Antonio Margarito is planning to make a ring return reveals a close source – Boxing News
Antonio Margarito, the Tijuana Tornado who lost to Miguel Cotto last year in their rematch, will possibly make his ring return in June and September. His comeback plans were revealed by a source close to the Mexican boxer who previously said he is planning
on retiring. The source further revealed that Margarito might make his comeback in Sonora and Ciudad. Moreover, he is also planning to make a title shot this year as per the revelations. Margarito might be having two fights, one in June and the other in September,
as per the source.
In his last fight, Margarito suffered a severe blow to the lower eye bone. The rematch was against the current WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto last year in December. Margarito’s eye bone was already in its recovering stages when the match happened,
giving Cotto a spot to hit to overpower Margarito. As it was feared by Margarito’s camp, Cotto did actually use Margarito’s weakness to his advantage and defeated him. Even though Margarito wanted to fight, his corner decided to end the fight due to the seriousness
of the injury.
Margarito’s same eye has been operated thrice on separate occasions. It has become his permanent weakness and probably his upcoming opponents will take advantage of it too. His lost to Cotto has severely damaged his rapport since Cotto had blamed Margarito
of using pads under his gloves in their first match, which Cotto had lost. Before the rematch, Cotto had called Margarito a cheater and a criminal while Margarito defended himself saying he will prove it in the ring that he is better than Cotto. However, what
happened in the ring was highly unexpected and ruining to the Mexican’s reputation.
After the rematch, Margarito felt so devastated that he announced he might retire if he suffers from the injury over and over again. However, being a fighter of this calibre, many of his fans expect more fights from him. If Margarito can take care of his
eye then probably he can have another rematch with Cotto to prove his mettle. However, stepping in the ring with an outstanding pugilist like Cotto with such a major weakness will be another career suicide for Margarito.
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