First Blood! Margarito-Oscar Rivalry Began in Sparring

[El Chicano]

Oscar has the speed, power and pure boxing ability to be able to beat Magarito. However, Margarito has his relentless pressure and amazing ability to take a huge punch and still go forward. I really want to see this fight.

Everyone wants this fight to happen except Oscar. It would be a HUGE event at the Staples Center. Oscar was born in Montebello, Marg was born in nearby Torrance. Both are Mexican and American. They are equal in size. Totally different boxing styles. Both have good power and great chins. Marg is coming of a tremendous win and is considered the MAN at Welter. Oscar has one last fight in him to secure his legacy. Oscar is robbing boxing of a potentially great event if he does not take this fight!

[Xol]

Everyone wants this fight to happen except Oscar. It would be a HUGE event at the Staples Center. Oscar was born in Montebello, Marg was born in nearby Torrance. Both are Mexican and American. They are equal in size. Totally different boxing styles. Both have good power and great chins. Marg is coming of a tremendous win and is considered the MAN at Welter. Oscar has one last fight in him to secure his legacy. Oscar is robbing boxing of a potentially truely great event if he does not take this fight!

I agree 100%

[Sox8055]

Bring on the WaR!! Margarito will knock out De La Hoya like B-Hop!!

[Chale Tamale]

Everyone wants this fight to happen except Oscar. It would be a HUGE event at the Staples Center. Oscar was born in Montebello, Marg was born in nearby Torrance. Both are Mexican and American. They are equal in size. Totally different boxing styles. Both have good power and great chins. Marg is coming of a tremendous win and is considered the MAN at Welter. Oscar has one last fight in him to secure his legacy. Oscar is robbing boxing of a potentially great event if he does not take this fight!

Ya'll best be careful what you wish for. Oscar will make Margarita's title reign one of the shortest in Welterweight history.

[Darkstar]

First Blood! Margarito-Oscar Rivalry Began in Sparring

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 at 11:24 am


By Scoop Malinowski
As Antonio Margarito, the new kingpin of the Welterweight division, savors and celebrates the most important and spectacular triumph of his 15-year career, and attempts to lure the Golden Man Oscar De La Hoya into a passing of the torch Chavez-De La Hoya type HBO PPV showdown later this year, we thought it was an appropriate time to re-tell the story about the infamous Margarito-De La Hoya sparring sessions.
“I did spar with Oscar but I used him as my sparring partner,” Margarito told me about two years ago, of their sparring sessions from about four years ago. “Oscar and his trainer wanted me to be their dummy. They would tell me to let him hit me, not to throw any punches. Then I would be told to throw at him, but not hard, while he was throwing hard.”
Clearly, Oscar was well aware of the extraordinary punching power of Margarito and was uncomfortable to deal with it’s consequences. But Margarito is a champion, he does not possess the typical ’sparring partner mentality’ and refused to be Oscar’s dolt.
“I’m a person with a short temper, all this was only making me furious. So, naturally, I would let go of my punches with power. On two different occasions I made him bleed. Once from the nose, and the other time from the ear. Unfortunately, both times they sent me back down.”
Now justice has been served and Margarito is the new WBA Welterweight champion. And boxing has annointed a new superstar who displays many fine attributes in and out of the ring. How quickly we can forget the boring business fights of the previous self-proclaimed best welterweight who recently ran away to hide in a phony retirement so as to 100% evade the expectations to face the Cotto-Margarito winner.
And now Oscar De La Hoya has the hard decision to make: Do the honorable thing for the natural progression of the sport by fighting the next great Mexican icon heir apparent, as Julio Cesar Chavez did for Oscar in the 1990’s. Or handpick a meaningless/circus/business exhibition against Manny Pacquiao.
I think all boxing fans would prefer the story lines and intrigue of Oscar vs. Margarito, how about you? The Pac Man vs. Ricky Hatton makes more sense.

Oscar has ALL of boxing at his fingertips. If him and his trainer wanted someone to beat up they would get one. Not bring in this fool, time and time again. Margarito was a sparring partner. Read that again, thats what he is to Oscar. I like how this is played out to be some kind of forced war to make Margarito look like a hero.

[C'MONMANG']

Oscar has ALL of boxing at his fingertips. If him and his trainer wanted someone to beat up they would get one. Not bring in this fool, time and time again. Margarito was a sparring partner. Read that again, thats what he is to Oscar. I like how this is played out to be some kind of forced war to make Margarito look like a hero.

what the hell are you talking about ?

wasnt Shane, oSCARS sparring partner for the May fight??

lol...SSM > ODLH X2....

[Darkstar]

what the hell are you talking about ?

wasnt Shane, oSCARS sparring partner for the May fight??

lol...SSM > ODLH X2....

okay? They have been firends since they were kids and are current business partners.

What did that have to do with anything?

[C'MONMANG']

okay? They have been firends since they were kids and are current business partners.

What did that have to do with anything?

read the post I quoted on kid..

[Darkstar]

read the post I quoted on kid..

No doubt son..

[Shalafi]

Oscar will def Take out MArgarito look at his body.

Dude you are a phag...