News - Antonio Margarito

Before Shane Mosley (46-5, 39KOs) stopped Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27KOs) in the ninth round of their action-packed bout at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, HBO announced to the televised audience that Margarito's hands were found to be illegally wrapped and had to be re-wrapped three times to make them legal. read more ...

Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KOs) is a world champion again as he dominated WBA welterweight world champion Antonio Margarito (37-6, 27 KOs), earning a stoppage victory in the ninth round before a pro-Margarito crowd at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, CA. The 20,820 in attendance was the largest crowd to ever see an event at the arena. Mosley began the bout aggressively and won most of the exchanges between the two fighters read more ...

ANTONIO MARGARITO - Three-Time Welterweight Champion: "I'm really prepared for this fight. We did our work in training camp and we know Mosley is a very experienced fighter. There are no secrets here, we know our styles and I'm very certain I will raise my hands in victory on Saturday night." read more ...

Antonio 'The Tijuana Tornado' Margarito poses with three-division world champion 'Sugar' Shane Mosley at today's press in Los Angeles to announce their upcoming WBA welterweight championship clash on January 24 at Staples Center. "I'm happy to fight in Los Angeles," said Margarito. "I am really excited and looking forward this fight. I am not taking any tune-up fights. I want to fight the best and I have been wanting to fight read more ...

Bob Arum on Monday confirmed that a last-minute deal has been reached for a Jan. 24 fight between welterweight champion Antonio Margarito of Mexico and "Sugar" Shane Mosley of Pomona, Calif. It will take place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The accord came just days after the fight appeared dead in the water. Margarito was not happy with a 50-50 split of the purse read more ...

WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito says Golden Boy Promotions and Shane Mosley should stop complaining about his refusal to fight Mosley on January 24. Margarito turned down a 50-50 split that would have given both fighters $2 million dollars. Margarito felt that he was the bigger draw and that Mosley should not receiving an equal portion of the read more ...

The hurdles continue to mount for a potential fight between WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito and former three-division belt winner "Sugar" Shane Mosley. Talks are still ongoing to make the fight happen at the end of January, but there are those in the mix who have serious doubts that HBO will put up enough money to make the fight a reality read more ...

Miguel Cotto was still given a hero's welcome when he arrived back home to Puerto Rico. Last Saturday night in Las Vegas, Cotto was battered and then stopped by Antonio Margarito in eleven-rounds. The pay-per-view event was called "The Battle" and it lived up the hype. Cotto returned home bruised and sore, but his spirits were high. Cotto and his team held a media gathering for the press to discuss his fight with Margarito read more ...

WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito would consider a year-end rematch with Miguel Cotto. Margarito stopped Cotto in eleven grueling rounds last Saturday in Las Vegas. Co-manager Sergio Diaz says that Margarito is open to a rematch, but he doesn't think that Cotto will fight again until 2009. Cotto may need to rest, he was battered by Margarito during the course of the fight. He would later head to the hospital to close up several read more ...

In the aftermath of being battered and knocked out in eleven-rounds by Antonio Margarito at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Miguel Cotto said that he would continue his career and return to the ring in better form. He offered no excuses for the loss and said it was simply Margarito's night. “This night was Margarito’s night,” said Cotto. “He did his job better than I did. Life continues. It’s not over for me read more ...