By Eric Thomas: Antonio Margarito, the former World Boxing Association welterweight champion, won’t be fighting on the March 13th Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight card, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. Margarito was supposed to be fighting Carson Jones on the undercard at the Dallas Cowboy stadium. Now, however, Margarito will be fighting instead on May 8th, in Aguascalientes, Mexico. There were hopes that Margarito would be able to received his boxing license by the Texas Athletic Commission so that he could fight on the Pacquiao-Clottey undercard.
Instead, Margarito will have to settle for fighting in Mexico, where any types of suspensions from the United States don’t apply. Margarito, 31, was suspended last year after plaster kind of substance was found in his hand wraps before his January 2009 fight against Shane Mosley. The California Athletic Commission subsequently suspended Margarito’s license for one year.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is working on getting Margarito’s suspension lifted in California. In place of Margarito-Jones fight, former WBC lightweight champion David Diaz will be facing Humberto Soto. That fight could end up being a poor replacement for the Margarito bout, because Soto is very talented and Diaz appears to be over his head in this fight.
Source: boxingnews24.com
Manny Pacquiao Profile
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao born December 17, 1978, more commonly known as Manny Pacquiao, is a Filipino professional boxer.
He is currently the WBO World welterweight champion, Ring Magazine light welterweight champion, and is rated by Ring Magazine as the number 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
He is also the former WBC World lightweight champion, WBC World super featherweight champion, IBF World super bantamweight champion, and WBC World flyweight champion. Furthermore, he is the former Ring Magazine featherweight and super featherweight champion.
He is currently the WBO World welterweight champion, Ring Magazine light welterweight champion, and is rated by Ring Magazine as the number 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
He is also the former WBC World lightweight champion, WBC World super featherweight champion, IBF World super bantamweight champion, and WBC World flyweight champion. Furthermore, he is the former Ring Magazine featherweight and super featherweight champion.
Joshua Clottey Profile
Joshua Clottey (born in March 16, 1976 in Accra, Ghana) is a Welterweight boxer who hails from Accra, Ghana, but now lives in the Bronx, New York. He is the former IBF Welterweight Champion.
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