Seriously, Tony who?

[albsur2006]

Don't get me wrong, I think that Floyd should fight Tony. But honestly, he should only fight for the money not because Tony deserves a shot. I've never seen a fighter become so "feared" by never actually beating anybody, Tony has proved me wrong. This guy went from a decent boxer with a couple of decent low-tier wins and a minor belt @ 147, to being an unstoppable force that everyone is scared of. I'm hearing stories that Vargas, Tony, Baldomir, all ducked Tony. Gimme a F****** break. Do you think that Vargas would duck Tony @ 154? Hell no. The last time Tony fought at 154, he got cut and ate up. People aren't fighting him because they are scared, they aren't fighting him because WHO THE HELL IS TONY MARGARITO? Baldy isn't scared, he's just trying to milk this fluke title win for as much as he can before he loses the belt and goes back into obscurity. Notice that Baldy wanted to fight PBF right when he beat Judah, why? Because there was money involved in fighting PBF. No one is scared of Tony. Let's all be honest, let's break down Tony's pros and cons from what we have seen from him:

Pros
-----------------------
Decent Stamina
Heavy Volume Puncher
Good size at 147
Decent Power

Cons
-----------------------
Extremely Slow Foot Work
Sloppy and Ineffective Defense
Slow Hand Speed
Cuts Easily
Inaccurate Puncher

These aren't made up. Anybody can look at any of his fights and see this. Tony only looks good when opponents are standing in front of him and he can trade with people. He is a stalking type of fighter. But hear me when I say this my fellow Saddoians, MARGARITO IS AVERAGE!!! Margarito isn't a southpaw, he's slow and flat footed, he doesn't setup his punches, he just throws a ton of them hoping to land. That will never work against PBF. For god sakes, he threw 610 punches against Santos and he only landed 173. Mind you, Santos is probably bigger and slower target than Tony is. How the hell is he gonna land on PBF? Hatton is 5 inches shorter and much smaller than Tony but he has almost a 5x better chance to beat PBF than Tony does, because he will grapple Floyd and take away some of Floyd's ability to use his superior feignts and footwork. Tony doesn't do that shit. Something is wrong with this entire equation. Why is Tony so feared? The only thing people fear is ruining their careers because they gave some average fighter a shot and they got luckily caught by a fighter who only had a puncher's chance to begin with. This is boxing, on any night, anything can happen. So I don't fault PBF for taking his time and making a decision. I think he has to be a fool not to take the fight because it's easy money.

This is what happens when Floyd and Tony fight:

Floyd moves in and out with the jab to the stomach and head. Floyd feignts and Tony is confused because Floyd isn't there. Tony stalks Floyd but every time Tony sets up to throw Floyd lands right hand leads and backs away. Tony gets Floyd up against the ropes and tries to land hard shots to Floyd's body, but Floyd's shell defense on the ropes allows him to effectively block shots while landing counterpunches. Floyd dances around the ring with Tony trying to figure out how to land more than one punch on Floyd. Rinse and repeat for 12 rounds. This fight will be a wipeout and Floyd should win. If Margarito somehow gets lucky and wins it will be KO from a lucky punch and Floyd would have won every single round up to that point. Look saying Tony doesn't have a chance is crazy. Every boxer has a chance to win on any given night. But this matchup isn't even a close matchup. There is no one thing that Margarito does better than PBF except throw more ineffective punches and stand taller. The boxing public has a tendency to always find some decent boxer like Tony and blow up. Notice how nobody mentioned Tony's name until PBF came to 147. Nobody mentioned Tony when Judah was king at 147. People are always trying to discredit great fighters and Tony was just a way for the boxing media to take shots at PBF who many felt had left too much unfinished business at 140 to move up to 147. Let's not kid ourselves here.

With all that being said, PBF TAKE THE FIGHT!!! Please give Tony his shot and then send him back to Friday Night Fights or ESPN Classic where he belongs.

[mafiajoey]

or send him to the local casino fight

[mucho testosterone]

Don't get me wrong, I think that Floyd should fight Tony. But honestly, he should only fight for the money not because Tony deserves a shot. I've never seen a fighter become so "feared" by never actually beating anybody, Tony has proved me wrong. This guy went from a decent boxer with a couple of decent low-tier wins and a minor belt @ 147, to being an unstoppable force that everyone is scared of. I'm hearing stories that Vargas, Tony, Baldomir, all ducked Tony. Gimme a F****** break. Do you think that Vargas would duck Tony @ 154? Hell no. The last time Tony fought at 154, he got cut and ate up. People aren't fighting him because they are scared, they aren't fighting him because WHO THE HELL IS TONY MARGARITO? Baldy isn't scared, he's just trying to milk this fluke title win for as much as he can before he loses the belt and goes back into obscurity. Notice that Baldy wanted to fight PBF right when he beat Judah, why? Because there was money involved in fighting PBF. No one is scared of Tony. Let's all be honest, let's break down Tony's pros and cons from what we have seen from him:

Pros
-----------------------
Decent Stamina
Heavy Volume Puncher
Good size at 147
Decent Power

Cons
-----------------------
Extremely Slow Foot Work
Sloppy and Ineffective Defense
Slow Hand Speed
Cuts Easily
Inaccurate Puncher

These aren't made up. Anybody can look at any of his fights and see this. Tony only looks good when opponents are standing in front of him and he can trade with people. He is a stalking type of fighter. But hear me when I say this my fellow Saddoians, MARGARITO IS AVERAGE!!! Margarito isn't a southpaw, he's slow and flat footed, he doesn't setup his punches, he just throws a ton of them hoping to land. That will never work against PBF. For god sakes, he threw 610 punches against Santos and he only landed 173. Mind you, Santos is probably bigger and slower target than Tony is. How the hell is he gonna land on PBF? Hatton is 5 inches shorter and much smaller than Tony but he has almost a 5x better chance to beat PBF than Tony does, because he will grapple Floyd and take away some of Floyd's ability to use his superior feignts and footwork. Tony doesn't do that S***. Something is wrong with this entire equation. Why is Tony so feared? The only thing people fear is ruining their careers because they gave some average fighter a shot and they got luckily caught by a fighter who only had a puncher's chance to begin with. This is boxing, on any night, anything can happen. So I don't fault PBF for taking his time and making a decision. I think he has to be a fool not to take the fight because it's easy money.

This is what happens when Floyd and Tony fight:

Floyd moves in and out with the jab to the stomach and head. Floyd feignts and Tony is confused because Floyd isn't there. Tony stalks Floyd but every time Tony sets up to throw Floyd lands right hand leads and backs away. Tony gets Floyd up against the ropes and tries to land hard shots to Floyd's body, but Floyd's shell defense on the ropes allows him to effectively block shots while landing counterpunches. Floyd dances around the ring with Tony trying to figure out how to land more than one punch on Floyd. Rinse and repeat for 12 rounds. This fight will be a wipeout and Floyd should win. If Margarito somehow gets lucky and wins it will be KO from a lucky punch and Floyd would have won every single round up to that point. Look saying Tony doesn't have a chance is crazy. Every boxer has a chance to win on any given night. But this matchup isn't even a close matchup. There is no one thing that Margarito does better than PBF except throw more ineffective punches and stand taller. The boxing public has a tendency to always find some decent boxer like Tony and blow up. Notice how nobody mentioned Tony's name until PBF came to 147. Nobody mentioned Tony when Judah was king at 147. People are always trying to discredit great fighters and Tony was just a way for the boxing media to take shots at PBF who many felt had left too much unfinished business at 140 to move up to 147. Let's not kid ourselves here.

With all that being said, PBF TAKE THE FIGHT!!! Please give Tony his shot and then send him back to Friday Night Fights or ESPN Classic where he belongs.

Wow!

As I've said before, I'm not a PBF fan but that was a great argument. Well constructed and points were reinforced. Have a for a strong, well constructed argument.

[B@rr3r@]

SUPERB POST

Really hit the button
CC!

[JT Rock]

Don't get me wrong, I think that Floyd should fight Tony. But honestly, he should only fight for the money not because Tony deserves a shot. I've never seen a fighter become so "feared" by never actually beating anybody, Tony has proved me wrong. This guy went from a decent boxer with a couple of decent low-tier wins and a minor belt @ 147, to being an unstoppable force that everyone is scared of. I'm hearing stories that Vargas, Tony, Baldomir, all ducked Tony. Gimme a F****** break. Do you think that Vargas would duck Tony @ 154? Hell no. The last time Tony fought at 154, he got cut and ate up. People aren't fighting him because they are scared, they aren't fighting him because WHO THE HELL IS TONY MARGARITO? Baldy isn't scared, he's just trying to milk this fluke title win for as much as he can before he loses the belt and goes back into obscurity. Notice that Baldy wanted to fight PBF right when he beat Judah, why? Because there was money involved in fighting PBF. No one is scared of Tony. Let's all be honest, let's break down Tony's pros and cons from what we have seen from him:

Pros
-----------------------
Decent Stamina
Heavy Volume Puncher
Good size at 147
Decent Power

Cons
-----------------------
Extremely Slow Foot Work
Sloppy and Ineffective Defense
Slow Hand Speed
Cuts Easily
Inaccurate Puncher

These aren't made up. Anybody can look at any of his fights and see this. Tony only looks good when opponents are standing in front of him and he can trade with people. He is a stalking type of fighter. But hear me when I say this my fellow Saddoians, MARGARITO IS AVERAGE!!! Margarito isn't a southpaw, he's slow and flat footed, he doesn't setup his punches, he just throws a ton of them hoping to land. That will never work against PBF. For god sakes, he threw 610 punches against Santos and he only landed 173. Mind you, Santos is probably bigger and slower target than Tony is. How the hell is he gonna land on PBF? Hatton is 5 inches shorter and much smaller than Tony but he has almost a 5x better chance to beat PBF than Tony does, because he will grapple Floyd and take away some of Floyd's ability to use his superior feignts and footwork. Tony doesn't do that S***. Something is wrong with this entire equation. Why is Tony so feared? The only thing people fear is ruining their careers because they gave some average fighter a shot and they got luckily caught by a fighter who only had a puncher's chance to begin with. This is boxing, on any night, anything can happen. So I don't fault PBF for taking his time and making a decision. I think he has to be a fool not to take the fight because it's easy money.

This is what happens when Floyd and Tony fight:

Floyd moves in and out with the jab to the stomach and head. Floyd feignts and Tony is confused because Floyd isn't there. Tony stalks Floyd but every time Tony sets up to throw Floyd lands right hand leads and backs away. Tony gets Floyd up against the ropes and tries to land hard shots to Floyd's body, but Floyd's shell defense on the ropes allows him to effectively block shots while landing counterpunches. Floyd dances around the ring with Tony trying to figure out how to land more than one punch on Floyd. Rinse and repeat for 12 rounds. This fight will be a wipeout and Floyd should win. If Margarito somehow gets lucky and wins it will be KO from a lucky punch and Floyd would have won every single round up to that point. Look saying Tony doesn't have a chance is crazy. Every boxer has a chance to win on any given night. But this matchup isn't even a close matchup. There is no one thing that Margarito does better than PBF except throw more ineffective punches and stand taller. The boxing public has a tendency to always find some decent boxer like Tony and blow up. Notice how nobody mentioned Tony's name until PBF came to 147. Nobody mentioned Tony when Judah was king at 147. People are always trying to discredit great fighters and Tony was just a way for the boxing media to take shots at PBF who many felt had left too much unfinished business at 140 to move up to 147. Let's not kid ourselves here.

With all that being said, PBF TAKE THE FIGHT!!! Please give Tony his shot and then send him back to Friday Night Fights or ESPN Classic where he belongs.

ATTA BOY!! just soaking in

[outspoken]

Great f'king post! I agree with everything you said! CC

[frozensolid_702]

Don't get me wrong, I think that Floyd should fight Tony. But honestly, he should only fight for the money not because Tony deserves a shot. I've never seen a fighter become so "feared" by never actually beating anybody, Tony has proved me wrong. This guy went from a decent boxer with a couple of decent low-tier wins and a minor belt @ 147, to being an unstoppable force that everyone is scared of. I'm hearing stories that Vargas, Tony, Baldomir, all ducked Tony. Gimme a F****** break. Do you think that Vargas would duck Tony @ 154? Hell no. The last time Tony fought at 154, he got cut and ate up. People aren't fighting him because they are scared, they aren't fighting him because WHO THE HELL IS TONY MARGARITO? Baldy isn't scared, he's just trying to milk this fluke title win for as much as he can before he loses the belt and goes back into obscurity. Notice that Baldy wanted to fight PBF right when he beat Judah, why? Because there was money involved in fighting PBF. No one is scared of Tony. Let's all be honest, let's break down Tony's pros and cons from what we have seen from him:

Pros
-----------------------
Decent Stamina
Heavy Volume Puncher
Good size at 147
Decent Power

Cons
-----------------------
Extremely Slow Foot Work
Sloppy and Ineffective Defense
Slow Hand Speed
Cuts Easily
Inaccurate Puncher

These aren't made up. Anybody can look at any of his fights and see this. Tony only looks good when opponents are standing in front of him and he can trade with people. He is a stalking type of fighter. But hear me when I say this my fellow Saddoians, MARGARITO IS AVERAGE!!! Margarito isn't a southpaw, he's slow and flat footed, he doesn't setup his punches, he just throws a ton of them hoping to land. That will never work against PBF. For god sakes, he threw 610 punches against Santos and he only landed 173. Mind you, Santos is probably bigger and slower target than Tony is. How the hell is he gonna land on PBF? Hatton is 5 inches shorter and much smaller than Tony but he has almost a 5x better chance to beat PBF than Tony does, because he will grapple Floyd and take away some of Floyd's ability to use his superior feignts and footwork. Tony doesn't do that S***. Something is wrong with this entire equation. Why is Tony so feared? The only thing people fear is ruining their careers because they gave some average fighter a shot and they got luckily caught by a fighter who only had a puncher's chance to begin with. This is boxing, on any night, anything can happen. So I don't fault PBF for taking his time and making a decision. I think he has to be a fool not to take the fight because it's easy money.

This is what happens when Floyd and Tony fight:

Floyd moves in and out with the jab to the stomach and head. Floyd feignts and Tony is confused because Floyd isn't there. Tony stalks Floyd but every time Tony sets up to throw Floyd lands right hand leads and backs away. Tony gets Floyd up against the ropes and tries to land hard shots to Floyd's body, but Floyd's shell defense on the ropes allows him to effectively block shots while landing counterpunches. Floyd dances around the ring with Tony trying to figure out how to land more than one punch on Floyd. Rinse and repeat for 12 rounds. This fight will be a wipeout and Floyd should win. If Margarito somehow gets lucky and wins it will be KO from a lucky punch and Floyd would have won every single round up to that point. Look saying Tony doesn't have a chance is crazy. Every boxer has a chance to win on any given night. But this matchup isn't even a close matchup. There is no one thing that Margarito does better than PBF except throw more ineffective punches and stand taller. The boxing public has a tendency to always find some decent boxer like Tony and blow up. Notice how nobody mentioned Tony's name until PBF came to 147. Nobody mentioned Tony when Judah was king at 147. People are always trying to discredit great fighters and Tony was just a way for the boxing media to take shots at PBF who many felt had left too much unfinished business at 140 to move up to 147. Let's not kid ourselves here.

With all that being said, PBF TAKE THE FIGHT!!! Please give Tony his shot and then send him back to Friday Night Fights or ESPN Classic where he belongs.

well put.cc for you


where is "the game's" response to this??

[bigragu]

wow.....someone finally hit it on the mark.......this is a really well thought out post.....no rushing....like a fine wine...cc to you...keep up the postin'....

[p4pking]

I agree with almost everything you said, the difference is I don't even want to see Floyd take the fight... I think Mosley would give him the toughest fight even at this point, considering the other 2 big options are Hatton and Margarito at welter... Mosley would probably beat either of the 2, and could give Floyd a tougher test imo, plus Floyd and DLH would get more out of their fight. It's funny how everyone is talking about how deep and strong the welterweight division is, and I agree completely... But I think Floyd is just head and shoulders above everybody, and people hate on him to make it seem otherwise.. IMO, the 2 people who would have the best chance to beat him at welter are the same guys who ruled the division 5 years ago...MOsley and more likely DLH. Margarito or Hatton would have almost no chance I could see.

[Purist]

Yea but any Margarito fan will say that Mayweather won't be able to keep Tony off of him or make him back up as if he needed to But they think that Tony throwing 1000 punches will eventually catch him

[p4pking]

Yea but any Margarito fan will say that Mayweather won't be able to keep Tony off of him or make him back up as if he needed to But they think that Tony throwing 1000 punches will eventually catch him

Or that if he even did manage to catch him once, it would hurt Floyd. Judah hit's a hell of alot harder punch for punch, any boxing fan should know and be able to see that.

[frozensolid_702]

Yea but any Margarito fan will say that Mayweather won't be able to keep Tony off of him or make him back up as if he needed to But they think that Tony throwing 1000 punches will eventually catch him

Or that if he even did manage to catch him once, it would hurt Floyd. Judah hit's a hell of alot harder punch for punch, any boxing fan should know and be able to see that.

its gonna be just like gatti again........
the critics are talking about margaritos power and aggresiveness and how floyd cant hang in there with all of that (just like they did with gatti)

after floyd destroys him those same people are going to look back on the fight 1 year later and say "margarito is a bum, he never fought anybody"

then there will be some new fighter who hasnt done anything that the critics cry about floyd ducking.

floyd said last night (boxingtalk.com live chat) that if he doesnt fight tony that he will guarantee its going to be a fight where he makes more than the 8mil already on the table

i wanna see him fight margarito, but its for the same reasons that i wanted him to fight gatti....................TO SHUT THE HATERS UP

[El Gamo]

Don't get me wrong, I think that Floyd should fight Tony. But honestly, he should only fight for the money not because Tony deserves a shot. I've never seen a fighter become so "feared" by never actually beating anybody, Tony has proved me wrong. This guy went from a decent boxer with a couple of decent low-tier wins and a minor belt @ 147, to being an unstoppable force that everyone is scared of. I'm hearing stories that Vargas, Tony, Baldomir, all ducked Tony. Gimme a F****** break. Do you think that Vargas would duck Tony @ 154? Hell no. The last time Tony fought at 154, he got cut and ate up. People aren't fighting him because they are scared, they aren't fighting him because WHO THE HELL IS TONY MARGARITO? Baldy isn't scared, he's just trying to milk this fluke title win for as much as he can before he loses the belt and goes back into obscurity. Notice that Baldy wanted to fight PBF right when he beat Judah, why? Because there was money involved in fighting PBF. No one is scared of Tony. Let's all be honest, let's break down Tony's pros and cons from what we have seen from him:

Pros
-----------------------
Decent Stamina
Heavy Volume Puncher
Good size at 147
Decent Power

Cons
-----------------------
Extremely Slow Foot Work
Sloppy and Ineffective Defense
Slow Hand Speed
Cuts Easily
Inaccurate Puncher

These aren't made up. Anybody can look at any of his fights and see this. Tony only looks good when opponents are standing in front of him and he can trade with people. He is a stalking type of fighter. But hear me when I say this my fellow Saddoians, MARGARITO IS AVERAGE!!! Margarito isn't a southpaw, he's slow and flat footed, he doesn't setup his punches, he just throws a ton of them hoping to land. That will never work against PBF. For god sakes, he threw 610 punches against Santos and he only landed 173. Mind you, Santos is probably bigger and slower target than Tony is. How the hell is he gonna land on PBF? Hatton is 5 inches shorter and much smaller than Tony but he has almost a 5x better chance to beat PBF than Tony does, because he will grapple Floyd and take away some of Floyd's ability to use his superior feignts and footwork. Tony doesn't do that shit. Something is wrong with this entire equation. Why is Tony so feared? The only thing people fear is ruining their careers because they gave some average fighter a shot and they got luckily caught by a fighter who only had a puncher's chance to begin with. This is boxing, on any night, anything can happen. So I don't fault PBF for taking his time and making a decision. I think he has to be a fool not to take the fight because it's easy money.

This is what happens when Floyd and Tony fight:

Floyd moves in and out with the jab to the stomach and head. Floyd feignts and Tony is confused because Floyd isn't there. Tony stalks Floyd but every time Tony sets up to throw Floyd lands right hand leads and backs away. Tony gets Floyd up against the ropes and tries to land hard shots to Floyd's body, but Floyd's shell defense on the ropes allows him to effectively block shots while landing counterpunches. Floyd dances around the ring with Tony trying to figure out how to land more than one punch on Floyd. Rinse and repeat for 12 rounds. This fight will be a wipeout and Floyd should win. If Margarito somehow gets lucky and wins it will be KO from a lucky punch and Floyd would have won every single round up to that point. Look saying Tony doesn't have a chance is crazy. Every boxer has a chance to win on any given night. But this matchup isn't even a close matchup. There is no one thing that Margarito does better than PBF except throw more ineffective punches and stand taller. The boxing public has a tendency to always find some decent boxer like Tony and blow up. Notice how nobody mentioned Tony's name until PBF came to 147. Nobody mentioned Tony when Judah was king at 147. People are always trying to discredit great fighters and Tony was just a way for the boxing media to take shots at PBF who many felt had left too much unfinished business at 140 to move up to 147. Let's not kid ourselves here.

With all that being said, PBF TAKE THE FIGHT!!! Please give Tony his shot and then send him back to Friday Night Fights or ESPN Classic where he belongs.

Ok,you're post has some decent points but let me ask you this.....who is Brusseles?Why fight Gatti,Sharmba,Zab all coming off losses?Also,your points have BIG gaping holes......Why did Shane Mosley not come back to 147 after the Vargas fight:He admitted he WAS NOT ready for Tony openly and alot of you probably read the interview.And yet again,you delude yourself when you say Vargas would not fight him,Antonio called him out after the 6 heads fight and had a shirt with his name on it and Mayorga's!!!! Also(and I posted this myself)Baldomir sparred with Margarito and said he would not fight him!! The Santos fight could easily have gone to Tony too so a loss on cuts means he got eaten up....yeah....
So,as I have shown,your points thus far have been ok but with big gapng holes......I can't be assed to go through the rest needless to say I respect you for saying PBF should take this fight and if he does not,you and I both know why. Also,to the idiots that say he should not,Tony is the biggest threat@147 and would beat anyone else at the weight if they gave him a chance.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HATING,I LIKE PBF but it's about time he fought someone that was a threat.Whoever said Judah hits harder,that is a foolish stament,Judah is a blown up WW and his KO record@147 is not even impressive.
Also,when a guy is Ring number 2,ESPN number 2,and guys like Doug Fischer,Winky Wright and Oscar De La Hoya say he is dangerous and respected,than your arguments again show what.......
Your points about him being slow could very well be true but ignorance also plays a part. Margarito will bang to the body.Margarito can set up using the jab.Santos was a stylistic nightmare for Tony,Floyd isn't.

I just want to see the fight because even if Tony does not win,I know he'' put up a good showing.Even if he does not win,I can say"yeah,PBF is truly the best@147 and has faced a dangerous dangerous guy and won(if he wins!)".

[MRMANICK]

-Floyd is not a WW. I repeat Floyd is not a WW. Anyone fighting floyd right now is not fighting him to be called the best WW in the world, they are fighting him cause hes the best fighter in the world. That being said what has Tony done to deserve a crack at the best in the world?I know people like The Game will say what about bruseles, mitchell, gatti? I say So What.I love how people discredit fighters so quickly but the truth is floyd has fought better fighters in his first 5 years than some fighters fight in a whole career.

-Margarito has fought no one and he expects his first big fight to be against the best fighter in the world. Sorry but it don't work like that. You have to prove you can hang with the best and fighting 2nd and 3rd tier fighters for 10 years ain't gonna do that

-I don't think floyd is scared of tony. The problem is that tony brings nothing to the table. Its a lose-lose for floyd. If he dominates people will say he was supposed to and that tony was a bum. If its close then people will say floyd ain't as good as we thought and if he loses the floyd haters would throw a party.I know what floyd is thinking. Hes thinking," This fight does nothing for me in the mainstream,the general public won't even know who this guy is". And because tony isn't a name it don't matter if arum offered 8mil. Yeah 8 mil is alot but floyd is trying to make more than that.Floyd wants to do big ppv numbers and he wants oscar type money and fighting tony 8mil or not ain't gonna get it for him.

-Back to floyds last few opponents.Say what you want about them but gatti,mitchell, and zab are better than anyone tony has ever fought and those are pbfs weaker opponents.

[ricsan]

Don't get me wrong, I think that Floyd should fight Tony. But honestly, he should only fight for the money not because Tony deserves a shot. I've never seen a fighter become so "feared" by never actually beating anybody, Tony has proved me wrong. This guy went from a decent boxer with a couple of decent low-tier wins and a minor belt @ 147, to being an unstoppable force that everyone is scared of. I'm hearing stories that Vargas, Tony, Baldomir, all ducked Tony. Gimme a F****** break. Do you think that Vargas would duck Tony @ 154? Hell no. The last time Tony fought at 154, he got cut and ate up. People aren't fighting him because they are scared, they aren't fighting him because WHO THE HELL IS TONY MARGARITO? Baldy isn't scared, he's just trying to milk this fluke title win for as much as he can before he loses the belt and goes back into obscurity. Notice that Baldy wanted to fight PBF right when he beat Judah, why? Because there was money involved in fighting PBF. No one is scared of Tony. Let's all be honest, let's break down Tony's pros and cons from what we have seen from him:

Pros
-----------------------
Decent Stamina
Heavy Volume Puncher
Good size at 147
Decent Power

Cons
-----------------------
Extremely Slow Foot Work
Sloppy and Ineffective Defense
Slow Hand Speed
Cuts Easily
Inaccurate Puncher

These aren't made up. Anybody can look at any of his fights and see this. Tony only looks good when opponents are standing in front of him and he can trade with people. He is a stalking type of fighter. But hear me when I say this my fellow Saddoians, MARGARITO IS AVERAGE!!! Margarito isn't a southpaw, he's slow and flat footed, he doesn't setup his punches, he just throws a ton of them hoping to land. That will never work against PBF. For god sakes, he threw 610 punches against Santos and he only landed 173. Mind you, Santos is probably bigger and slower target than Tony is. How the hell is he gonna land on PBF? Hatton is 5 inches shorter and much smaller than Tony but he has almost a 5x better chance to beat PBF than Tony does, because he will grapple Floyd and take away some of Floyd's ability to use his superior feignts and footwork. Tony doesn't do that S***. Something is wrong with this entire equation. Why is Tony so feared? The only thing people fear is ruining their careers because they gave some average fighter a shot and they got luckily caught by a fighter who only had a puncher's chance to begin with. This is boxing, on any night, anything can happen. So I don't fault PBF for taking his time and making a decision. I think he has to be a fool not to take the fight because it's easy money.

This is what happens when Floyd and Tony fight:

Floyd moves in and out with the jab to the stomach and head. Floyd feignts and Tony is confused because Floyd isn't there. Tony stalks Floyd but every time Tony sets up to throw Floyd lands right hand leads and backs away. Tony gets Floyd up against the ropes and tries to land hard shots to Floyd's body, but Floyd's shell defense on the ropes allows him to effectively block shots while landing counterpunches. Floyd dances around the ring with Tony trying to figure out how to land more than one punch on Floyd. Rinse and repeat for 12 rounds. This fight will be a wipeout and Floyd should win. If Margarito somehow gets lucky and wins it will be KO from a lucky punch and Floyd would have won every single round up to that point. Look saying Tony doesn't have a chance is crazy. Every boxer has a chance to win on any given night. But this matchup isn't even a close matchup. There is no one thing that Margarito does better than PBF except throw more ineffective punches and stand taller. The boxing public has a tendency to always find some decent boxer like Tony and blow up. Notice how nobody mentioned Tony's name until PBF came to 147. Nobody mentioned Tony when Judah was king at 147. People are always trying to discredit great fighters and Tony was just a way for the boxing media to take shots at PBF who many felt had left too much unfinished business at 140 to move up to 147. Let's not kid ourselves here.

With all that being said, PBF TAKE THE FIGHT!!! Please give Tony his shot and then send him back to Friday Night Fights or ESPN Classic where he belongs.

Margarito will have PBF pissing blood after the fight, win or lose. like JCC vs Taylor.




All your points are valid, its true, Tony is not in PBF's league, he is not as gifted , fast, smart , rich , pretty, or slick. but like you said, this is boxing anything can happen. and if anything can happen why would it be so bad that a slow, uncoordinated , cut proned, blue collar fighter,a nobody beat someone like PBF. This is what makes this sport so much fun to watch. the fact that someone like Tony is feared by other fighters is great. on paper this is an easy win for PBF but to bad fights are not fought on paper, otherwise RJJ would have never been KOD by two nobody's, or MAB would have never been stopped by a nobody like PAC. Or JCC would have never lost his first fight to a nobody, and lets not forget Tyson vs Douglas and many, many, others. I do think that PBF is scared of Tony I think he is scared like you mentioned and i quote "The only thing people fear is ruining their careers because they gave some average fighter a shot and they got luckily caught by a fighter who only had a puncher's chance to begin with". Fear is fear and PBF does fear Tony. All this being said the easy money is on PBF winning a UD, but fuck that, I still say Tony is going to hurt PBF. Tony desreves a shot, like his chances or not, he is somebody that comes to fight and gives his heart to the game. I like PBF and love to watch his fights, but give me a blue collar fighter w/ balls and ill show you what makes boxing so great.