Saturday, November 13, 2010

Pacquiao vs Margarito

Pacquiao and Margarito fight tonight for the WBC Super Welterweight Championship belt, which was vacated by Sergio Gabriel Martinez. The fight will be held at the Dallas Cowboys stadium. You have one fighter who's 5"11, a reach of 73 inches, and weighed in at 150 pounds. The other fighter is 5'7 (on a good day), a reach of 67 inches, and weighed in at 141 pounds. In any other fight you would call this a mismatch; almost like picking a smaller lighter fighter in a video game. Yet what your going to witness is a smaller, lighter fighter move faster and hit just as hard. This fight will contain two fighters that walk forward and can take a punch, but only one can fight inside. With both men walking forward they will run out of room. Pac is going to chop down that tree for 11 rounds, using his speed, footwork and head movement to tie up and frustrate Margarito.

Now, you may ask "But Margarito is so much bigger, what about his power?" Its true, Miguel Cotto said Margarito hit him harder than he had ever been hit. Cotto was winning this fight until his face turned to mush, causing a TKO in the 11th. But that was before Margarito was busted with plaster of Paris in his hand wraps. Margarito will land a few big blows catching Pac-man on the way in. But Pacquiao can take a punch. Also Margarito hasn't had many fights since he lost his license. He has fought no one of interest. He will come on strong but fade and make mistakes from ring rust in later rounds. This fight is going to be action packed. But it will end with a stoppage in the 11th round, crowning Manny Pacquiao with another belt in another weight class. In the end at least someone will win at Cowboys stadium

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