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vs.

Antonio Margarito Antonio Margarito Montiel (born March 18, 1978) is a Mexican-American former professional boxer who competed between 1994 and 2017. He held multiple welterweight world championships, including the WBO title from 2002 to 2007, the IBF title in ...

, was a

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fight for the vacant WBC

championship. The bout was held on November 13, 2010, at AT&T Stadium, in Arlington, Texas,

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. The match was put together after the second negotiation for the long-awaited "superfight" between Manny Pacquiao and

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had failed. Pacquiao defeated Margarito by unanimous decision.

Results

Despite his smaller size (5'5" vs Margarito's 5'11") and lower weight (148 lbs vs. Margarito's 165 lbs) Pacquiao hammered Margarito with his superior speed and technique. Margarito sustained three cuts, prompting Pacquiao to ask the referee, Laurence Cole, to stop the fight. Ringside commentators agreed as well that the fight should have been stopped. The fight went the distance with Pacquiao winning via unanimous decision over Margarito. Pacquiao almost knocked out Margarito in the 4th round with a left hook to the body and in the 6th round Margarito connected a solid left hook to the body that sent Pacquiao into the ropes, which was the closest Margarito came to pressing Pacquiao. Judges' scores were Juergen Langos 120–108, Glen Rick Crocker 118–110, and Oren Shellenberger 119–109 in favor of Pacquiao. Pacquiao landed 474 out of 1069 punches (44%) while Margarito landed 229 out of 817 (28%). Out of those punches Pacquiao landed 411/713 power punches thrown (58%) while Margarito landed 135 out of 312 (43%).HBO PPV November 13, 2010: Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito Due to his injuries, Margarito's post-fight interview was skipped and he was sent directly to the hospital after the fight. Margarito had to undergo surgery as it was discovered that his right orbital bone had been fractured. In the post-fight interview, Pacquiao was asked if he held back during the last round, and Pacquiao said he just let the 3 minutes run out and that "Boxing is not for killing". Pacquiao also stated "I did not want to damage him permanently." It would turn out, unfortunately, that the fight did leave permanent damage to the right eye of Margarito. This eye almost lost him his license to fight upon a medical inspection. During Margarito's next and final bout against Miguel Cotto, his eye suffered severe swelling and caused him to lose the bout via doctor/referee stoppage. The fight generated 1.15 million buys and 64 million dollars in revenue and the attendance was 41,734.

Televised

*Super Welterweight bout:

vs.

Pacquiao defeated Margarito via unanimous decision (120–108, 118–110, 119–109). *Welterweight bout:

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vs. Mike Jones Jones defeated Karass via majority decision (97–93, 95–94, 94–94). *Super Bantamweight bout:

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vs.

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Rigondeaux defeated Cordoba via split decision (117–109, 114–112, 112–114). *Lightweight bout:

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vs. Omri Lowther Rios defeated Lowther via TKO at 2:35 of fifth round.

Televised free

*Featherweight bout: Roberto Marroquin vs. Francisco Dominguez Marroquin defeated Dominguez via knockout at 1:27 of first round. *Light Welterweight bout:

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vs. Winston Mathis Benavidez defeated Mathis via knockout at 2:23 of third round. *Light Heavyweight bout:

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vs. Keith Debow Lee defeated Debow via knockout at 1:33 of first round. *Light Welterweight bout: Oscar Meza vs. Jose Hernandez Meza defeated Hernandez via unanimous decision (38–37, 38–37, 39–36). *Flyweight bout:

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vs. Anthony Villarreal Mepranum defeated Villarreal via split decision. *Lightweight bout: Juan Martin Elorde vs. Angel Rodriguez Rodriguez defeated Elorde via unanimous decision (40–36, 40–36, 39–37). *Welterweight bout:

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vs. Rashad Holloway Laurente defeated Holloway via unanimous decision (77–75, 79–73, 78–74).

International broadcasting

References

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