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Created by dipity on Jan 24, 2009
Last updated: 11/14/10 at 06:07 PM
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...to allow the tests to be taken then Arum will be to move to his Plan B, which will probably be another Top Rank fighter Antonio Margarito (38-6, 27 KO’s). Arum has already matched Pacquiao against two of his other Top Rank fighters, Miguel Cotto and Joshua...
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BoxingNews24.com
http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/05/margarito-could-be-arum%e2%80%99s-plan-b-for-pacquiao/
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Margarito, now 32, has found success on his own, winning both the WBA and WBO welterweight titles. Although Margarito’s fortunes have changed somewhat recently because of the hand wrap issue that turned up last year before his bout against Shane Mosley
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BoxingNews24.com
http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/04/should-sergio-martinez-fight-antonio-margarito-again/
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I know most people will probably reply to this article by saying things like, we never want to see him fight again, and he should be banned for life. And I can respect that, but he is still a great fighter as far as we know, as we don’t know how long
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BoxingNews24.com
http://www.boxingnews24.com/2009/12/antonio-margarito-when-will-the-mexican-warrior-return/
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In everything that we do, we must always be prepared, mentally and physically. Without one of these, we would not be successful in what we want to do unless luck is smiling on us at that moment.
In sports preparation, it is very important before the
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/293587-margarito-was-beaten-before-he-entered-the-ring-against-mosley
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Last year at this time, people were still talking about the graphic and brutal defeat Cotto suffered by the hands of Margarito. In what was a fight that Cotto was clearly winning before the 11th round stoppage, Margarito dominated Cotto physically in
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BoxingNews24.com
http://www.boxingnews24.com/2009/11/should-miguel-cotto-fight-antonio-margarito-again/
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Happy Halloween. What do you think would happen if Manny Pacquiao (at right) fought the actual Batman (not his trainer Freddie Roach dressed as the Dark Knight, at left)? Answer if you're a Pacquiao fanatic: "Pacquiao would make him taste the canvas in
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2156204&src=rss
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Division: Welterweight for the IBF world title held by Kermit Cintron
Having recently re-aired on HBO, I thought a look back on this fight would be a timely celebration of the grit and toughness of our current welterweight champion, Antonio
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Sports Blogs
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Quick Jabs
So we're initiating our first Open Thread giveaway contest, and it's a good one. Here's the deal: Between now and the end of the day Monday, when I put up an "Open Thread" post, you come up with a design for a t-shirt for our blog -- it
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1984622&src=rss
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RANCHO MIRAGE — When WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley was a pre-teen, he remembers driving out to the East Valley to watch the highly-touted Diaz brothers fight.
He was told by his trainers then to watch the oldest brother, Joel Diaz, a
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MyDesert.com | The Desert Sun
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090726/SPORTS03/907260314/1002/RSS03
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Antonio Margarito To Make Ring Return: That was the headline today on most boxing websites, and it said it all.
It revealed what most boxing fans have openly opposed.
The return of a disgraced fighter who, in my opinion, should never again be permitted
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/195444-antonio-margarito-makes-his-ring-return-in-sept-not-so-fast-buddy
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Right after Antonio Margarito beat Miguel Cotto,I said of him, "[H]e honestly doesn't look like he's hitting all that hard, but he very much is." It was meant as praise. I've said it about other fighters.
We've found out why Margarito didn't look like
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Bad Left Hook
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http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/3/27/812902/adios-antonio-margarito
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The hand wraps confiscated from former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito shortly before his title defense against "Sugar" Shane Mosley contained two primary elements of plaster of Paris, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing documents obtained
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ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4020190&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines
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Miguel Cotto, right, was bloodied and battered versus Antonio Margarito, but was it legit?
NEW YORK -- Although Miguel Cotto is preparing to fight England's Michael Jennings, the fighter he is far more often asked about is Antonio Margarito.
It's
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ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/notebook?page=notebook/boxingfebruary20&campaign=rsssrch&source=espn
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Miguel Cotto (left) hopes to reclaim the WBO title with a win over Michael Jennings.
Bryan Graham will periodically answer questions from SI.com users in his mailbag.
Miguel Cotto made the fifth and most memorable defense of his world welterweight
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Sports Illustrated
http://si.com/2009/writers/bryan_armen_graham/02/19/cotto/index.html?eref=si_writers
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Here's the latest from welterweight (147 lbs.) star Miguel Cotto, discussing his promotional company Top Rank's advocacy for the license-revoked Antonio Margarito, who got caught using loaded hand wraps in January and may have used loaded hand wraps
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1657042&src=rss
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knew the illegal wraps - which could have caused severe damage to Mosley - were present. But Margarito should be held responsible for the actions of his entire team, as the commission said upon rendering its decision. And it's hard to believe a fighter
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Long Beach Press-Telegram
http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/ci_11703425?source=rss
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We want to publicly thank the President of the World Boxing Council, Jose Sulaiman, for his forthright and compelling statement regarding the Margarito bandaging situation.
President Sulaiman is 100% correct in stating that Margarito should not be
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Bad Left Hook
http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/2/13/758182/bob-arum-s-official-statem
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Antonio Margarito feels the weight of Shane Mosley's punches in Los Angeles. Photograph: Mark J. Terrill/AP
Brendan Ingle said once that a trainer has a dangerous amount of power over fighters in his care. He is, he said, part doctor, part psychologist,
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/feb/11/antonio-margarito-javier-capetillo-cheating
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It's boxing news but still one of the biggest stories in the current combat sports landscape. We've covered the controversy a little bit here on BE and Scott over at BadLeftHook has done a great job as always on his site. Basically Margarito was
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Bloody Elbow
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/2/10/755048/antonio-margarito-s-csac-h
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The CSAC hearing with Antonio Margarito and Javier Capetillo has begun, and the California state attorney general said that the fighter should receive "the harshest penalty possible," which would be a license revocation for at least one year.
We'll be
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Bad Left Hook
http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/2/10/755038/updating-antonio-margarito
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[Update below: The L.A. Times is reporting on what's happening at the hearing as we speak. It's getting bad in there.]
Two indicators of the way things will be presented by Antonio Margarito's team at today's California State Athletic Commission
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Sports Blogs
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He has done it again! Shane "Sugar" Mosley has risen to the top of the boxing world again with his stunning upset over Antonio Margarito. Shane is now in position to participate in another mega figh
t which is sure to yield plenty of excitement for
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1434584/5_reasons_why_shane_mosley_was_able.html
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The great boxing trainer Freddie Roach made strong comments Wednesday about the controversy surrounding boxer Antonio Margarito, who is accused of attempting to sneak plaster into his hand wraps before he fought Shane Mosley on January 24.
On The Brian
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AOL Sports
http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2009/02/04/freddie-roach-antonio-margarito-should-be-banned-for-life/
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Still surrounded by the residual fallout from the BALCO scandal, Shane Mosley had to figure he would be the most exhaustively drug-tested man in California boxing history going into last Saturday’s bout against Antonio Margarito at Staples Center in
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Boston Herald
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/~3/528687167/view.bg
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Uh, oh, looks like there’s some trouble for Antonio Margarito, the boxeo Mexicano! Just a little, not a lot. No, he wasn’t caught wearing women’s clothes like our little amigo Oscar de la Hoya. It’s for something else. His boxing license is suspended
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Hissip
http://hissip.com/antonio-margarito-boxing-license-in-jeopardy/
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This past Saturday night on HBO Boxing, there was a bigger story than Antonio Margarito losing his welterweight championship to Shane Mosley- the illegal hand wrapping attempt by Antonio Margarito and
his corner. The California State Athletic
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1429058/antonio_margarito_suspended_following.html
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The California State Athletic Commission has temporarily suspended welterweight (147 lbs.) Antonio Margarito and his trainer over those controversial hand wraps that were discovered before Margarito went on to fight and lose to Shane Mosley this
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1608649&src=rss
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Boxing authorities are investigating the "irregular hand wraps" that Antonio Margarito nearly used in his fight with Sugar Shane Mosely, marking the first time in history boxing's integrity was called into question. [Ring]
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Deadspin
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/KWIv0BYbXQU/antonio-margarito-accused-of-illegal-hands-to-the-face
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Promoters are more willing to set intriguing bouts
By DAVID A. AVILA
Special to The Press-Enterprise
Shockwaves are still rippling through the boxing world after Sugar Shane Mosley's
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Southern CA Press-Enterprise
http://www.pe.com/sports/boxing/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_box_col_27.40e3aff.html
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online... that's right -- the fight will be replayed from January 24, 2009. You can watch Shane Mosley KILL Margarito and end his so called "dominance."
And you can also Download De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao, as well download all your favorite championship
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Squidoo
http://www.squidoo.com/margarito-vs-mosley
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Shane Mosley dominated from start to finish, knocking out Antonio Margarito for the first time in his career in the ninth round last night to win the WBA welterweight title in a stunning upset in Los Angeles.
Margarito was coming off an impressive
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The Honolulu Advertiser
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090125/SPORTS/901250389/-1/RSS03?source=rss_sports
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LOS ANGELES -- Saturday was photo shoot day, when HBO brought its new generation of stars to Tinseltown to publicize the next wave of boxing's champions.
Alfredo Angulo was there, as was James Kirkland. So too were Victor Ortiz, and Yuriorkis Gamboa,
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ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3858910
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Hang another championship belt on the wall for the brothers because Sugar Shane Mosley dismantled Margarito last night:
Besieged by outside-the-ring problems, “Sugar” Shane Mosley never let them bother him, at least publicly.
Instead, he carried
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Bossip
http://bossip.com/77766/down-for-the-count-sugar-shane-mosley-knocks-antonio-margarito-out/
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Shane Mosley, right, pounded the Mexican favourite, Antonio Margarito, for most of their WBA welterweight title fight in Los Angeles. Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
Shane Mosley produced one of his best performances to stop the Mexican
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Guardian Unlimited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jan/25/shane-mosley-antonio-margarito-welterweight
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LOS ANGELES — Shane Mosley dominated from start to finish Saturday night, scoring a technical knockout of Antonio Margarito at 43 seconds of the ninth round to win the WBA welterweight title in a stunning upset.
Margarito was coming off an impressive
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AZ starnet.com
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/sports/277401.php
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Shane Mosley is back on top after destruction of Antonio Margarito Saturday night.
LOS ANGELES - Before the largest crowd to ever see a sporting event at Staples Center, Shane Mosley scored his most impressive victory in more than five years when he
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New York Daily News
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http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/sports/~3/522424553/2009-01-24_shane_mosley_claims_wba_crown_after_pumm.html
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WELTERWEIGHTS: The Pomona boxer, 37, takes the WBA title with ease, giving the Mexican star his first KO loss.
By DAVID A. AVILA
Special to The Press-Enterprise
LOS ANGELES - Pomona's Sugar Shane
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Southern CA Press-Enterprise
http://www.pe.com/sports/boxing/stories/PE_Sports_Local_S_staples_fight_25.49f9f6a.html
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HBO's Larry Merchant said, as Mosley-Margarito began:
Just minutes ago, the commissioner of boxing, Dean Lohuis, reported to us that an illegal pad was found in Margarito's gloves, something that would harden when wet, and that his hands had to be
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1602306&src=rss
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LOS ANGELES — Shane Mosley dominated from start to finish, knocking out Antonio Margarito for the first time in his career in the ninth round Saturday night to win the WBA welterweight title in a stunning upset.
Margarito was coming off an impressive
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Denver Post
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_11547523?source=rss
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Raul Caiz, Sr., steps in on Shane Mosley hammering Antonio Margarito, giving Mosley a ninth round TKO. Margarito would crumble to the mat seconds later. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Bad Left Hook
http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/1/25/735850/raul-caiz-sr-steps-in-on-s
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1601763&src=rss
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... Oscar De La Hoya was introduced and was booed viciously. Michael Buffer is in the ring and is getting ready to start this party. Weâve already had the national anthems of both Mexico and the United States. HBO is seconds away from going on the air. Attend...
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The Orange County Register
http://punch.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/24/live-from-staples-center-antonio-margarito-shane-mosley/3028/
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...will take on Sugar Shane Mosley. I asked my son to preview the bout; here is his take: Tonight Sugar Shane Mosley and Antonio Margarito will meet at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The fight will take place at 147 pounds and the WBA Welterweight...
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Power Line
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2009/01/022643.php
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...taking a knee to sacrifice his unbeaten mark as well as his world championship rather than face three more minutes with Antonio Margarito. So after a 15-year climb to the top, you'll forgive Margarito if he kicks his shoes off and enjoys the view. "I have...
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AOL Sports
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http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2009/01/23/margaritos-legacy-is-tijuana-tough/
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...brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Saturday night's fight between Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley is the most highly anticipated bout of the new year. In this video we talk to both Margarito and Mosley...
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AOL Sports
http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2009/01/24/shane-mosley-not-lacking-for-confidence-against-antonio-margarit/
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...LOS ANGELES - Antonio Margarito has risen to numero uno status in his native Mexico, following in the footsteps of such highly acclaimed fighters as Julio Cesar Chavez, Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera. The man known as "the Tijuana Tornado" earned...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/sports/38276984.html
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...be a game changer and would turn all our assumptions about what is already boxing's most interesting division upside down. Would Margarito ever be the same without the "aura of invincibility" he has developed? (Kind of like the same question which Cotto is...
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1600879&src=rss
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Shane Mosley, left, connects with Antonio Margarito, of Mexico, in a WBA welterweight title boxing match at Staples Center.
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The Orange County Register
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...fight served as one of the tougher tests of Antonio Margarito's run, and it was a night where he was gut-checked by an underdog that wouldn't go away. Joshua Clottey is a guy with a rock-hard chin, like Shane Mosley is. Clottey was reportedly hurt during the...
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Bad Left Hook
http://www.badlefthook.com/2009/1/23/734679/looking-back-antonio-marga
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...on all comersâif the price is right. And one of the bigger names thatâs been thrown out there has been Tijuanaâs own Antonio Margarito. Margarito, who takes on Sugar Shane Mosley tomorrow night, has to get past Mosley and then on June 13, win his rematch with...
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Machochip
http://machochip.com/2009/01/with-a-possible-fight-against-manny-pacquiao-will-antonio-margarito-move-away-from-tj.php
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