Why is Margarito still in the picture?

[markb018]

I think my own opinion of Margarito is that he's kind of similar to Librado Andrade. He's not particularly skilled but he hits hard, he's very strong, he can take a shot and he never gives up.

Where he scores more highly than Andrade however is in his size. Andrade fights in the super middleweight division where he is a big but not exceptionally big guy.

Margarito has Andrade's assets coupled with the fact he is HUGE for a welterweight.

Imagine Librado Andrade fighting full strength at 160lbs and you basically have Antonio Margarito.

He's a frightening guy to fight against in his weight class. Fair enough he was beaten by Williams (whose the biggest welterweight in the world) and Daniel Santos (who is a good sized junior middleweight probably only a fight away from a world title shot) but certainly Floyd and Cotto havn't faced anyone like him yet.

Not saying he will beat those guys but he's certainly an interesting test.

I still think he'll get back in the mix. If he can destroy Cintron again he'll be right back up there.

Besides if Floyd takes a year off as planned Cotto, Williams, Mosely etc will be looking for a big name opponent and he could fit the bill.

Don't discount him just yet.

I think he is far more skilled than Andrade, Andrade greatest asset/defense is his tremendous chin, he gets tagged left and right. Margarito was showing pretty good defence towards the last half of the fight blocking the majority of Williams shots.

[OumaFan]

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 a**.

EXACTLY. CC. I'm not even that big of a Margarito fan at all, I don't irrationally hate him like most of the huge PBF fans do but he's not one of my favorite fighters but the speculation over the Clottey fight was ridiculous. Nobody knows what would have happened and Clottey does seem like a frontrunner.

I had no idea his hand actually for certain wasn't broken.

[El Gamo]

Clicks have been handed out.

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 a**.

EXACTLY. CC. I'm not even that big of a Margarito fan at all, I don't irrationally hate him like most of the huge PBF fans do but he's not one of my favorite fighters but the speculation over the Clottey fight was ridiculous. Nobody knows what would have happened and Clottey does seem like a frontrunner.

I had no idea his hand actually for certain wasn't broken.

See,that's what I like,not being a blind nut hugger.nor a fan of a fighter but still seeing their merits.And I'm glad you said it,the only people that really dislike Marg are PBF fans who are still bitter that Tony made Floyd shit his pants at a press conference.

[WestCoast]

becuase that ol man arum wants to keep em there and have em fight cotto son