Pacquiao – Clottey looks to be on; Margarito on undercard

[American Dream]

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, the fallout from the failed negotiations between pound for pound kings Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather has likely produced a showdown between Pacquiao and former IBF Welterweight champion Joshua Clottey on March 13th possibly in Cowboys Stadium in Dallas.
“Josh is ecstatic about it,” Clotteys manager,Vinny Scolpino told ESPN.com. “I think we can get this done in a couple of days. He’s coming home [to New York from Ghana] on Monday.”
“It’s the biggest payday he ever made in his life,” Scolpino told ESPN.com. “He should be doing flips. It’s a huge opportunity.”
Todd duBoef, president of Top Rank, which promotes Pacquiao, told Rafael on Friday night the bout would take place at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
DuBoef said he and Top Rank chairman Bob Arum would fly to Dallas on Saturday to meet with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones for a tour of the facility and to finalize the deal before being Jones’ guests at the Cowboys-Philadelphia Eagles playoff game on Saturday night.
DuBoef also said former welterweight titleholder Antonio Margarito would fight on the pay-per-view card in the co-feature if he is relicensed at a hearing later this month or in February. Margarito had his license revoked in California for attempting to load his gloves with an illegal substance before facing Shane Mosley last January. Margarito is eligible to ask for his license back after a year, although there is no guarantee he will get it.

um is this the new stadium that seats 100,000....
well there goes 80,000 empty seats!

[JOM'S]

arum is thinking like a promoter, their are still fans outhere who wants to see margarito fight...

imho margarito-cotto 2 if ever it happens, is still a top billing fight and can top bill a ppv...

[rocky_balboa23]

um is this the new stadium that seats 100,000....
well there goes 80,000 empty seats!

margarito-cotto is an intriguing fight. plus, Margarito is a mexican trying to erase his doubtful win over cotto. and this is cotto's last shot at greatness. then how about valero and Sotto. valero can only fight in texas..that should be explosive. and main event Pac-Clottey.. if ur a boxing fan, ull be excited to see this. maybe put another Filipino in the undercard like Donaire. Bob is not an idiot. he will try to put on a show here coz it is a great event for boxing in the world's greatest arena

[JOM'S]

um is this the new stadium that seats 100,000....
well there goes 80,000 empty seats!

i read they will setup/modify it for the fight to sit around 40k ...

[rocky_balboa23]

im excited with these possible fights in the Texas stadium. this is boxing for u and not posturing..****..LET's GET IT ON..

[R.M {7}]

Worth the buy? I think so.

[rocky_balboa23]

Worth the buy? I think so.

if those fights are made, it is absolutely worth the buy. Valero will not demand much coz it will be his first fight in the spotlight. Cotto-margarito would fight each other for free. then put in Donaire, the next pac. he would gladly fight under Pac's last fight vs Clottey

[al22tec]

another fight under top rank would be the potential rematch between steven luevano and bernabe concepcion, whose last fight August 15, 2009 ended up in a disqualification win by luevano. But this may be hard to do because concepcion is a wild card/roach fighter.

[Check]

yup..cotto-margarito 2 on the undercard. how about that? Cotto's last shot at redemption..sounds good

Cotto is in no shape to fight Margarito in just 2 months from now. Also, that fight is big enough that it could be held on it's on PPV so it wouldn't make sense to have it as an undercard. Having Margarito on the undercard is smart because of the high hispanic population in Texas but it will be against a lesser opponent.

[Shattered Jaw]

Cotto will not step into the ring with Margarito for any amount of money. Whoever said they would fight for free: you're an idiot.