On 8 June 1969, the soccer teams of El Salvador and Honduras met in the first leg of a two-legged tie to qualify for the following year's World Cup. The game took place in the shadow of growing tension between the neighbors; and after Honduras won th...
Back in November of 2010, Manny Pacquiao was going for his eight divisional title when he stepped in the ring with the always dangerous Antonio Margarito. The contest, which had the vacant WBC junior middleweight title at stake, took place at a catch...
It's been almost three years since former world champion Antonio Margarito entered the ring. Based in San Diego, the 'Tijuana Tornado' was a three-time world welterweight champion. He just celebrated his 42nd birthday. The last time Margarito (41-8,...
LAS VEGAS – Keith Thurman came to a post-fight press conference late Saturday night looking like he had been beaten up. The former WBA welterweight champion’s face was bruised, marked up and swollen following his grueling fight with Manny Pacquiao. H...
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Sam Eggington - who some call the 'The English Margarito' - has revealed that there have been discussions for a showdown with the real Antonio Margarito. Eggington (22-4, 14 KOs), after struggling to make the welterweight, has moved up to the junior...
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Add another former opponent to the list of those ripping Canelo Alvarez. Former welterweight title claimant Kermit Cintron, beaten in a bid for Alvarez’s 154-pound belt in 2011, believes the red-haired Mexican’s recent travails...
Russian boxer Magomed Kurbanov is scheduled to return to the ring on May 5 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. And the potential opponent in the other corner is none other than former world champion Antonio Margarito of Mexico, according to the director of the...
Undefeated super welterweight, Jaime Munguia (25-0, 21 KO's), will be featured on HBO Latino this Saturday night from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, where he faces Paul Valenzuela Jr. (20-6, 14 KO's). Munguia is a bit reminiscent of another Mexican f...
NEW YORK – Six years ago this week, Miguel Cotto was focused only on Antonio Margarito. The Puerto Rican icon was preparing for their grudge rematch, a deeply personal shot at redemption, at Madison Square Garden. The hand-wrap scandal that ruined Ma...
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Last month, former world champion Antonio Margarito explained that he was very upset at missing out on the one contest he desired since his comeback began in early 2016. He wanted a third fight with four division champion Miguel Cotto, who returns on...
Former world champion Antonio Margarito was aiming for one contest since his comeback began in early 2016. He wanted a third fight with four division champion Miguel Cotto, who returns on December 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Cotto is...
Carson Jones is one boxer who will fight anywhere and anyone. Earlier this month, Jones traveled to Mexico to fight former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, who was hoping to use the American veteran as a springboard to a trilogy fight with WB...
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This past Saturday night, Antonio Margarito won, but he wasn't pleased with the victory. The Tijuana-based fighter said he should meditate to figure out what his next step in boxing will be. Margarito, a former welterweight world champion, admitted t...
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As he sat on his stool after the seventh round of his bout with Carson Jones, it looked like for all the world that a fading Antonio Margarito had called it a day and that Jones had scored a stoppage victory in Chihuahua, Mexico this past weekend.
