Pacquiao to take on Margarito
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July 26, 2010, Monday
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MANNY Pacquiao has turned his attention to former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito for a November fight, after his promoter could not get a deal signed against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Top Rank chief Bob Arum said on Saturday that Pacquiao will fight Margarito in a junior middleweight bout on November 13. The location is still undecided because Margarito isn't currently licensed to fight in the United States, but Arum is moving ahead with plans anyway.
"We'll finalize everything this week," Arum said.
Margarito was chosen for the lucrative payday over junior middleweight titleholder Miguel Cotto, Arum said, because Pacquiao has already defeated Cotto once. The Margarito fight will likely be for the WBC super welterweight title that Sergio Martinez vacated this year.
A victory would give Pacquiao titles in a record eight weight divisions.
The fight was made relatively quickly after Mayweather allowed a deadline set by Top Rank for a proposed mega-fight to pass without a word last weekend. Mayweather said two days later that he isn't thinking about boxing at all following his victory over Shane Mosley in May.
Top Rank chief Bob Arum said on Saturday that Pacquiao will fight Margarito in a junior middleweight bout on November 13. The location is still undecided because Margarito isn't currently licensed to fight in the United States, but Arum is moving ahead with plans anyway.
"We'll finalize everything this week," Arum said.
Margarito was chosen for the lucrative payday over junior middleweight titleholder Miguel Cotto, Arum said, because Pacquiao has already defeated Cotto once. The Margarito fight will likely be for the WBC super welterweight title that Sergio Martinez vacated this year.
A victory would give Pacquiao titles in a record eight weight divisions.
The fight was made relatively quickly after Mayweather allowed a deadline set by Top Rank for a proposed mega-fight to pass without a word last weekend. Mayweather said two days later that he isn't thinking about boxing at all following his victory over Shane Mosley in May.
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