Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito

World Super Welterweight Championship

Date	November 13, 2010
Location	Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas, United States
Title(s) on the line	WBC Super Welterweight Championship
Manny Pacquiao vs.  Antonio Margarito
Pac-Man		Tijuana Tornado
Tale of the tape
Sarangani, Philippines	From	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
51-3-2 (38 KO)	Pre-fight record	38-6-0 (27 KO)
5 feet, 6.5 inches	Height	5 feet, 11 inches
144.6 lbs (weigh-in)	Weight	150 lbs (weigh-in)
Seven-division World Champion (won nine world titles in seven different weight divisions)	Recognition	Three-time Welterweight World Champion (WBC Super Welterweight International Title holder)
Result	Pacquiao via unanimous decision

Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito, billed as World Super Welterweight Championship, was a Super Welterweight fight for the WBC Super Welterweight championship. The bout was held on November 13, 2010, at Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas, United States. The match was put together after the second negotiation for the long awaited "superfight" between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. had failed. Pacquiao defeated Margarito by unanimous decision.

Results

Before the fight, a video surfaced of Antonio Margarito and Brandon Rios mocking Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach. Roach suffers from Parkinson's Disease. Margarito and Rios eventually apologized for their actions.

Despite his smaller size (5'6 1/2" vs Margarito's 5'11") and lower weight (148 lbs vs. Margarito's 165 lbs)^[1] Pacquiao hammered Margarito with his superior speed and technique. Margarito sustained three cuts, prompting Pacquiao to ask the referee, Laurence Cole, to stop the fight.^[2] Ringside commentators agreed as well that the fight should have been stopped.

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 and almost down. Judges' scores were Juergen Langos 120–108, Glen Rick Crocker 118–110, and Oren Shellenberger 119–109 in favor of Pacquiao.^[3] Pacquiao landed 474 out of 1069 punches (44%) while Margarito landed 229 out of 817 (28%). Out of those punches Pacquiao landed 411/713 power punches thrown (58%) while Margarito landed 135 out of 312 (43%).^[4]

Due to his injuries, Margarito's post-fight interview was skipped and he was sent directly to the hospital after the fight.^[2][5] Margarito had to undergo surgery as it was discovered that his right orbital bone had been fractured.^[6]

In the post-fight interview, Pacquiao was asked if he held back during the last round, and Pacquiao said he just let the 3 minutes run out and that "Boxing is not for killing" (quote). Pacquiao also stated "I did not want to damage him permanently."^[6]

The fight generated 1.15 million buys and 64 million dollars in revenue.

Televised

• Super Welterweight bout: Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito

Pacquiao defeated Margarito via unanimous decision (120-108, 118-110, 119-109).

• Welterweight bout: Jesus Soto Karass vs. Mike Jones

Jones defeated Karass via majority decision (97-93, 95-94, 94-94).

• Super Bantamweight bout: Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Ricardo Cordoba

Rigondeaux defeated Cordoba via split decision (117-109, 114-112, 112-114).

• Lightweight bout: Brandon Rios vs. Omri Lowther

Rios defeated Lowther via TKO at 2:35 of fifth round.

Televised free

• Featherweight bout: Roberto Marroquin vs. Francisco Dominguez

Marroquin defeated Dominguez via knockout at 1:27 of first round.

• Light Welterweight bout: José Benavidez vs. Winston Mathis

Benavidez defeated Mathis via knockout at 2:23 of third round.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Mike Lee vs. Keith Debow

Lee defeated Debow via knockout at 1:33 of first round.

• Light Welterweight bout: Oscar Meza vs. Jose Hernandez

Meza defeated Hernandez via unanimous decision (38-37, 38-37, 39-36).

• Flyweight bout: Richie Mepranum vs. Anthony Villarreal

Mepranum defeated Villarreal via split decision.

• Lightweight bout: Juan Martin Elorde vs. Angel Rodriguez

Rodriguez defeated Elorde via unanimous decision (40-36, 40-36, 39-37).

• Welterweight bout: Dennis Laurente vs. Rashad Holloway

Laurente defeated Holloway via unanimous decision (77-75, 79-73, 78-74).

International broadcasting

Country Broadcaster  Australia Main Event  Brazil Combate  Colombia Golden  Czech Republic Sport 1  Denmark TV2 Sport  Hungary Sport 2  Indonesia TvOne  Italy Dahlia TV  Japan WOWOW  Mexico TV Azteca  New Zealand SKY Box Office 200  Philippines GMA, Solar TV, (free to air, some cases delayed) Solar Sports, (cable, delayed) Solar All Access (PPV, Live)  Poland Polsat Sport Extra  Qatar Al Jazeera Sports 1  Romania Digi Sport  Russia NTV Plus Sport  Slovakia Sport 1  Spain MARCA TV  South Africa SuperSport 6  Thailand BBTV  United Kingdom Sky Sports 1  United States HBO PPV (Main Card) ESPN3.com (Undercard)  Venezuela Meridiano

References

1. ^ "Mayweather should keep dodging Pacquiao". Yahoo News. http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=dw-pacfloyd11410. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Manny Pacquiao unanimous winner". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5804295. 
3. ^ "Pacquiao batters bigger Margarito for 8th world title". GMA News. http://www.gmanews.tv/pbr/article/205934/pacquiao-batters-bigger-margarito-for-8th-world-title. 
4. ^ HBO PPV November 13, 2010: Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito
5. ^ Bishop, Greg (November 14, 2010). "Bruising Win by Pacquiao Pits Speed Over Size". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/sports/14boxing.html?_r=3. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Antonio Margarito to have surgery". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/news/story?id=5805223. 

Preceded by vs. Roberto Garcia	Antonio Margarito's bouts November 13, 2010	Succeeded by [To be determined]
Preceded by vs. Joshua Clottey	Manny Pacquiao's bouts November 13, 2010	Succeeded by Shane Mosley