Antonio Margarito wants to fight Manny Pacquiao for 'his' WBO welterweight championship and he may just get it if negotiations between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr fail to create a highly-anticipated megafight yet again.
Source: http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=26642
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Bob Arum (promoter of both Pacquiao and Margarito) would undoubtedly be keen on creating the contest in question if the Pacquiao-Mayweather showdown fails to materialise again. Margarito is struggling for credibility after the California State Athletic Commission found him guilty of having illegal handwraps before his fight with Shane Mosley in January of 2009 and a fight with Pacquiao would be an easy fight for Arum and his promotional company Top Rank to create. This blogger is torn between wanting to see Margarito take another beating and not wanting to reward him with a large payday. While it will probably be forever a mystery as to how complicit Margarito was in his illegal handwraps, this blogger thinks it to be highly unlikely that a veteran professional fighter wouldn't know what was in his handwraps - which isn't to suggest that Margarito was directly guilty, but more likely indirectly guilty by choosing to ignore the contents of his wraps.
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