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AS fight night nears, it is getting clearer Mexican Antonio Margarito is struggling to make the catch-weight limit for his 12-round brawl with Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao.
In an overseas interview with Manila Standard, conditioning coach Alex Ariza bared Margarito may still be working out at night to burn whatever there is to burn just to lose those precious extra pounds.
“When I saw Margarito today when he did an interview, he look emaciated. He looked gaunt. It looked like he came from a run at 8 o’clock at night. This makes no sense to me,” said Ariza.
The Colombia native, California-raised Ariza admitted that he was for the most part worrisome as they saw in Margarito a legitimate threat to Pacquiao’s reign.
It was, however, only yesterday, when he had a close-up look at Margarito, that made Ariza feel much better about their chances.
“Margarito clearly is killing himself to make the weight, so now I’m even more confident that Manny is not going to have much of a problem,” said Ariza.
Though their 12-round bout is for the vacant World Boxing Council 154-lb crown, Margarito and Pacquiao agreed to a catch weight of 150 lbs with a penalty of $500,000 for every excess pound during the official weigh-in set Saturday morning (Manila time).
Ariza also agreed with the observation of Pacquiao’s British sparring partner and world super lightweight champion Amir Khan that Margarito may have already peaked some time ago.
In one of his most recent tweets, Khan said he noticed during HBO’s 24/7 TV special that Margarito looked ripped and already in tiptop shape way ahead of his Nov. 14 fight with Pacquiao, set at the billion-dollar Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
“I would never bring my fighter within six or seven pounds four weeks away from a fight. I mean, that’s just absolute idiotic,” said Ariza.
Pacquiao and Margarito made their final public workout yesterday at the Gaylord Texan Hotel, where they did several rounds of mitts, jump rope and shadow boxing in front of an appreciative crowd.
Fight promoter Bob Arum addressed the crowd by stating one of his few more remaining sales pitches, and that is to sell the hugely underdog Margarito as a live-wire opponent for Pacquiao.
what do you guys think??..i have a feeling he did overtrain,but like i said before,he's a professional and should know better..no excuses
In an overseas interview with Manila Standard, conditioning coach Alex Ariza bared Margarito may still be working out at night to burn whatever there is to burn just to lose those precious extra pounds.
“When I saw Margarito today when he did an interview, he look emaciated. He looked gaunt. It looked like he came from a run at 8 o’clock at night. This makes no sense to me,” said Ariza.
The Colombia native, California-raised Ariza admitted that he was for the most part worrisome as they saw in Margarito a legitimate threat to Pacquiao’s reign.
It was, however, only yesterday, when he had a close-up look at Margarito, that made Ariza feel much better about their chances.
“Margarito clearly is killing himself to make the weight, so now I’m even more confident that Manny is not going to have much of a problem,” said Ariza.
Though their 12-round bout is for the vacant World Boxing Council 154-lb crown, Margarito and Pacquiao agreed to a catch weight of 150 lbs with a penalty of $500,000 for every excess pound during the official weigh-in set Saturday morning (Manila time).
Ariza also agreed with the observation of Pacquiao’s British sparring partner and world super lightweight champion Amir Khan that Margarito may have already peaked some time ago.
In one of his most recent tweets, Khan said he noticed during HBO’s 24/7 TV special that Margarito looked ripped and already in tiptop shape way ahead of his Nov. 14 fight with Pacquiao, set at the billion-dollar Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
“I would never bring my fighter within six or seven pounds four weeks away from a fight. I mean, that’s just absolute idiotic,” said Ariza.
Pacquiao and Margarito made their final public workout yesterday at the Gaylord Texan Hotel, where they did several rounds of mitts, jump rope and shadow boxing in front of an appreciative crowd.
Fight promoter Bob Arum addressed the crowd by stating one of his few more remaining sales pitches, and that is to sell the hugely underdog Margarito as a live-wire opponent for Pacquiao.
what do you guys think??..i have a feeling he did overtrain,but like i said before,he's a professional and should know better..no excuses
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