By Michael Woods, Thesweetscience.com, October 8, 2010
Do not count HBO's poet laureate Larry Merchant among those who think Manny Pacquiao is going to just steamroll Antonio Margarito with the greatest of ease on Nov. 13 in Dallas.
"Margarito has a chance," Larry told TSS. "You can't dismiss him. He's about the largest welterweight I've ever seen. If you're trying to make a case for him winning, you have to talk about his size, and the extra motivation he has to...clean up after himself. His can be a difficult style to overcome. You're talking about a guy who when he was on the top of his game Floyd Mayweather didn't want any part of. But how far he is from the top of his game can only be seen at that fight."
Mayweather did indeed slither away from Margarito in 2006; he and his people said that was because he needed time to heal up a hand injured against Zab Judah. And that Margarito wasn't a big enough name. And why should Floyd fight a guy with four losses. And why should Floyd take a then career high $8 mill when the fight will be worth more later. In other words, his logic and reasoning had more holes in it than Sarah Palin's resume and grasp of reality. We digress, though... Read More >>>
"Margarito has a chance," Larry told TSS. "You can't dismiss him. He's about the largest welterweight I've ever seen. If you're trying to make a case for him winning, you have to talk about his size, and the extra motivation he has to...clean up after himself. His can be a difficult style to overcome. You're talking about a guy who when he was on the top of his game Floyd Mayweather didn't want any part of. But how far he is from the top of his game can only be seen at that fight."
Mayweather did indeed slither away from Margarito in 2006; he and his people said that was because he needed time to heal up a hand injured against Zab Judah. And that Margarito wasn't a big enough name. And why should Floyd fight a guy with four losses. And why should Floyd take a then career high $8 mill when the fight will be worth more later. In other words, his logic and reasoning had more holes in it than Sarah Palin's resume and grasp of reality. We digress, though... Read More >>>
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