Margarito: "I'm The Best Welterweight Fighter"

[amagnin]

I got to agree with Salvo here. Young Mexican fighters that don't have the benefit of Olympic glory often fight a lot when they are young and they are real fights. Surely not against top level competition but who starts out fighting champs. Look at Julio Garcia who is still very young and already has over 40 bouts.

[bigtime9]

We'll count his fights below 147 when he wins a belt in those divisions. Going back to fights when he was 12 years old is pretty damn desperate. lol

exactly that is desperate..Margarito cannot be the best welterweight especially when he has not beaten a top 5 welterweight

[raymon123]

Whoa...relax there. I guess I give Baldomir a slight edge in competition...he fought Judah and Gatti. Margarito's best wins are against Lewis and Cintron. If you think about that it seems that they are about even in level of competition. Factor in that Baldomir was getting handled by Clottey (who Margarito is fighting) before a suspect DQ and I still will give the edge to Margarito. People continually claim that he is only big and strong at 147 and somehow this discounts him as a good fighter. To me you use what advantages you have...for Margarito it is his size at 147. Nobody is dis*****g who the more versatile fighter is overall between Mayweather and Margarito...its Mayweather. On the other hand it is much more of a question as to who is the best AT WW.

Clottey vs baldomir was back in 1999 that's 7 years ago lol. Baldo is a better fighter now then he was back in 99. Who did clottey beat to deserve a shot at margarito title huh? by beating a bum taxi driver? the same taxi driver that before fighting clottey was facing a fighter with only 9 wins??????? lol.

[amagnin]

This argument had nothing to do with whether Clottey was a fair opponent for Margarito (he really isn't). But hey I don't make the matches. The discussion was about who is the better WW, Margarito or Baldomir. My point was simply that Clottey was dominating him and we will get some sort of a measuring stick after Margarito fights Clottey...not that it will be the end all be all decision. Furthermore, we were talking about who has fought the tougher competition and I was just bringing up that they now will have faced a common opponent.

[SalvaDominicano]

exactly that is desperate..Margarito cannot be the best welterweight especially when he has not beaten a top 5 welterweight

then why is cintron still ahead of williams in the espn rankings...? u guys and ur rankings. now u will tell me they dont matter cuz it's espn. get a clue.

[Guest]

Clottey vs baldomir was back in 1999 that's 7 years ago lol. Baldo is a better fighter now then he was back in 99. Who did clottey beat to deserve a shot at margarito title huh? by beating a bum taxi driver? the same taxi driver that before fighting clottey was facing a fighter with only 9 wins??????? lol.

It says a lot about Margarito when a guy who has beaten absolutely no one is supposed to give Margarito a very tough challenge. Clottey has fought no one of note since Baldomir 7 years ago and he looked like absolute **** in his last fight on HBO...

[amagnin]

Matchmaking is a game that 2 have to play at. Now I acknowledge that RIGHT NOW Margarito denied a worthy challenger in Williams (although somewhat unproven). But guess what...that does not mean the match will never happen, in fact it will happen soon after both have been on TV (sounds like a good thing to me). Outside of that, I have never seen Margarito turn down a challenge but I have seen others turn him down. I am not saying he is the most feared man on the planet, but AT 147 several top fighters have chosen not to fight him. Not his fault. If he gets his opportunity to fight a world class fighter he will either 1) win and be legitimized as a real WW contender/champ or 2) will lose and not get any more title shots. I don't see the problem.

[SalvaDominicano]

It says a lot about Margarito when a guy who has beaten absolutely no one is supposed to give Margarito a very tough challenge. Clottey has fought no one of note since Baldomir 7 years ago and he looked like absolute **** in his last fight on HBO...

who did mitchell beat to earn the shot at mayweather? his last fight wasnt on HBO, Showtime, ESPN, not even MSG!!!
who did judah beat? an old cosme rivera?? lol

u have no right to complain.

[bigtime9]

Clottey vs baldomir was back in 1999 that's 7 years ago lol. Baldo is a better fighter now then he was back in 99. Who did clottey beat to deserve a shot at margarito title huh? by beating a bum taxi driver? the same taxi driver that before fighting clottey was facing a fighter with only 9 wins??????? lol

talk about getting margarito is probaly right now the #5 welterweight I have him behind Paul williams, Carlos Quintana, and carlos baldomir

[SalvaDominicano]

talk about getting margarito is probaly right now the #5 welterweight I have him behind Paul williams, Carlos Quintana, and carlos baldomir

LMAO!! im not even gonna argue. thats just plain ******.