Margarito-Mosley On Again
Monday December 1, 2008
The on-again, off-again Antonio Margarito-Shane Mosley bout is on-again. It reportedly took some extra cash from HBO and some purse tweaking but the two will meet on January 24 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas with Margarito's WBA welterweight title on the line.
As the titleholder and, in his mind, the bigger gate attraction based on his win over Miguel Cotto, Margarito had initially rejected the Mosley fight because he was unhappy with his $2 million purse guarantee and 50-50 split of the pot. HBO apparently came up with enough additional cash to satisfy Margarito so the bout is back on.
The winner will likely advance to a summer rematch with Cotto.
Comments
mosley by decision why is margarito running from clottey and paul williams why isn’t merchant , lampley , and steward asking this question like they do other fighters
margarito is goin to knock out mosly in the 8th round yeah! he should fight clottey and for sure he should get a rematch with williams but there not important right now cotto is and he will knock him out again!!!!!!! (he is not running he just has better fights do take care of)
Margarito is not a technical boxer he’s a brawler. How you can you beat M. First, train as if you’re going to run a marathon. In order words you have to last longer than him. Second, study Michael Spinks when he beat Dwight Muhammad Qawi.
The only way to beat Margarito is to go to the body and somehow, try to outwork him…. I rarely see anybody throw punches to the mid-section. Remember he has never been hurt, so head hunting will get you no where.
Mosley by Split Decesion…Maragito is a brawler that throws a lot of hard punches i give him credit his work rate is excellent but he can be out finessed just see Williams and Clottey….and this is mosleys last hurrah…i think he’ll go out on top…and get the rematch with Cotto but Clottey is a fierce competitor that Maragito wants no part of again….