breath trying to make sensible talk with this guy. Nothing you say, no matter how valid you are, will ever break this dudes delusional thoughts about Margarito.

[Papa Ace]

I believe Mexicans fans are rooting for Margarito because they got nothing to lose on this one. They know themselves he's a hype job, he loses its fine, he takes a major scalp that would be awesome.

[DiegoFuego]

Paul Williams went toe to toe with him and won

So that negates Viva's comments

Baddest man on the planet? Wow, I guess that means Daniel Santos and Paul Williams are superhuman.

[DiegoFuego]

I've never heard of a fighter who got more hype and praise for doing nothing. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that Pacquiao has been offing Mexican legends left and right for the past 4-5 years and they're running out of ideas.

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I love Mexican fighters, what boxing fan doesn't? Through the ages there have been legendary fights and fighters and Mexico has always been represented with distinction in both these categories. Still today there are exceptionally talented Mexican fighters like Israel Vazquez and the Marquez brothers, all three of whom have been in titanic battles as recently as a few months ago, but it seems the Chosen One of the Mexican fans is Antonio Margarito. This is a man who has zero big name scalps on his record and has been involved in the same amount of memorable scraps which leaves me with one question for Mexican boxing fans: why do you love this joker and heap praise upon him ahead of fellow countrymen who truly embody the Mexican spirit and are infinitely more talented?

The question you should be asking is why do you hate him so much? it is obvious that you do since you are automatically assuming that Mexican fans put Margarito ahead of Marquez's and Vasquez and call him all these ridiculous names and even go as far as to say that he does not embody the Mexican spirit. The fact of the matter is Mexican fans represent by cheering their own. Mexican fans believe IT IS world championship boxing and thus you support your countrymen as they get ready to engage in battle, no matter if they are champion of the world and #1 p4p or just a tough hombre. How can you be patriotic if you don't?

On the Mexican spirit:

What is the Mexican spirit?

Is it hard work? Tony works hard and trains just as hard as any Mexican fighter

Is it determination and warrior mentality? I've never seen Tony give up even in fights where he has been loosing?

Antonio Margarito, Just like Marquez, Vasquez, Morales, Barrera, and any other highly recognized Mexican fighter of any era, FULLY EMBODIES THE MEXICAN SPIRIT.

He might not be as successful as them, and that there is the difference between them and Margarito. Is his time coming? We'll see, but you can bet your pennies that as long as Tony seems like a cool guy and represents Mexico there will be many Mexican fans who will support him and cheer him on and isn't that what makes a fan a great fan? Any so called fan can jump on and off a bandwagon.

[xcaret]

I think it's probably because Margarito is in the Welterweight division. Welter is now the hot weight class.

exatamundo..

[Mozza]

The question you should be asking is why do you hate him so much? it is obvious that you do since you are automatically assuming that Mexican fans put Margarito ahead of Marquez's and Vasquez and call him all these ridiculous names and even go as far as to say that he does not embody the Mexican spirit. The fact of the matter is Mexican fans represent by cheering their own. Mexican fans believe IT IS world championship boxing and thus you support your countrymen as they get ready to engage in battle, no matter if they are champion of the world and #1 p4p or just a tough hombre. How can you be patriotic if you don't?

I don't hate him I just don't get him. I read threads every day about Margarito this, Margarito that but very rarely do I see threads of the same type about Vazquez or Marquez brothers. Margarito appears to be an anti-hero more than anything else. He's not especially gifted, doesn't seem to have a great personality, he hasn't really achieved anything and doesn't appear to have the kind of charisma you would normally associate with such a popular character. I appreciate the Mexican mentality of supporting your own but I'm still left puzzled as to why Margarito is worthy of special attention when it seems there are other more deserving guys out there.

On the Mexican spirit:

What is the Mexican spirit?

Is it hard work? Tony works hard and trains just as hard as any Mexican fighter

Is it determination and warrior mentality? I've never seen Tony give up even in fights where he has been loosing?

Antonio Margarito, Just like Marquez, Vasquez, Morales, Barrera, and any other highly recognized Mexican fighter of any era, FULLY EMBODIES THE MEXICAN SPIRIT.

When I think of the Mexican spirit I think of a come forward fighter who is prepared to go into the trenches and walk back out no matter what happens. Margarito is certainly a come forward fighter but I have never seen him in a real battle and I think the other guys mentioned all outstrip him in that department.

He might not be as successful as them, and that there is the difference between them and Margarito. Is his time coming? We'll see, but you can bet your pennies that as long as Tony seems like a cool guy and represents Mexico there will be many Mexican fans who will support him and cheer him on and isn't that what makes a fan a great fan? Any so called fan can jump on and off a bandwagon.

What you say here kind of backs up my point about him being an anti-hero, his popularity is more to do with his lack of endearing characteristics than it is his possession of them.

[The Texican]

Once HW heats up, we'll be talking about Arreola. Tony is our representative in the hotbed of WWs. Just how legit is a sub-Middleweight class if you can't point and say " That's the best Mexican fighter " and he's not in the top ten.

[KnockoutTheFat]

Once HW heats up, we'll be talking about Arreola. Tony is our representative in the hotbed of WWs. Just how legit is a sub-Middleweight class if you can't point and say " That's the best Mexican fighter " and he's not in the top ten.

Not before we claim him as the best American HW first...