Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
Quote Originally Posted by global
I think the biggest problem is that Margarito was saying he can't fight again for a bit because of injury, and now is going to fight on the Cotto-Urkal undercard and likely not against Williams. His whole excuse for not fighting Williams was the injury but now it seems the injury isn't bad enough to keep him from fighting. Maybe I'm reading it wrong though. The only reason I could see holding out to fight Cotto would be if he really thought he had a chance at losing to Williams, which would probably throw off the chance of meeting Cotto after his fight with Urkal. Its not like choosing whether you are going to fight Williams or Cotto though. Margarito could fight the mandatory on the undercard then if he wins meet Cotto whenever they were talking about meeting.
You are looking at it the wrong way though. He's fighting a 10 rounder,probably a bum,just to a.}keep fine tuned to prevent any rustiness for the June showdown with Cotto and b.}to see how bad the wrist is. My point is why fight Williams,get it injured in a high profile match with Williams and lose and lose out on a the big match with Cotto too? Secondly,like I said,Tony is not a man to turn down a challenge,I didn't see Williams or anyone else for that matter,giving Clottey a chance. Tony will fight Williams at some point.

Also,peeps make out Williams is some monster and physically he is but it's amazing how many peeps have seen him fight once or twice and he is the saviour of the WW division,the next big thing etc when Margarito has been fighting by far and away a higher level of opposition for a MUCH longer peiod of time and he is dissed? The fickleness of boxing fans.
None of that is out of the question, to me it is more of the attitude presented by Margarito and some of the things he has said that I think it is really unfortunate he won't be fighting Williams next, it also opens up the belt to being won by someone who didn't have to beat a champion to get it. If you think Margarito will be fighting Williams in the future though wouldn't it be best to get him while he is still real green?