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With the recent talks between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in silence and Bob Arum's need to get Pacquiao back in the ring in November, Mayweather may not be Manny's next opponent. In fact I would bet that he won't be.
However, it would would not bother me if they didn't meet later this year, because I believe it sets up one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.
Michael Konz, Manny Pacquiao's closest adviser, has gone on record stating that if Floyd backs out of the proposed November bout, Pacquiao's next fight would be a rematch with Miguel Cotto.
Now as much as I love Cotto i would not want to see him beaten again at the hands of the far superior Pacquiao.
The logical reason for a rematch in boxing is due to the fact that the bout was close, not a physical one sided beat down.
Here is the logical match that should happen now that Mosley seems to be done at 38, a fight with the Tijuana Tornado himself, Antonio Margarito. It is my belief that Margarito would stop Pacquiao inside of 11 rounds. Here are my reasons why.
Margarito stands at 5'11", while Manny stands at only 5'7." Size doesn't always matter, but in this case, it does.
Pacquiao has never faced a young, hard-hitting, hungry and taller man like he would face in Margarito. He will also be taking a dose of his own medicine because Pacquiao has become a relentless stalker similar to the bigger Margarito.
Also, Pacquiao has never taken body shots well. In fact, the two knock outs early in his career came by way of body punches. Now, remember that when Margarito beat the unbeaten Cotto, it was because he broke him down over time with body punches.
Now the final reason why Margarito would beat Pacquiao.
Manny is a great head hunter and tends to knock out all of his opponents at welterweight and lightweight with shots to the head. Remember, Margarito fought Paul Williams and barely lost. Williams is a fast southpaw and throws a thousand punches per fight much like Pacquiao, but he is also much taller.
Manny will land plenty of shots early, while coming forward but as the fight goes on Pacquiao will find his best punches are not affecting Margarito, and Margarito is hurting his body quite often.
Manny will begin to receive hits more often, with not only shots to the body but more shots upstairs until Roach throws in the towel.
So if Floyd does not want to fight this year, can we all agree that Antonio Margarito is the more logical choice than the man both he and Pacquiao have already beaten.
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