Antonio Margarito has his mind set on upsetting Manny Pacquiao when they meet at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Nov. 13. However, the Mexican fighter found time to take a shot at Oscar De La Hoya last week.
Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, left, spars with coach-trainer Freddie Roach on the second straight day of his training at the Elorde Gym Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 at Manila's Quezon city in the Philippines. Pacquiao, an elected congressman in Sarangani province in southern Philippines, is training for his WBC super welterweight title fight against Margarito Antonio at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Nov. 13.Antonio Margarito has his mind set on upsetting Manny Pacquiao when they meet at Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Nov. 13.
However, the Mexican fighter found time to take a shot at Oscar De La Hoya last week.
Margarito felt De La Hoya, now in the promotional business under the Golden Boy banner, used his influence to get the California boxing commission to deny him a license.
Margarito’s career was tainted when it was revealed his hand wraps were loaded with a plaster-like substance in a losing effort against Shane Mosley in January 2009. Mosley was promoted by De La Hoya.
After a year off, the Texas commission granted Margarito a license for this bout.
“I don’t know what he has against me, I really don’t understand,” Margarito told reporters in Mexico. “What I do know is that he had a big influence [with the commission] with everything he said against me.”
Margarito, a former sparring partner for De La Hoya, said he won’t give up like the Golden Boy did when he failed to come out for the ninth round against Pacquiao in December 2008.
“This is the fight of my life, and Manny will be in for a tough night,” he said. “I won’t quit like De La Hoya did.”
Youngstown’s Kelly Pavlik will return to the ring to face Brian Vera on the undercard of the pay-per-view telecast.
Replacements: Former light heavyweight champ Glen Johnson (50-14-2, 34 KOs) has replaced Mikkel Kessler in the Super Six World Boxing Classic. He meets super middleweight Allan Green (29-1, 20 KOs) on Nov. 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Green replaced Jermain Taylor.
The 168-pound match will be on the show with Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KOs) defending his WBO featherweight title against Rafael Marquez (39-5, 35 KOs). Showtime will show it.
The remaining bouts in the super- middleweight tournament will take place on Nov. 27. Carl Froch will meet Arthur Abraham in Helsinki, Finland; and Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell will meet in the United States later that day. They will be on Showtime.
Around the ring: Roy Jones Jr. (54-6, 40 KOs) had to postpone his Wednesday bout against Danny Santiago after injuring his left hand while sparring. Jones, 41, lost a unanimous decision to Bernard Hopkins in April. . . . Evander Holyfield, 48 on Oct. 19, plans to fight Sherman “Tank” Williams in Detroit on Nov. 5. The show at Joe Louis Arena will help raise funds to feed the homeless. . . . Former light heavyweight champ Antonio Tarver will debut as a heavyweight when he meets Nagy Aguilera in Miami, Okla., on Oct. 15. Showtime will telecast it at 11 p.m. . . . WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (45-2-2, 24 KOs) and former three-time champion Paul Williams (39-1, 27 KOs) will meet in a rematch on Nov. 20 in Atlantic City, N.J. Williams won last December. HBO will show it. . . . Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (41-0-1, 30 KOs) has signed to meet Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KOs) on Dec. 4. It will be part of a pay-per-view show.
Amateur show: In her first bout since earning a bronze medal at the women’s world boxing championships in Barbados, Cleveland’s Cashmere Jackson will be an amateur show Saturday.
Jackson, from the MLK Premier Gym in East Cleveland, is set to face Samantha Griffith of Pittsburgh at 141 pounds as part of the 10-bout card at the Brook Park Armory, 6225 Engle Road, at 7:30 p.m.
Call Kincaid/Godhard Promotions at 440-223-7409 or go to proboxingohio.com.