Antonio Margarito
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Antonio Margarito Montiel (born on March 18, 1978 in Tijuana, Baja California) is a Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

. He is a former WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

, WBO, & IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 champion. Nicknamed El Tornado de Tijuana, he is known for his aggressive fighting style and his iron chin.
Margarito's reputation was tarnished by an incident in which his corner was caught tampering with his hand wraps prior to his bout with Shane Mosley
Shane Mosley
“Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...

, the hand wraps were found by the CSAC to contain sulfur and calcium which, when combined with oxygen, forms "Plaster of Paris
Plaster
Plaster is a building material used for coating walls and ceilings. Plaster starts as a dry powder similar to mortar or cement and like those materials it is mixed with water to form a paste which liberates heat and then hardens. Unlike mortar and cement, plaster remains quite soft after setting,...

". This incident resulted in a shadow of doubt which hangs now over all of Margarito's previous victories. He is currently trained by former IBF super featherweight champion Roberto García
Roberto Garcia Cortez
Roberto García Cortez, , is a retired Mexican-American professional boxer in the Lightweight division and is currently considered one of the best trainers in boxing. He is also the former IBF Super Featherweight Champion and was trained by his father Eduardo Garcia at the popular La Colonia Youth...

. Antonio also manages IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 lightweight
Lightweight
Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

 champion Miguel Vazquez
Miguel Vazquez
Miguel Ángel Vázquez‎ Bautista is a Mexican professional boxer and the current IBF Lightweight Champion. His only losses came to Saul Alvarez and Timothy Bradley...

.

Personal life

He resides in Tijuana
Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics...

, Baja California
Baja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...

 with his wife Michelle Margarito and is the brother-in-law of undefeated prospect Hanzel Martinez
Hanzel Martinez
Hanzel Martínez is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division.-Personal life:Martínez is the brother in law of former two-time World Champion, Antonio Margarito....

.

Amateur career

Margarito compiled a record of 18-3 in his relatively brief amateur career, indicating that he may have turned pro quickly due to financial concerns.

Welterweight

Margarito made his debut at the age of 15, beating Jose Trujillo in Tijuana by decision. On April 25, he achieved his first knockout
Knockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

, defeating Victor Angulo in the second round. On October 17 he suffered his first defeat, a six round decision to Victor Lozoya. Over the next six bouts he went 4-2. Following that he went 28-2-1, with notable wins over Alfred Ankamah
Alfred Ankamah
Alfred Addo Ankamah is a Ghanaian professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.-Amateur career:...

, Juan Soberanes, future world Middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 Champion Sergio Gabriel Martinez
Sergio Gabriel Martínez
Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer and the current The Ring middleweight champion....

, Buck Smith
Buck Smith
Buck Smith is a professional boxer in the cruiserweight division. Although Smith has never been considered more than a journeyman fighter, he is one of boxing's all-time knockout kings with 120 KO's....

, David Kamau
David Kamau
David Nganga Kamau is a Kenyan professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and has only had four losses.-WBC Light Welterweight Championship:...

 and Frankie Randall
Frankie Randall
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, a former World Jr. welterweight champion who became the first man to beat Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez
Julio César Chávez is a retired Mexican professional boxer.He is a six-time world champion in three weight divisions, and for several years he was considered the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world...

 in 91 fights.

WBO Welterweight Championship

On July 21, 2001, he got his first world title try against southpaw Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos (boxer)
Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...

 for the WBO
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

 welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 title, at Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Bayamón is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the northern coastal valley, north of Aguas Buenas and Comerío; south of Toa Baja and Cataño; west of Guaynabo; and east of Toa Alta and Naranjito. Bayamón is spread over 11 wards and Bayamón Pueblo...

's Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum. The fight had to be stopped in the first round as a consequence of a clash of heads that opened deep gashes on both fighters and sent them both to a nearby hospital. Because the fight had not gone four rounds or more for a technical decision to be awarded, it was declared a no contest, and Santos retained the belt.

Capturing the title

Santos then vacated the WBO title to go up in weight and pursue the WBO's light middleweight
Light middleweight
Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

 championship, and Margarito was assigned to fight Antonio Díaz
Antonio Díaz
José Antonio Dí­az is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He's the former International Boxing Association Light Welterweight and WBO Latino Light Middleweight Champion...

 for the vacant title, in front of an HBO Boxing
HBO Boxing
HBO World Championship Boxing is a sports television series, premiering in January 1973 that has shown a number of significant boxing events in the last three decades....

 audience. On March 16, 2002, Margarito crowned himself world champion, beating Diaz by knockout in round ten. He defended that crown with a decision in twelve over Danny Perez Ramírez
Danny Perez Ramírez
Danny Perez Ramírez is a professional Mexican-American boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He's the former NABF Welterweight, USBA, and WBO NABO Light Middleweight...

 and a knockout in two over former WBA title holder Andrew Lewis
Andrew Lewis (boxing)
Andrew Lewis is a professional boxer in the Middleweight division and is the former WBA World Welterweight Champion.-Personal life:...

. Lewis was a southpaw and a hard puncher, but had been exposed as having a weak chin. Margarito proved that he has a world class chin. He publicly asked for a unification bout with then WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 and WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 champion Ricardo Mayorga
Ricardo Mayorga
Ricardo Mayorga , is a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He is the former WBA/WBC Welterweight champion and the former WBC light middleweight champion. He holds a record of 29-8 with 23 knockouts and 1 draw 1 no contest. He was featured for the first time on the cover of Ring Magazine on the December...

.

At this point Margarito considered going up in weight, to try to lure Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas
Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...

, Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...

 or Shane Mosley
Shane Mosley
“Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...

 into a lucrative fight, or Santos into a rematch at the Jr. Middleweight division. On October 17, 2003, Margarito made his light middleweight division debut with a two round knockout win over Maurice Brantley in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

.

On January 31, 2004, and back in the welterweight division, he retained his title with a second round knockout of Canada's previously undefeated Hercules Kyvelos
Hercules Kyvelos
Hercules Kyvelos is a Greek-Canadian boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former Canadian Welterweight Champion. He fought at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Amateur career:...

.
Margarito did face Daniel Santos in a rematch on September 11 of the same year, at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum
The José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, officially named "Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot" , is the biggest indoor arena in Puerto Rico dedicated to entertainment...

 in San Juan
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

, for Santos' WBO light middleweight title. The rematch also ended because of a headbutt, but this time, as the fight had already reached the four rounds mark needed for fights like these to be decided by judges, Margarito lost by a split ten round technical decision
Technical decision
A technical decision is a term used in boxing when a fight has to be stopped because of a headbutt.In boxing fights, referees have to pay deep attention to the action going on between the fighters, especially when the two combatants are fighting close to each other...

. He was down on two scorecards when the fight was stopped.

On April 23, 2005, Margarito retained his WBO welterweight title against another Puerto Rican, undefeated world class puncher Kermit Cintron
Kermit Cintron
Kermit Cintrón is a Puerto Rican boxer who is from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Cintrón is trained by Ronnie Shields and managed by Josh Dubin. He is promoted by Top Rank.-Early and personal life:...

, dropping him four times on his way to a fifth round knockout. This was regarded as one of his best wins.

After almost a ten month layoff, Margarito returned to the boxing ring on February 18, 2006, retaining his title with a first round knockout of Jaime Manuel Gomez
Jaime Manuel Gomez
Jaime Manuel Gomez is an Mexican American professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.-IBF lightweight Championship:In July of 2000, Jaime Manuel lost to IBF Lightweight Champion Shane Mosley....

, who had lasted eleven rounds with Mosley for the IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 lightweight title eight and a half years before.

On December 2, 2006, Margarito defeated future champion Joshua Clottey
Joshua Clottey
Joshua Clottey is a Ghanaian professional boxer. Born in Accra, Ghana, Clottey now lives in the Bronx, New York. He is the former IBF welterweight champion. He's also the brother of veteran boxers Judas Clottey and Emmanuel Clottey....

 by a twelve round unanimous decision. Margarito set a Compubox
Compubox
CompuBox is the name of a computerized punches scoring system run by two operators. CompuBox is used in boxing matches across the world.The system is based on a computer program, originally named FightStat, developed by Jon Gibbs in 1984-85 when Gibbs worked with Logan Hobson and Robert Canobbio at...

 all-time record of 1675 total punches thrown in a twelve round bout.

Losing the title and regaining it

On July 14, 2007, Margarito lost a unanimous 12 round decision to undefeated challenger Paul Williams
Paul Williams (boxer)
Paul Williams is an American boxer and is the former two-time WBO welterweight champion.With a height of six-feet-one inch, Paul is considered extremely tall for the three divisions he campaigns in: Welterweight, Jr...

, losing his WBO belt. After the bout Margarito heavily disputed the decision, claiming that he had landed the most meaningful punches. Williams, however, landed the most punches (outhitting Margarito by almost a 2-1 ratio, and throwing an average of over 100 punches per round) according to compubox
Compubox
CompuBox is the name of a computerized punches scoring system run by two operators. CompuBox is used in boxing matches across the world.The system is based on a computer program, originally named FightStat, developed by Jon Gibbs in 1984-85 when Gibbs worked with Logan Hobson and Robert Canobbio at...

.

On April 12, 2008, Margarito engaged in a rematch with Cintron, who had won the IBF
IBF
IBF may refer to:*International Boxing Federation is one of several boxing organisations* International Bandy Federation former name of Federation of International Bandy , an international governing body for bandy...

 welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 title belt following his loss to Margarito in 2005. In the early rounds, Cintron struck Margarito with several flush power shots to the head, but Margarito remained unhurt and continued to execute a game plan of continuously moving forward and pressuring Cintron. In the sixth round, Margarito landed a liver shot, knocking Cintron out and taking the IBF title. As the referee counted Cintron out, HBO cameras captured Margarito, from a neutral corner, gesturing upward with his arms and urging Cintron to get up so that the two men could continue fighting for a longer period of time.

Margarito vs. Cotto

Following his successful rematch with Cintron, the IBF ordered him to fight a mandatory defense against the organization's number-one contender, Joshua Clottey, whom Margarito had previously defeated in 2006. Rather than agreeing to a rematch with Clottey, Margarito vacated the IBF title and agreed to a fight with undefeated WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 titlist Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto
Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...

 of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

. The Cotto-Margarito match
The Battle (boxing)
The Battle was a professional boxing match between World Boxing Association welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and former International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Antonio Margarito...

 took place on July 26, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

.

Margarito won in the 11th round via TKO. Margarito had lost almost all the early rounds, but he came back with relentless pace, eventually winning in the 11th round in which was one of the fights of the year. At the time of the TKO Margarito was ahead by two rounds on two judges' scorecards, with one judge having it even. Prior to his fight with Shane Mosley, Margarito had a record of 37 wins, 5 losses and 1 no contest, with 27 wins by knockout.
This fight is questionable because at the end of the fight there is evidence that Antonio Margarito bandaging was altered.

Shane Mosley

Margarito fought Shane Mosley
Shane Mosley
“Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...

 on January 24, 2009 at the Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...

 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

, for the WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 title and the vacant Lineal
Lineal championship
In professional boxing, the lineal championship of a weight class is a notional world championship title. It is initially held at some moment in time by a boxer universally acclaimed as the best in the class. Another boxer can win the lineal championship only by defeating the reigning lineal...

 Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 championships of Lineal Champs and Cyber Boxing Zone (CBZ). The Ring
The Ring (magazine)
The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

did not recognize this bout for its vacant Welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 championship despite the fact, it pitted The Ring
The Ring (magazine)
The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

#1 ranked welterweight, Antonio Margarito vs. The Ring
The Ring (magazine)
The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

#3 ranked welterweight, Shane Mosley. Coming in the bout, Margarito had just TKO'd, the previous The Ring
The Ring (magazine)
The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

#1 ranked welterweight and current The Ring
The Ring (magazine)
The Ring is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine. As the sporting legitimacy of professional wrestling came more into question, The Ring shifted to becoming exclusively a boxing oriented publication...

#2 ranked welterweight, Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto
Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...

. In the fight Margarito was battered and outclassed by Mosley, he lost the fight and his WBA title by 9th round TKO.

Tampered handwraps controversy

Controversy erupted before the fight when Mosley's trainer, Naazim Richardson
Naazim Richardson
Naazim Richardson is an American boxing trainer most notable for training "Sugar" Shane Mosley and Bernard Hopkins, and for catching Antonio Margarito with a plaster-like substance in his handwraps prior to Margarito's fight with Mosley, leading to Margarito's eventual suspension from the sport of...

, observed that Margarito had a pasty white substance in his handwraps. One doctor described this material as plaster hidden in the wrapped hands of Margarito, leading to accusations that he may have been trying to cheat. At Richardson's insistence, California State Inspector Dean Lohuis called for Margarito's hands to be rewrapped. According to Judd Burstein, the attorney for Mosley, Margarito had wet pads in the wrapping. Mosley's doctor, Robert Olvera, likened the material to the type of plaster used to make casts. Burstein said he seized the pad removed from the wrapping and another pad found in Margarito's dressing room. Both were placed in a sealed box that was given to Lohuis for further study. The California Department of Justice laboratory later confirmed the substance to be similar in nature to plaster of Paris.

In late January, the California State Athletic Commission
California State Athletic Commission
The California State Athletic Commission regulates professional boxing, professional and amateur kickboxing and professional mixed martial arts throughout the State by licensing all participants and supervising the events....

 suspended Margarito and his trainer, Javier Capetillo, pending investigation. At the hearing, Margarito claimed he did not know what was in the wraps, while Capetillo admitted to making "a big mistake" by placing the wrong inserts into Margarito's hand wraps. The commission voted unanimously to revoke Margarito and Capetillo's licenses for at least one year. While it found Margarito did not know about the gloves, it took the line that as head of the team, he was responsible for Capetillo's actions. Since state boxing commissions generally honor suspensions imposed in other states, this action effectively banned Margarito from boxing in the United States.

In November 2009, it emerged that red stains on the hand wraps Margarito used in the Cotto fight were similar to the stains on the inserts seized before the Mosley fight. This has raised suspicions that Margarito's gloves were loaded for that fight, and possibly others as well.

Latin Fury 14

Margarito was scheduled to return to the ring on March 13, 2010 against Carson Jones, pending his relicensing, on the Pacquiao-Clottey undercard. But for reasons unspecified, promoter Top Rank announced he would not return.
Margarito expressed interest in fighting Filipino
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 boxer Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

 if the latter's bout with Floyd Mayweather did not materialize.

His comeback fight was postponed until May 8 and was held at Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 11 municipalities and its capital city is Aguascalientes....

, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, where he faced light middleweight contender Roberto García
Roberto García (boxer)
Roberto García is a Mexican professional boxer. He was nicknamed "La Amenaza" as a young boy by his father, because he destroyed everything in his path.-Early life:...

 (21-2). Margarito won a ten round unanimous decision over Garcia to capture the vacant WBC International
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 Light Middleweight
Light middleweight
Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

 title. The judges’ score cards were 99-89, 100-88 and 99-90, all in favor of Margarito.

Pacquiao vs. Margarito

On July 23, 2010, Bob Arum announced that Margarito would face Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

 for the WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 light middleweight
Light middleweight
Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

 title that was vacated by current undisputed middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 champion Sergio Gabriel Martinez
Sergio Gabriel Martínez
Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer and the current The Ring middleweight champion....

. The fight took place on Saturday, November 13, 2010 in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas
Arlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...

 as Margarito got a license in Texas, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. In his Camp for this fight, Margarito had four southpaw sparring partners who are the undefeated; Karim Martínez
Karim Martínez
Karim Martínez‎ is an undefeated Mexican-American professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.-Amateur career:...

, Cleotis Pendarvis
Cleotis Pendarvis
Cleotis Pendarvis is a professional boxer in the Welterweight division.-Sparring Partners:Pendarvis is one of the Sparring Partners of Antonio Margarito for his November 13, 2010 fight with Manny Pacquiao....

, number one mandatory for the WBA light middleweight title, Austin Trout
Austin Trout
Austin Trout is an undefeated professional boxer and the current WBA light middleweight champion.-Amateur career:In 2004 Austin was the U.S...

, and U.S. Olympic Silver Medalist Ricardo Williams. Despite having a 17 pound weight advantage, a 4.5 inch height advantage, and a six inch reach advantage, Margarito was dominated by Pacquiao and took a savage, brutal beating. The fight wound up being a unanimous decision loss for Margarito, with the judges' scorecards being 120-108, 119-109, and 118-108. Margarito was taken to the hospital directly after the fight where it was discovered that his right orbital bone had been fractured. Surgery had to be postponed to three days later as his face was too swollen to operate on.

Five weeks before the fight Margarito and boxer Brandon Rios
Brandon Rios
Brandon Lee Ríos is an undefeated Mexican-American/Native American boxer and the current WBA lightweight champion. Brandon is trained by former IBF super featherweight champion Roberto García.-Amateur career:...

 were interviewed by Elie Seckbach
Elie Seckbach
Elie Seckbach is a sports writer who has been covering the NBA since 1997.His unconventional style is loved by his fans who check in on a daily basis to see what’s the latest on his “reeeporting.”. Elie covers everything from boxing to basketball....

 and the video taken showed the group mocking Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

's trainer Freddie Roach who has Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system...

. On the Thursday before the fight, Margarito publicly apologized to Roach and to everyone suffering from Parkinson's.

Margarito vs. Cotto II

Margarito will face off against Miguel Cotto
Miguel Cotto
Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...

 in a rematch for the WBA (Super)
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 light middleweight title on December 3, 2011 in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

.

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|38 Wins (27 knockouts), 7 Losses, 0 Draws
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|||||align=left|  Miguel Ángel Cotto
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|Loss||38-7||align=left|  Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...


|UD
Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito
Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito, billed as World Super Welterweight Championship, was a Super Welterweight fight for the WBC Super Welterweight championship. The bout was held on November 13, 2010, at Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas, United States...

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|Win||38-6||align=left|  Roberto García
Roberto García (boxer)
Roberto García is a Mexican professional boxer. He was nicknamed "La Amenaza" as a young boy by his father, because he destroyed everything in his path.-Early life:...


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|Loss||37-6||align=left|  Shane Mosley
Shane Mosley
“Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...


|TKO||9 , (0:43)||||align=left|
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|Win||37-5||align=left|  Miguel Ángel Cotto
|TKO
The Battle (boxing)
The Battle was a professional boxing match between World Boxing Association welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and former International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Antonio Margarito...

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|Win||36-5||align=left|  Kermit Cintrón
Kermit Cintron
Kermit Cintrón is a Puerto Rican boxer who is from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Cintrón is trained by Ronnie Shields and managed by Josh Dubin. He is promoted by Top Rank.-Early and personal life:...


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|Win||35-5||align=left|  Golden Johnson
Golden Johnson
Golden Demond Johnson is a professional boxer in the Welterweight division. He's the former three-time NABF champion at Lightweight, Light Welterweight, and Welterweight.-Personal life:...


|TKO||1 , (2:28)||||align=left|
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|Loss||34-5||align=left|  Paul Williams
Paul Williams (boxer)
Paul Williams is an American boxer and is the former two-time WBO welterweight champion.With a height of six-feet-one inch, Paul is considered extremely tall for the three divisions he campaigns in: Welterweight, Jr...


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|Win||34-4||align=left|  Joshua Clottey
Joshua Clottey
Joshua Clottey is a Ghanaian professional boxer. Born in Accra, Ghana, Clottey now lives in the Bronx, New York. He is the former IBF welterweight champion. He's also the brother of veteran boxers Judas Clottey and Emmanuel Clottey....


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|Win||33-4||align=left|  Manuel Gomez
Jaime Manuel Gomez
Jaime Manuel Gomez is an Mexican American professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.-IBF lightweight Championship:In July of 2000, Jaime Manuel lost to IBF Lightweight Champion Shane Mosley....


|TKO||1 , (1:14)||||align=left|
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|Win||32-4||align=left|  Kermit Cintrón
Kermit Cintron
Kermit Cintrón is a Puerto Rican boxer who is from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Cintrón is trained by Ronnie Shields and managed by Josh Dubin. He is promoted by Top Rank.-Early and personal life:...


|TKO||5 , (2:12)||||align=left|
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|Win||31-4||align=left|  Sebastian Lujan
Sebastian Andres Lujan
Sebastián Andrés Lujan is an Argentine professional boxer in the Welterweight division.-Pro career:...


|TKO||10 , (2:57)||||align=left|
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|Loss||30-4||align=left|  Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos may refer to:*Daniel Santos , Puerto Rican singer and composer*Daniel Santos , Puerto Rican boxer*Danny Santos, fictional character...


|TD||10 , (3:00)||||align=left|
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|Win||30-3||align=left|  Hercules Kyvelos
Hercules Kyvelos
Hercules Kyvelos is a Greek-Canadian boxer in the Welterweight division and is the former Canadian Welterweight Champion. He fought at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Amateur career:...


|TD||2 , (0:54)||||align=left|
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|Win||29-3||align=left|  Maurice Brantley
Maurice Brantley
Maurice Brantley is a professional boxer in the Middleweight division.-Pro career:Early in his career Maurice upset the veteran Reggie Strickland by a six round decision.-WBO NABO Middleweight Championship:...


|TKO||2 , (2:47)||||align=left|
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|Win||28-3||align=left|  Andrew Lewis
Andrew Lewis (boxing)
Andrew Lewis is a professional boxer in the Middleweight division and is the former WBA World Welterweight Champion.-Personal life:...


|TD||2 , (2:31)||||align=left|
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|Win||27-3||align=left|  Danny Perez
Danny Perez Ramírez
Danny Perez Ramírez is a professional Mexican-American boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He's the former NABF Welterweight, USBA, and WBO NABO Light Middleweight...


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|Win||26-3||align=left|  Antonio Díaz
Antonio Díaz
José Antonio Dí­az is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He's the former International Boxing Association Light Welterweight and WBO Latino Light Middleweight Champion...


|TKO||10 , (2:17)||||align=left|
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|style="background: #DDDDDD"|NC ||26-3||align=left|  Daniel Santos
Daniel Santos (boxer)
Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...


|NC||1 , (2:11)||||align=left|
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|Win||25-3||align=left|  Robert West
Robert West (boxer)
Robert West is a professional boxer in the Middleweight division.-WBC Continental Americas Light Middleweight Championship:...


|KO||1 , (2:19)||||align=left|
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|Win||24-3||align=left|  Frankie Randall
Frankie Randall
-External links:...


|RTD||4 (10)||||align=left|
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|Win||23-3||align=left|  José Luis Benítez
José Luis Benítez
José Luis Benítez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.-WBO NABO Welterweight Championship:...


|TKO||1 , (1:06)||||align=left|
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|Win||22-3||align=left|  David Kamau
David Kamau
David Nganga Kamau is a Kenyan professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division and has only had four losses.-WBC Light Welterweight Championship:...


|TKO||2 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||21-3||align=left|  Sergio Martinez
Sergio Gabriel Martínez
Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer and the current The Ring middleweight champion....


|TKO||7 , (2:57)||||align=left|
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|Win||20-3||align=left|  Efrain Munoz
|KO||2 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||19-3||align=left|  Buck Smith
Buck Smith
Buck Smith is a professional boxer in the cruiserweight division. Although Smith has never been considered more than a journeyman fighter, he is one of boxing's all-time knockout kings with 120 KO's....


|TKO||5 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||18-3||align=left|  Danny Perez
Danny Perez Ramírez
Danny Perez Ramírez is a professional Mexican-American boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He's the former NABF Welterweight, USBA, and WBO NABO Light Middleweight...


|SD||8 ||||align=left|
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|Win||17-3||align=left|  Daniel Mendez
|KO||3 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||16-3||align=left|  Reyes Estrada
|KO||2 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||15-3||align=left|  Francisco Méndez
Javier Francisco Méndez Torres
Javier Francisco Méndez Torres is a Mexican professional boxer in the Welterweight division...


|KO||10 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||14-3||align=left|  Miguel González
Miguel González (boxer)
Miguel González is a Mexican professional boxer in the Welterweight division.-Mexico Lightweight Championship:...


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|Win||13-3||align=left|  César Valdez
César Valdez Valenzuela
César Valdez Valenzuela is a Mexican professional boxer in the Welterweight division. He's also the former Baja California State Welterweight and the Pacific Coast Welterweight Champion.-Pro career:...


|TKO||5 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||12-3||align=left|  Horatio García
Horatio García
Whoratio García is a professional Mexican-American boxer in the Light Welterweight division.-Pro career:...


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|Win||11-3||align=left|  Juan Soberanes
Juan Soberanes Ramos
Juan Soberanes Ramos is a Mexican professional boxer in the Welterweight division. He's also the former Mexican National Lightweight and the WBA Fedecentro Light Welterweight Champion.-Pro career:...


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|Win||10-3||align=left|  Alfred Ankamah
Alfred Ankamah
Alfred Addo Ankamah is a Ghanaian professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.-Amateur career:...


|TKO||4 (10)||||align=left|
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|Loss||9-3||align=left|  Rodney Jones
Rodney Jones (boxer)
Rodney Jones is a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division. He's a Former NABF and WBO NABO Light Middleweight champion.-Pro career:...


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|Win||9-2||align=left|  Yoani Cervantes
|KO||4 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Loss||8-2||align=left|  Larry Dixon
|UD||10 ||||align=left|
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|Win||8-1||align=left|  Antonio Ojeda
|KO||4 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||7-1||align=left|  Carlos Palafox
|PTS||4 ||||align=left|
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|Win||6-1||align=left|  Efrain Muñoz
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|Loss||5-1||align=left|  Victor Lozoya
|PTS||6 ||||align=left|
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|Win||5-0||align=left|  Francisco López
|TKO||3 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||4-0||align=left|  Cesar Roland
|KO||1 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||3-0||align=left|  Victor Angulo
|TKO||4 , ?:??||||align=left|
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|Win||2-0||align=left|  Gilberto Plata
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|Win||1-0||align=left|  Jose Trujillo
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See also

  • List of boxing families
  • List of Welterweight World boxing champions
  • List of IBF World Champions
  • List of WBO World Champions
  • List of WBA World Champions
  • The Battle
    The Battle (boxing)
    The Battle was a professional boxing match between World Boxing Association welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and former International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Antonio Margarito...

      (Margarito's battle against WBA
    World Boxing Association
    The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

     Welterweight
    Welterweight
    Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

     champion Miguel Cotto
    Miguel Cotto
    Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...

    )

External links

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