After a classic fight and win for Antonio Margarito, what's next??? Disneyland maybe, but as far as his career. Margarito's defeat over Cotto was by far the biggest victory of his career. Most will not argue that Margarito is now the man to beat at Welterweight. So what is next??? Lets be honest right now, no matter how many times he says Oscar De La Hoya that fight ain't happening. Oscar wants a winnable fight not a brutal ass whooping. Margarito would destroy De La Hoya with all of that pressure. A rematch with Paul Williams is a very attractive fight. Williams holds the WBO title he won from Margarito last July and is currently available for a fight. Margarito had a very sour taste in his mouth about the loss to Williams. The fight could be a title unification fight with Williams who has the WBO title and Margarito who holds the WBA title. Truth be told, Margarito was getting the best of Williams at the end of the fight. Margarito just started too late and could not catch up. If Margarito puts the pressure on Williams from the beginning, maybe he could KO Williams. Margarito could fight the winner of the Zab Judah-Joshua Clottey IBF Welterweight title fight. If Clottey wins, which I predict he will, it would be a rematch of their close 2006 fight. Two hard punching pressure fighters could make for a wonderful fight as well as a title unification fight. I suspect a rematch with Cotto may happen down the line, but not right away. It was a brutal fight and I imagine Cotto will take the rest of the year off. Margarito could also go back up to 154 and fight against WBA Super Welterweight titleholder Daniel Santos. Margarito fought Santos twice, once at welterweight for the WBO Welterweight title and the second time at super welterweight for the WBO Super Welterweight title. The first fight was a NC inside of 1 round and the second fight was a loss to Margarito. The fight was stopped due to an accidental headbutt and Margarito lost on the scorecards. Santos just won the WBA Super Welterweight title July 5 and probably would welcome a fight against Margarito. Since Margarito is the WBA Welterweight Champion and Santos is the WBA Super Welterweight Champion, it would not be hard to get that fight approved to happen. With this huge win over Cotto, Margarito is officially the man to beat in the welterweight division. If anyone wants to claim to be the best, they will have to go through Antonio Margarito. He is not the biggest money draw out there, but he is the man to beat. It should be interesting to see who fights him next.
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I dont share you confidence in Margarito vs Williamns. Cotto was was taylored made for Margarito, a stay in the pocket fighter.
Paul is a boxer who moves, I see a repeat of the first fight there.
Oh Clean Mike, Williams was getting tagged quite a bit by Margarito. Williams did not finish strong at all against Margarito. Let me be honest with you, I am not really a Margarito fan. I am not sure why either. Just never really liked the guy. I think he could get Williams out, I really do. Williams impressed me with how he bounced back against Quintana. However Quintana is no Margarito. I think Margarito could get Williams.
i can't wait to catch the replay.
Replay, Judy you should not have missed it. It was awesome.
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