The weight advantage for Margarito meant nothing to Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) has made history once again by winning an eighth world title by defeating Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs) for the vacant WBC light middleweight title.

Pacquiao’s brilliance was at times a beauty to behold – unleashing multiple punches all with such speed and deadly accuracy. It’s a miracle Margarito’s face held up for him to finish the fight on his feet which was only right really considering the gallant effort he put forth.

At first it seemed it would be an easy night for the Pacman realing off punches and stepping away to the side everytime – keeping Margarito off-balance and never letting him plant his feet to unleash his punches.

Margarito did however appear to be getting to Pacquiao after round 6 – occasionally able to keep Pacquiao with his back against the ropes and focusing his attack downstairs. But Pacquiao always came back sometimes brazenly trading shots with the bigger man and you began to wonder how much Margarito could see out of his right eye the longer the fight went.

Margarito keep pressing forward but he only received more punishment for his troubles – taking ten punches to land one although he did appear to hurt Manny to the body at one stage.

Pacquiao’s onslaught was relentless and by the final round Margarito way behind on the scorecards had to somehow find it in him to score a knockout. But Margarito has never been a one punch knockout artist and especially not against a moving target such as Pacquiao. The Flipino icon continues to astonish me in his accomplishments – that all balanced with life as a Congressman. It’s clear that Manny Pacquiao is indeed a very special fighter and one that has firmly cemented his legacy as one of the greatest fighters that ever lived.

Though Pacquiao was expected to win and did it in quite one sided fashion it was still spectacular the way Pacquiao did it and it’s this quality that has made him such a great fighter to watch over the years and combined with a humble persona – in the face of such super stardom, if this is really his last fight then I’m happy to say I had the privilege of watching one of the true greats in the sport at a time when boxing so badly needed his presence.

Guillermo Rigondeaux had his work cut out for him winning a split decision against Ricardo Cordoba in a close twelve round battle that saw both men touch the canvas.

Brandon Rios was able to knockout Omri Lowther in five rounds of a scheduled ten and Mike Jones got the nod in a majority decision victory over Jesus Soto Karass in a ten round fight. A fight Jones was fortunate not to take his first pro loss in.

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