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Margarito's Trainer: "Antonio May Stop Pacquiao Late!"

27 Jul 2010 12:00       hits 5446 Print version

Robert Garcia is a rising star in the world of training. Garcia's stable of clients is growing by the month. On November 13, one of Garcia's fighters, Antonio Margarito, will face the biggest challenge of his long career when he steps in the ring with Manny Pacquiao for the vacant WBC junior middleweight title.

Margarito will begin training in the first week of September. Garcia is planning a ten week camp to get Margarito in proper form for the fight. There will be a catch-weight of 150-pounds, which Garcia says will not be a problem for Margarito. According to Garcia, the "Tijuana Tornado" was at the junior middleweight limit two weeks before his last fight with Roberto Garcia.

"I believe that the fight will be at a catch-weight of 150 pounds, and 150 is no problem for Antonio. The last time he came in to camp, he was 12 pounds over where he had to fight, which was 154. Two weeks before the fight, he was already on weight," Garcia said. "So he had no problem making that weight. So he will be a very strong fighter in there against Manny Pacquiao."

Garcia has studied Pacquiao, and his trainer Freddie Roach. He knows their training tactics and already has a good idea on the strategy they will use against Margarito. When everything is said and done, Garcia believes his fighter may stop Pacquiao in the late rounds.

"I've been watching Manny's fights. I've been watching Freddie Roach also. I think that I've got a good idea about how they're going to try to fight against us. I think that we have a great chance. Antonio's last fight with Roberto Garcia, he'll be much better than that. That was his first fight with me and he did what I asked him to do," Garcia said.

"I've never called fights or ever predicted anything. I just know that Antonio will have the heart and the power and the conditioning to be a great champion and to beat anybody out there. But I think that we can get him in the later rounds. So I'm going to say that maybe Antonio stops him in the later rounds."


Source: boxingscene.com

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