I don't mean to hurt your feelings here over Margarito...but my point with this article was more to debunk the detractions leveled against Floyd...not just to slander Margarito.

If you think Marg is a much worthier Champ than Floyd...so be it...but Floyd has accomplished more & my point is that people should recognize such before raking him over red hot coals.
Nobody hurts my feelings over a fighter....and I never said Tony was a more worthier champ than Floyd,I just said what many many fans regardless of whether they like Tony or not have said,that Tony would give Floyd a great fight at 147 and that they would buy the fight.


I'm not saying he's a bum...I'm just saying he's not the Lord Almighty that Arum & his fans proclaim. All he's done is remain undefeated against a laundry list of opponents who were there to be hung out to dry...Baldomir did the same thing...he just got two bigger & better stars on the resume.

Let Margarito & Floyd fight...I will stand corrected & respect him if he wins...I just don't think that he will.

I have not heard ANY Margarito fans say he is the lord or anything near that,they just say what they see,the most dangerous fighter at 147,which I agree with. Look, Margarito proved that he’s a welterweight to watch when he stopped then undefeated Sergio Martinez in seven rounds back in 2000 and then KO’d Antonio Diaz in 10 rounds to win the WBO title in 2002. Martinez hasn’t lost since the Margarito fight, has rung off 22 consecutive wins (beating a few notable European fighters along the way) and is now world rated at 154 pounds. Margarito gets NO respect for this victory. Diaz had ONE loss in his last THIRTY fights going into that Margarito fight, and that loss was to a prime Shane Mosley (35-0 with 32 KOs at the time). Diaz had beaten the likes of Cory Spinks, Micky Ward, Ivan Robinson, Emanuel Augustus, and a two-round blow-out of Alberto Cortes (the last guy to beat Baldomir). Margarito gets NO respect for this victory.

I think Margarito proved himself to be a worthy title holder by shutting out giant Danny Perez over 12 rounds in his first defense, and he proved that he’s the best welterweight out there by TKOing then undefeated Kermit Cintron, literally boxing the ears off of Sebastian Lujan, and blowing out Andrew Lewis, Hercules Kyvelos, and Manuel Gomez (and say what you will about “Shotgun”, but no one had ever blasted him the way Margarito did and he’s lost to far better fighters than Baldomir).(I got this from another site,I have the link,echoes my thoughts)