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Margarito will be WEAK and DRAINED!!!!
*********: Do you think Margarito will have Any Problems Making the 150 pound weight limit set for this fight?
Robert Garcia: NO Problem at ALL. When Margarito came to camp for this last fight he was only 12 pounds over the weight limit which was 154 and 2 weeks before the fight he was already weighing 154 so losing those last 4 pounds won’t be any problem. So to be 150 I Think is Going to be a BIG Advantage for Margarito, He’s going to be Much Stronger and Much Healthier. Margarito is a natural welterweight and has fought there for most of his career, at 147, so I think those extra 3 pounds is going To Work to Our Advantage.
Robert Garcia: NO Problem at ALL. When Margarito came to camp for this last fight he was only 12 pounds over the weight limit which was 154 and 2 weeks before the fight he was already weighing 154 so losing those last 4 pounds won’t be any problem. So to be 150 I Think is Going to be a BIG Advantage for Margarito, He’s going to be Much Stronger and Much Healthier. Margarito is a natural welterweight and has fought there for most of his career, at 147, so I think those extra 3 pounds is going To Work to Our Advantage.
As you see Margarito go through the first stage of this training camp, it’s clear that cutting down to the catchweight of 150 pounds will not be an issue.
"For this camp, he came in weighing 160 pounds," said Diaz. "Against Mosley, he came in about 175 pounds- you’re the one who called him “The Tijuana Torta.” But he is really focused, really motivated and hungry".
"For this camp, he came in weighing 160 pounds," said Diaz. "Against Mosley, he came in about 175 pounds- you’re the one who called him “The Tijuana Torta.” But he is really focused, really motivated and hungry".
In an interview I did with Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainer, he told me he wasn’t all that confident about picking Margarito as Manny’s next opponent.
“Well at first, I wasn’t, and to some degree, even now that comfortable with fighting Margarito, but Manny wanted this fight and I saw how he handles some other big guys and so I went with it, but those other guys aren’t Antonio Margarito.”
Roach continued, “Antonio brings size and power, but he also knows how to box and use his jab when he’s focused and I believe he’s focused for this fight against Manny; he has to be.”
In fact, Robert Garcia told me that come fight night, “Antonio will probably rehydrate about twelve pounds.”
“Well at first, I wasn’t, and to some degree, even now that comfortable with fighting Margarito, but Manny wanted this fight and I saw how he handles some other big guys and so I went with it, but those other guys aren’t Antonio Margarito.”
Roach continued, “Antonio brings size and power, but he also knows how to box and use his jab when he’s focused and I believe he’s focused for this fight against Manny; he has to be.”
In fact, Robert Garcia told me that come fight night, “Antonio will probably rehydrate about twelve pounds.”
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