Jerry Glick reporting: Antonio Margarito talked to the boxing media via a conference call. The former WBO welterweight champion fielded questions through an interpreter. He will appear on the well stocked undercard of the Cotto-Mosley “Fast and Furious” show at Madison Square Garden on November 10th, along with Joel Casamayor.
Promoter Bob Arum says that if welterweight world titleholders Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito win their upcoming fights, it is likely that they will meet in a 147lbs battle for supremacy before the end of the year.
By Michael Norby: In one of the most anticipated welterweight clashes of 2007, unbeaten southpaw Paul Williams upset Mexican Antonio Margarito on Saturday night, relieving the defending WBO champion of his strap via unanimous decision at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
Antonio Margrito plans to set a blistering pace from the very start when he faces Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
The match up between the two exciting warriors is expected to be a candidate for the Fight of the Year and Margarito will gamble on setting a fast pace early.
Margarito told the ESPN website: "I think it’s going to come down to whose rhythm we are going to dance to. I need to start my pace fast and see if he can keep up.
"I’ve been doing it because now it has become my mentality. From the start I’m going to throw punches and throw punches and go as hard as I can."
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