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He barely beat a Clottey who broke his hand in the fight and up to that point was winning, and then he lost decisively to Pau Williams. I just don't see what he has done to warant being even considered in the WW race at this point, and I see no reason why COtto, Mayweather, Mosley, Williams should fight him before they settle their own shit at the TOP.
did u see his last fight?
Wow he knocked out a lightweight in 1 round, and it was Golden Johnson who hasn't been anybody for a long time. Vivian Harris knocked him out in 3 rounds, and look what happened to him in his last fight. Margarito needs to beat real opponents before he deserves anyone. The sad thing is he has a punchers chance against Cotto, but he doesn't deserve, and I think its a very long shot for him to beat Cotto who is much faster, and more refined, but Cotto doesn't have a chin that has been tested. Regardless Margarito's only good win was against Cintron and that was awhile ago.
are Cotto Mosley Mayweather willing to fight Paul Williams? When that happens we'll know why Margarito is still in the picture. Margarito beat Clottey and had he won round 12 he would've topped Williams.
Margarito will win a rematch with Williams. Mark my words!!!
Might as well be, as he will compete with any of them at 147. Though it was a while ago, he curred out Cintron who holds one of the belts, so he should be in the mix, and it makes more sense than Judah who keeps getting his a## beat at 147 but still keeps getting his name in the mix.
Margarito will give all of them fits, except for possibly Floyd. Since Currrmit hurt his hand, and it's leaving Williams hanging, would be nice to see a rematch with Williams. I think he'll beat Cotto or give him hell trying, and we all know he'll take Cintron's belt if he ever mans up to fight him again. As far as Clottey, he was winning before his hand broke, but that doesn't mean he would have won the fight if he didn't. I'd like to see Clottey/Margarito rematch as much as a Williams/Margarito rematch. Margarito is definately a threat to those guys though.
To be fair though, since his loss to Williams, PW should get a shot at Cotto 1st, and the winner of that a shot at Floyd. But Tony will be waiting.
I wont bother with this one.... :(
Thanks LEGION... You pretty much summed it all up.
Umm, why wouldn't he be in the picture? He was the #1 contender before he lost a competitive decision to one of the most vaunted prospects in boxing.
Margarito-Mosley or Margarito-Cotto.....that's why he's still "in the picture" because he's still a fringe contender.
He's a decent fighter, he adds depth to the division.
Clottey is tough as nails and a top caliber fighter,, The Williams fight was competitive not like Tony was blown out or embaressed....His biggest downfall was his slow start...He looked great in his last outing, he dismantled the current IBF champ two bouts before he won the title.....I can't see why he would not be in the mixQuote:
Originally Posted by Taeth
Actually after a decent start Joshua Clottey got a slapdown put on him.
It boggles my mind that EVERY other fighter who claims a hand injury it's just seen as an excuse, Collazo against Mosely, Cintron against Felciano, Kessler against Calzaghe etc but such is the hatred for Margarito that when a guy claims to have hurt his hand against him then it means that Tony was for certain going to lose that fight. ::**
Clottey is a front runner, he started well but when Margarito turned up the heat he wilted.
And FYI Margarito had an ACTUAL REAL injury documented BEFORE the fight.
But he took the fight anyway and beat Clottey's ass.
If he won one more round against Williams you would have never started this thread and Margarito would still be WBO champion. But because of one round he should be out of the WW picture. Youre right ::**
Well,atleast you made it through intro without Calling Margarito a "Journeyman" .Quote:
Originally Posted by Taeth
Margarito Is a force at welter that others will be forced to deal with.You can try to sweep him under the rug but you cannot deny he is a serious threat to ANY top Welters.I think he'll give Cotto all the hell he can handle with rangy power and wide arsenal of punches from all angels,along with an underlined meanstreak not seen alot today.
He lost to Williams after a pedestrian start.He was phasing Williams late and I think he can take a rematch.Willaims not exactly a finished product.
EVERY fighter in history will be asked to dig down within and overcome Infight Injuries.Be It busted hands,Broken jaws,swollen eyes,broken collar bones ,Dislocated shoulders,sprained ankles,Etc.etc.etc.
Its a brutal and beautiful contact sport where on any given night a man will be asked hard questions.Clottey will come back full force.As will MArgarito.
Realistically, he was very lucky Clottey injured his hand. This wasn't one of those fights where a guy continues to throw his "injured" hand at full force and then claim a hand injury afterwards, Clottey was clearly a one-handed fighter. Of course these things happen and you can't fault Tono for doing what he had to do, but you can't pretend like Clottey wasn't beating his ass when he was healthy.
Margarito needs to pursue the WBC belts instead of the WBO. The man seems to totally avoid big paydays. Everyone knows that Oscar, Mayweather, and Cotto love the WBC belts, but yet Margarito is always infatuated with the WBO belt. Who wants the WBO belt? No one. Margarito needs to wake up quickly before time leaves him behind.