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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Margarito's Licensing Decision For Pacquiao Expected Soon

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A decision on whether or not to grant ex-champion Antonio Margarito a license to fight WBO welterweight (147 pounds) champion Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 13 at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium could be made as early as Thursday or Friday rather than the usual week-long process, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

The story was first reported by BoxingScene.com.

"We have received the license and a check for $20.00, which is the licensing fee. And it's currently under review. And, there's approximately three-to-four people who will review it," said Susan Stanford, public relations specialist for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

"They [the reviewers] will be in licensing and in the compliance divisions," said Stanford. "Licensing normally takes on the average, 10 days, but I'm hoping to have either the license granted or denied on Thursday or Friday of this week."

Margarito (38-6, 27 knockouts) is scheduled to face Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs) at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium for the vacant WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) title.

Margarito has been unable to fight on American soil since his license was revoked by the California State Athletic Commission following a hand-wrapping scandal stemming from his ninth-round knockout loss to Shane Mosley in January, 2009.

Margarito, whose suspension ended on Feb. 11, tried to file for a license in Nevada, but was directed by that commission to return to the CSAC for a ruling, and was turned down, yet again, by the CSAC. Margarito was then free to apply at any of the other commissions, nationwide, with Texas being the first.

Dickie Cole, Texas' program manager of combat sports, told The Los Angeles Times that in his personal opinion, "If a man serves his time for his crime, he's served his time and needs to be released."

"We're looking forward to and hoping that Texas will issue a license. We fully expect that they willl. And we will then announce the press tour and the dates of the various cities," said Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank Promotions.

"We expect to start next Tuesday in Los Angeles, and then do New York," said Arum. "And then make a stop off Thursday with Manny in Washington, D.C. with USA Today. They've asked us to visit with them. The last press conference will be in Dallas."

Unlike in other states, Margarito will not be required to endure a hearing before the licensing decision is made by Texas.

"There is no hearing. The way that we license people, it's either granted or denied," said Stanford. "Now if any licensee or applicant is denied a license, then they can ask for a hearing at that time. But the initial process does not require a hearing."

Stanford said that Margarito's case is the largest that her department has dealt with.

"My voice mailbox is full this morning. It quit at 12 voice mails. It's full at 12," said Stanford. "We haven't had to deal with anything this big since I've been here. I've been here for two years. It definitely is [the biggest.] I think we were prepared for it."

Source: boxing.fanhouse.com

Roach sees KO win for Pacman

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CELEBRATED boxing trainer Freddie Roach said Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao will use his quickness and fast hands to knock out Mexican Antonio Margarito when they face on Nov. 13.

Pacquiao (51-3-2, 38 KOs), according to Roach, is not going to lose against Margarito (38-6 with 27 KOs) in their 12-round fight for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight belt.

“Manny will start fast with this guy, and we will finish with him fast,” said the four-time Coach of the Year, noting that Margarito does not offer anything different from previous Pacquiao opponents such as Oscar Dela Hoya, Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey.

“I am confident in my fighter [Pacquiao] and I predict a knockout along the way,” Roach added.

Although Roach acknowledged Margarito’s edge in size, he sees little problem for the Filipino champion.

“He (Margarito) is a big, strong guy,” Roach told the sports site www.telegraph.co.uk. “I’m not overly worried about him. I’m not a big Margarito fan. Manny will have too much for him.”

Margarito stands at 5’11” to Pacquiao’s 5’6” frame, but Roach said the Filipino’s quick hands will neutralize the Tijuana Mexican native’s size.

Margarito, though, has yet to secure a license from the state of Texas after the California State Athletic Commission denied to give him one.

Roach, though, said the California State Athletic Commission has been lenient when it suspended Margarito for only a year after the Mexican was discovered to have used illegal handwraps when he fought Shane Mosley in January 2009.

Mosley, in an interview by the www.boxingscene.com, said he has already forgiven Margarito about the incident.

“I think time has been served, he should get his license back. The trainer is the one that wraps his hands,” he said.

Source: manilastandardtoday.com

Monday, August 23, 2010

Roach's dismissal of Margarito harkens memories to predictions on De La Hoya, Hatton and Cotto

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When it comes to his prize charge Manny Pacquiao, trainer Freddie Roach has always been a confident man. Roach and Pacquiao first linked up for the General Santos City fighter’s June 2001 bout with Lehlo Ledwaba at the MGM Grand. At stake was the IBF Super bantamweight crown and Pacquiao fought with the desired urgency needed in registering a punishing 6th round TKO.

Roach and Pacquiao have amassed a 19-1-2 record together while stopping 15 of the opponents they have faced. Their relationship has gained greater exposure in recent years due to Pacquiao’s ascension in weight while storming through a list of quality opposition. The Filipino icon’s December 2008 bout with Oscar De La Hoya seemed to be the start of a new ride and in looking back and Roach’s pre-fight predictions on the contest you can sense his confidence.

“Oscar will have no place to go,” Roach would state. “I feel it will be his last fight, yes. I don’t think Oscar can keep up with us. If we work the body correctly and according to plan, I think he’ll fade.”

There were those who disagreed with the Massachussets trainer, however, seeing as though De La Hoya was the much larger man and had been competing with the world’ best fighters between 147 and 160 pounds for the past ten or so years. Elaborating on the machup further, Roach spoke with obvious respect towards De La Hoya while poinitng to his advanced age of 35 years old as a weakness.

"We’re not going to knock him out with one punch,” Roach claimed. “We're going to break him down. Oscar has a great chin so we're not going to win by one punch. When you get older, you don't absorb punches like you did when you were younger."

Roach’s prediction was eerily similar to how the fight would play out as Pacquiao bludgeoned De La Hoya round after round, forcing him to remain on his stool after the eighth. It was a resounding win and De La Hoya has not fought since the one-sided loss.

Almost immediately after the fight Pacquiao would set his sights on Manchester’s Ricky Hatton, a rugged and bruising brawler whose notable fights included a riveting upset over Kostya Tszyu and a crushing defeat to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Hatton’s strength and pressing style was figured to give Pacquiao a few troubling moments and it was yet another high-profile affair for the tandem.

Following the Mayweather loss Hatton would ironically enlist in the services of the fighter’s father Floyd Mayweather Sr. a year later. The two men made for quite the interesting pair and Hatton’s November 2009 stoppage over brash Paulie Malignaggi seemed to signal a slight rejuvenation in the British fighter’s career. Heading into the Pacquiao fight Floyd Sr. was extremely vocal but Roach was far from concerned.


“Strengths? He doesn’t have any” Roach would say of Hatton while speaking from his Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles just weeks before the bout. Roach went on to predict that his fighter would stop Hatton within three rounds, basing his prediction on Pacquiao’s superior quickness and accuracy.

The fight turned out to be one of Pacquiao’s most standout showcases as a prizefighter as he stormed out of the gates and began tagging Hatton repeatedly with piercing rights and lefts, dropping him twice in the first stanza. Towards the end of the second Pacquiao would end Hatton’s night with a flush left hand that iced Ricky’s world and Roach came off looking like a genius for his pre-fight proclamations.

Half a year later Pacquiao would meet Caugus, Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto in an attempt to wrestle away the WBO welterweight championship of the world. Cotto had built a career based on consistency and a punishing yet calculated style inside the ropes but his July 2008 TKO loss to Antonio Margarito seemed to be lingering.

Initially Roach had predicted that Pacquiao would win a decision over Cotto but as the fight drew closer he seemed to feel that a stoppage would be in play. Much of Pacquiao’s training camp was spent in Baguio City and despite the apparent distractions in his native Philippines, Roach insisted everything was going according to plan.

“He's too slow,” Roach would say of Cotto leading into the fight. “He cocks his left hook. He's got a good left hook, but he telegraphs it, he's not going to hit us with it. My guy is in great shape, everyone thinks because of the typhoon in the Philippines we didn't train but we never missed a day and he's in great shape.”

The Pacquiao-Cotto bout was a rousing battle for the first twelve minutes but Manny would drop his foe in rounds three and four before taking full command of the fight. Cotto faded terribly over the second-half of the fight and referee Kenny Bayless waived the bout off as Miguel was in dire straits along the ropes in the 12th.

After his victory people in the sport began eyeing a possible Pacquiao-Mayweather battle but negotiations between the two parties would fall apart as former champion Joshua Clottey stepped into the picture as a replacement foe for Manny. Rugged and physical, Clottey wasn’t looked at as an easy touch yet Roach felt a knockout was within reach.

"Clottey has a good defense but Pacquiao has a game plan specific to break Clottey's shell of defense and I believe Pacquiao's hands are too fast for Clottey's defense,” he would state. “I know Clottey has a good chin, but Manny will break him down to the body. I believe a win by knockout in the ninth is likely.”

The Pacquiao-Clottey fight was a disappointing fight because of the Accra, Ghana fighter’s unwillingness to engage. Pacquiao was busy throughout, throwing over 1200 punches, but he wasn’t able to break through Clottey’s high guard as he resisted a convincing decision win. Roach was off on his knockout prediction but correct in stating that they would work his body effectively and that the speed differential would be too great.

There is no certainty in how long Pacquiao will continue fighting and his upcoming November 13th fight with Antonio Margarito hasn’t exactly been welcomed with open arms. The fight that everybody wants to see is Pacquiao-Mayweather but instead we have to settle for Margarito, who still has a black cloud hanging over his head from his suspension from the California State Athletic Commission.

In his prime Margarito was looked at as one of the top Welterweights in the world due to his great size, unrelenting attack and ability to absorb punishment. Things are different now, as Margarito’s stock has certainly taken a hit while the contest will be for the vacant WBC Jr. Middleweight belt, but one constant is the fact that Roach is true to form in envisioning a victory for his man.

“He is a big, strong guy,” Roach said of Margarito in a recent BoxingScene interview. “I’m not overly worried about him. I’m not a big Margarito fan. Manny will have too much for him. It’s just the size I’m concerned about. Manny will start fast with this guy and we will finish with him fast.”

For images of Pacquiao’s victories over Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey please continue on to the slideshow below…

Source: Examiner.com
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