Margarito suffers a broken orbital bone in loss to Pacquiao
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Margarito suffers a broken orbital bone in loss to Pacquiao
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Antonio Margarito, the Mexican super welterweight beaten badly by Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night, suffered a fractured orbital bone to his face and was expected to stay in the hospital for observation through at least Sunday night, an executive with Margarito's promotions company said.
Margarito, who lost in a lopsided, 12-round decision, was taken directly to the hospital via ambulance after the fight to have cuts to his face examined.
That is when the injury to his eye socket was discovered, Top Rank executive Carl Moretti told ESPN.com's Dan Rafael in an e-mail Sunday.
Margarito had skipped the postfight news conference at the request of the fight doctor and people in his camp, an unusual move for such a big fight.
Legendary Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach was critical of the late-round decision-making of Margarito's corner, saying they should have forced a stoppage.
"There was no way I was gong to quit. I'm a Mexican, we fight until the end," Margarito said.
Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs), giving away both pounds and inches, won the WBC super welterweight belt to extend his record with a title in an eighth weight class -- two more than Oscar De La Hoya's six.
"He's a very tough guy," Roach said of Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs). "I was surprised how tough he was. He has the worst corner. They probably ruined his career by not stopping the fight."
Pacquiao turned Margarito into a bloody and nearly blind fighter with a dizzying array of punches, dominating from the opening rounds on at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The beating was so thorough that the congressman from the Philippines turned to referee Laurence Cole several times in the 11th round, imploring him to stop the fight.
"I told the referee, 'Look at his eyes, look at his cuts,' " Pacquiao said. "I did not want to damage him permanently. That's not what boxing is about."
It went on, though, even though Margarito had no chance to win.
"I can't believe that I beat someone this big and this strong," Pacquiao said. "It's hard. I really do my best to win the fight."
Pacquiao moved up in weight yet again to take on Margarito, a natural welterweight with a reputation for ruggedness in the ring.
And rugged he was, though he took a beating all night long at the hands of a faster and seemingly more powerful opponent.
Pacquiao won every round on one scorecard, 120-108, and was ahead 119-109 and 118-110 on the other two. The Associated Press had it a 120-108 shutout.
Information from ESPN.com's Dan Rafael and The Associated Press was used in this report.
Last edited by StillWill on Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:47 am; edited 1 time in total
Re: Margarito suffers a broken orbital bone in loss to Pacquiao
damn what you get for using plaster.
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Re: Margarito suffers a broken orbital bone in loss to Pacquiao
fight should have been stopped. his face was gross.
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Re: Margarito suffers a broken orbital bone in loss to Pacquiao
True, should not gone pass 10th round IMOWisdom Blows wrote:fight should have been stopped. his face was gross.
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Re: Margarito suffers a broken orbital bone in loss to Pacquiao
This fight needed 3 more rounds. Margacheato deserved more of an ass whooping for clowning Roach's illness.
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Maragacheto- The Mexican who makes Mexicans look Mexican.
Cain Velasquez- The Mexican who gives Mexicans a good name.
Maragacheto- The Mexican who makes Mexicans look Mexican.
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Re: Margarito suffers a broken orbital bone in loss to Pacquiao
Damn. I saw numbers at the end and he got hit a 100+ times on each side of the face and another 100+ in the center. It probably should have been stopped. I was surprised they let it go.
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Re: Margarito suffers a broken orbital bone in loss to Pacquiao
R3D wrote:
Maragacheto- The Mexican who makes Mexicans look Mexican.
LAWLZ. classic R3D.
Margarito deserved this beating. Hope he actually learns something this time.
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