Pacquiao in for Whirlwind With ‘Tijuana Tornado’

So after all that talk we don’t get Pacquiao-Mayweather after all. It all ended up to be just a huge stressball of a rollercoaster ride that saw uncle Bob Arum finally prove to be telling the truth for once, when Ross Greenburg exposed Richard Schaeffer and all of Mayweather’s minions to be in on the scam that scammed the world. So Floyd Mayweather doesn’t want to fight Manny Pacquiao, what’s new? Well at least not this year claimed Arum, who cited Roger Mayweather’s legal troubles and IRS taxation issues to be the main hindrances to the Mega Fight in this leg of the negotiations. What we’re left with is something no one really wants to see, Pacquiao – Margarito on November 13th.

Though Antonio Margarito isn’t as interesting an opponent for Pacquiao as say maybe Timothy Bradley or Andre Berto, there is still much to be expected from the former ‘most avoided man on the planet’. ‘Margacheato’, the artist formerly known as ‘The Tijuana Tornado’, used to be ducked and dodged like the plague and belonged to the absolute elite in Boxing. If you had Mayweather ducking him, you know he was good. It wasn’t until a guy like Miguel Cotto who avoided no one, faced him and threw every punch in the book. He tagged Margarito over and over but to no avail, the man’s chin was solid as rock. With the Cotto win, Margarito was on the top of the Boxing world.

Until ‘Plastergate’, when he was caught with an illegal substance in his handwraps minutes before his fight with Shane Mosley, Margarito was the man to beat.

Enter Manny Pacquiao, who is on a winning streak of a lifetime beating names like Barrera, Morales, Marquez, Dela Hoya, Hatton, Cotto and Clottey. Not only did he beat them, he obliterated them. However, I can understand the resent fans feel when speaking of the Pacquiao – Margarito fight, simply put it’s definitely not what the world wants but we will all have to learn to live with it. Whether or not Margarito deserves the shot at facing the Pound for Pound King is another story. Margarito’s disgraced career will always be under review.

As for Pacquiao, whoever he fights, he will always be remembered for who he fought and not who he avoided. A knock on Floyd, yes, but it has always been that way. I guess we just have to hold our breaths until chapter 3 of the Pacquiao – Mayweather talks resume. Though I’d most surely want to change the program, I’d stick to watching a re-run of Pacquiao beating Dela Hoya to a pulp, but in Antonio Margarito packaging. Watching Pacquiao fight anybody is way better than watching Floyd on TMZ anyways.

And real fighters fight. There should be no question as to who the pound for pound king is anymore.



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