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I continue to get fan mail asking me when Antonio will return. I continue to get large requests for autograph items, and I continue to receive sponsorship conciderations for his next showing. As far as I?ve seen, the fans continue to swarm him. Antonio tells me that there are times that he is suprised by the amount of people that swarm him ? even in the smallest parts of Mexico. I continue to wear my Margarito gear with pride and I am constantly asked when he will be fighting again. *************: Does Antonio want to continue professional boxing? If so, what do you think his motivation is? What are his future goals in the sport? Can he still make 147?Sergio Diaz: Yes, Antonio definitely wants to continue. He says that now he has more to prove than ever. He wants to prove that he was wrongly judged and prosecuted. He?ll get in the ring and rematch whomever he has to fight, if that is what it would take to prove his worthiness. Antonio?s future goal is to be a world champion again. I asked him if he would be able to make 147 or if he was considering moving up? He responded by telling me that he could still fight at 147. This will depend on what Top Rank puts together.*************: Antonio just did not look like the same fighter vs. Mosley as he did vs. Cotto. He seemed slower and less sharp. Could the brutal nature of the Cotto fight possibly have taken something out of Antonio, in your opinion? Sergio Diaz: That might be possibly so. As you mention, that was a brutal fight. I kept hearing, will Cotto be the same? Will Cotto be the same? But everyone forgot that Antonio was the other person in that fight who also received punches. The majority focused on how Cotto looked and withstood punishment, but how about Antonio? Did they not see his face. The majority of the highlights being shown was of Antonio receiving devasting puches. The Cotto-Margarito fight was a very, very physically draining fight for both of them.We alsod other unfortunate factors that lead to Antonio?s defeat. One being the weight.
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