PAC-MARGO in Abu-DHABI

[Rantcatrat]

I favor Manny to pull out a UD here, but by no means is he going to steamroll Antonio.

People have abandoned Margarito and he himself tainted his own legacy. He is responsible for the world's opinion of him now.

However, none of that changes what a ridiculously tough customer Tony is. If you think he's gonna stand there all night and let Manny potshot him, I think you have another thing coming. This will be a tough competetive fight for Pac and I wouldn't want to bet on it. Tony has a great chin, great reach, plenty of power, and when he fights tall it's gonna be quite a reach for Manny. This one goes the distance.

Margarito doesn't fight tall though, he slouches and is incredibly easy to hit, although he did look a wee bit better defensively last time out, he's slow, he plods forward and his power looked below average last time out and that was against a tomato can, Pacquiao is too fast, a wider variety of punches than Tony, he puts combinations together and given how slow Margarito is Manny will be in and out before Margarito lands anything of worth, Pacquiao stops him around the 10th

If we assume, and we shouldn't, that Margarito didn't cheat against Cotto, Cintron, or Clottey, THAT version of Margarito poses a good test for Pacquiao. He's the biggest, strongest, volume-throwing opponent Pacquiao has faced. Otherwise, Pacquiao will beat him like he beat him like he beat Cotto.