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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 2008, and the WBA (Super) title from 2008 to 2009.
Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II was a professional boxing match contested onDecember 3, 2011 , for the WBA (Super) super welterweight championship. [1] The bout was at Madison Square Garden, in New York City, United States under the promotion of Top Rank at a catchweight of 153 pounds.
On April 23, 2005, Margarito defeated the less experienced Cintron, knocking him down four times en route to a technical knockout victory in the fifth round at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. [26] Margarito's next fight took place on February 18, 2006, when he defeated Manuel Gomez by technical knockout in just 74 seconds in Las Vegas. [27]
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.
Roberto Garcia vs. Antonio Margarito: Latin Fury 14 was a super welterweight boxing fight which took place on May 8, 2010, at the La Feria de San Marcos, in Aguascalientes, Mexico between Roberto García (28–2, 21 KO) and three-division world champion Antonio Margarito (37–6–1, 27 KO).
Chicago-born Margarito Flores Jr. was around 8 years old when his father started taking him and his twin brother Pedro on car rides to Mexico. It was mostly business for his father, a hard ...
Cotto was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Puerto Rican parents, and relocated to Caguas, Puerto Rico, with his family before he turned two. [5] There are several figures linked to boxing in his family, including his late father Miguel Cotto Sr., his brother José Miguel Cotto, his second cousin Abner Cotto, and his uncle and former boxing trainer Evangelista Cotto.
García worked with Freddie Roach and Eric Brown in preparation for his fight on the Latin Fury card which was highlighted by Garcia taking on three-time world welterweight champion Antonio Margarito from Aguascalientes, Mexico. On May 8, 2010, García lost a bout with America's Antonio Margarito at La Feria de San Marcos, Aguascalientes, Mexico.