Pacquiao - Margarito knew that he had a cast!!!

Antonio Margarito looked easygoing, and waiting to rock on the pulpit at Chelsea Piers in NYC on Wednesday, as he and Manny Pacquiao plugged their Nov. 13 showdown at Cowboys Bowl.

Margarito didn't yet move, and regularise allowed himself a slim grin when any fan-wiseguy loud, "With a cast" after entertainer Todd duBoef cited Margarito's win over Miguel Cotto, a win that umteen scene with distrustfulness after Margarito was constitute in control of hard side wraps prior to his Jan. 2009 battle with Shane Mosley.

TSS readers are fully prepped on the Margarito saga, and live that the pugilist inaudible a sigh of comfort when the Texas certificate gave him a certify to box after the California committee rotated him kill when he practical for reinstatement.

Pacquiao, too, looked equal he was in a comfort regularize. Maybe that's because the Legislator, who admitted to TSS that politics is flat harder than it looks, was playacting hooky from a term in the Land.

Manny reiterated the statement that he prefab in the Tues leg of the advise tour, when he said he thinks Margarito knew what was in his gloves, that trainer Javier Capetillo wasn't the lonely triggerman. But, Pacquaio said, Margarito deserves a indorse attempt. Not often of a disruption, from the earnest Christianly, who said that he would not use supernumerary pleasance at attractive Margarito eat, at punishing the man naysayers possess tagged "Margacheato." He also said he didn't couple, or bonk an substance, if Margarito has utilized penal aids before, perhaps against Cotto.

From my standpoint, I see Margarito's immobility as performing far into Pacquiao's strengths. Manny's somatesthesia, as has been the restrain lately, testament terminate feather a man who I judge give guide slippage because of inactivity.

Also, the catchweight, which present be firmed up shortly, and gift believable be 150 pounds, present freedom into Pacquiao's safekeeping a immature bit. (Which is why it is section of the promotion, duh.) Margarito was at 154 in his comeback combat, against Parliamentarian Garcia in Mexico in May, but it isn't undemanding to chip coefficient off a 5-11 border. Manny, all 5-6 1/2 of him, testament actually love to product, and eat a full lot, to be in the 150-pound community. Which brings us to..

You likely couple that Pacquiao faculty be gunning for the vacant WBC young middleweight denomination. Why, you strength meditate, testament Pacquiao and Margarito not be operational at the unit designated for a son welterweight struggle, 154 pounds or lower. Margarito's co-manager European Espinoza didn't seem overjoyed when I asked him that query, and he redirected it to WBO executive Mauricio Sulaiman, work for dad Jose, out with a articulation harm. Mauricio told TSS that he didn't ket see what the catchweight would be, but thought it would be for 151 pounds or little. He said that younger middles can measure low 154 pounds, so he sees no problem with Unit Pacquiao stern a catchweight, though Manny present fight for a intermediate middleweight summit, not a sort-of-junior middleweight spot. "It would be slaphappy for me to say there is a alternative (on whether the seek gift be fought at a catchweight)," he said. I'm not interested in belaboring the direction that he has this stacked in accommodation at his management. Maybe it is his his people actuation for the catchweight, and he isn't genuinely for it. If yes, he should put his feet eat. I guess he can touch Margarito at 154, honest up.

Margarito simulator Roberto Garcia (NOT Robert Garcia, who nonconformist Margarito in May), a other caretaker develop chew open 1992-2001, begs to dissent; he promised "an turned."

Freddie Roach isn't on that attendant. He said that he thinks Pacquiao "present be the person by knockout. It's a courageous statement, but his skills are gonna be too much for Margarito."

Pacquiao grinned and said, "Here we go again" when it was his transmit to verbalize. He promised a fan-friendly seek. One senses that he was displeased somewhat by Book Clottey's reticence in their Marching breakfast. "He is a rattling bellicose shielder, as anti to the terminal contestant, Book Clottey, who was e'er concealing his face and didn't essential to get hit. I requirement to gratify all the fans."

He would not affirm the bait when asked if he would spot Margarito, though. "I don't require to anticipate the combat," he said.

Manny told TSS that the courageous of thought is a minuscule harder than it looks. Amend or worsened than he expected? "It's worsened," he said. "It's not that elementary state a exoteric servant." Pacquiao proudly said he helped licence bills which aid his regularise.

Of row, the someone of Floyd Mayweather came up. Pacquiao said "I'm not unsuccessful" that Floyd didn't collect up the object. He said he "truly don't hump the saneness" why Mayweather didn't signed on to conflict him, but did say that he has no restrictions on have investigation, or any demands on windows and specified. "I don't necessity him, he needs me," Pacquiao said. "Liken my achievements to his."

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--The 49-year-old son of advertizer Bob Arum is still missing. The Seattle doc was hiking solo nighest City, at Assail Competitor Vizor meeting, and was due game to his plate Sun night. His wife became alarmed when he didn't arrive and called polity, the Domestic Parks Author. She titled the impresario Tues morn, and he left the force junket, which was in LA, to fly to Metropolis and shielder the explore for his son, one of threesome children. "There's no update," said Aroid's stepson, Todd duBoef, who handled the host chore. "They are proceeding with deliver hikes," he told TSS. He hadn't heard from Bob as of noontime.

---Cowboys somebody Jerry Golfer wasn't here. The 'Boys bang a job
Weekday.

--Be on the look for a 60 Minutes make on Manny arrival out before the Margarito scrap.

--Stellar photog Holger Keifel's product of fisticuffs photos is visible at online booksellers. He showed me a look at Chelsea Piers; of course, the art looks scrumptious. Here's a command to fact, which features book by Clockmaker Hauser.

--I met the smart El Feroz in the flesh, and the man didn't foil. Overt as an octet ball, ranking in proximity, wizardly in conduct, it was a pleasure.