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This Saturday at Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Manny Pacquiao will battle Antonio Margarito for the WBC super-welterweight championship belt in a match that will draw possibly 70,000 fanatics. Watch Pacquiao vs Margarito live online now!
Pacquiao is a 5-1 betting favorite in Las Vegas sports-books to win his eighth world championship in as many weight classes. He will give up 6 inches in reach, 4 inches in height, and possibly as much as 20 pounds on fight day. However after surprisingly one-sided wins over David Diaz at 135; De La Hoya at 147; Ricky Hatton at 140; and Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey at 147, Pacquiao has made himself into a draw with an electrifying style and a exceptional story. In every fight, there was an issue about whether Pacquiao had bitten more than he could chew, for a boxer who had started at 106 pounds and was moving up to meet hypothetically stronger and bigger opponents.
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The plain equation in the battle is Pacquiao's overpowering edge in speed compared to Margarito's huge size advantage. Margarito is known to be a volume puncher who loves to dig to the body and midsection, and a solid body assault is one of the greatest ways to counter speed. Hit an opponent in the rib cage as much as necessary and the opponent slows down. Margarito is known to have a strong chin and persistently stalking his foe, but he is extremely sluggish and hurls wide punches. He will be susceptible to Pacquiao's fast hands except if he doubles his jab, uses it regularly and shortens his punches.
Margarito is excited to come back to the limelight and, more notably, start amassing pay checks after a long time of inactivity. After a May battle versus journeyman Roberto Garcia, Margarito has not fought since January 2009, when a prohibited knuckle pad was exposed in his hand wraps before a loss to Shane Mosley.
