One of the most eccentric champions that the Mexican welterweight has had is Anthony Margaritothe native of Baja California and who at the age of 22 was crowned champion by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) at 147 pounds.
Although he finished with eight defeats in his history, among his 41 most exciting and important victories stood out the ones he had over Sergio the wonder Martinez, Miguel Angel Cotto and Frankie Randallwho praised his career as a professional.
After his outstanding achievements in his youth, among which his eight years undefeated and titles in the World Association (AMB) and International Boxing Federation (FIB), came the decline and a defeat that definitively marked his career, both for what happened outside and inside the ring.
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On November 13, 2010, after 16 years of professional career, daisy confirmed his promotion to super welterweight and stepped into the ring against Manny Pacquiao for the vacant title of the World Boxing Council (WBC), the only organization he had yet to win.
And it is that that night lived in Arlington, Texas, inside a plethoric AT&T Stadiumthe Filipino boxer offered one of his many boxing exhibitions, because although he could not knock out daisyhandcuffed him from start to finish and left him with a completely unrecognizable face.
The result was a clear and obvious unanimous decision victory for the Pacman Pacquiaoone that was also marked for being a kind of punishment for the jokes in bad taste that the tijuana tornado pre-fight, in which he made fun of Manny’s trainer, Freddie Roachdue to Parkinson’s disease.
Although the Mexican apologized for his actions, Roach scorned his words and asked Pacquiao to remain calm, to focus on the fight and to win according to the strategy, something that ended up concretizing and in a memorable way. .
“To everyone with this disease I want to say that I would never, never in my life make fun of anyone like that. I just want you to know that I’m not the type of person who would do something like that.make fun of someone ”, expressed Margarito before the fight, in a few words that convinced very few fans.
In the midst of the controversy and with his pretentious profile, daisy arrived at the stadium Dallas Cowboys with high expectations to recover a world title; however, he failed miserably, leaving with bruises and broken cheekbones.
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After this tough defeat, the seventh of his career, the Tijuana native practically said goodbye to his career as a boxer, especially since in his attempt to return to the ring a year later, he was knocked out in nine rounds against Miguel Cotto.
In this way, one of the most emblematic moments in the career of the Mexican boxer took place, who despite boasting an extraordinary level during much of his career, the image shown before Pacquiao left his image as a boxer and person in a very bad positionbecause in addition to taking a beating, his mockery of the historic Freddie Roach remained in memory.
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