Rarely does beIN Sports shows up in my boxing queue, but when it does we have to check it out. Tonight the channel I forget is on my satellite package puts on a two-hour show. In the main event Antonio Margarito (39-8, 27 KOs) takes on Ramon Alvarez (23-4-2, 15 KOs) in Baja, California, Mexico in a junior middleweight bout. It’s a comeback for Margarito, who nearly lost an eye in his last fight. This might be the last chance we ever get to watch him box.
In the undercard we’ll see Pedro Campa (21-0, 16 KOs) put his undefeated record on the line against David Bency (10-5-1, 4 KOs) in a welterweight fight.
As always scroll on down for the live blog. Keep reading for the press release from beIN Sports with some extra info tossed in.
Antonio Margarito by weight, Ramón ‘Inocente’ Alvarez spent
They will face 12 rounds for the continental title welterweight World Boxing Organization.
Rosarito, Baja California – Antonio Margarito and Ramón ‘Inocente’ Alvarez challenged the scale, but only the ‘Tijuana Tornado’ the beat.
In case agreed junior middleweight bout, the fighter from Guadalajara, Jalisco, he spent six ounces. After several minutes he returned and under 154 pounds.
Margarito and Alvarez will face 12 rounds for the continental title welterweight World Boxing Organization.
‘Tony’ stopped the scales at 154 pounds accurate, the border of the division; the ‘Inocente’ Roman stopped at 154.6 pounds.
Antonio Margarito Montiel (born March 18, 1978) is a Mexican American professional boxer.[2] He is a three-time former world champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO welterweight titles, and has challenged three times for a light middleweight world title.[3] Nicknamed El Tornado de Tijuana (“The Tijuana Tornado”), Margarito is known for his aggressive fighting style and his iron chin.
In 2009, just before his fight with Shane Mosley, Margarito was involved in an incident where he was caught with illegal hand wraps containing sulfur and calcium which, when combined with oxygen, forms plaster of Paris. His signature stoppage victory over Miguel Cotto in 2008 was subsequently called into question. Following consecutive losses to Manny Pacquiao (a fight in which Margarito sustained severe eye damage) and in a rematch against Cotto, Margarito retired from boxing in 2012 but returned in 2016.
vs. Pacquiao
On July 23, 2010, Bob Arum announced that Margarito would face Manny Pacquiao for the WBC Light Middleweight Championship that was vacated by current Middleweight Champion Sergio Gabriel Martinez.[23][24] The fight took place on Saturday, November 13, 2010 in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, as Margarito got a boxing license in Texas, United States.[25][26] In his Camp for this fight, Margarito had four southpaw sparring partners who are; Karim Martínez, Cleotis Pendarvis,[27] number one mandatory for the WBA Light Middleweight title, Austin Trout, and U.S. Olympic Silver Medalist Ricardo Williams.
vs. Cotto II
On December 3, 2011, Margarito was defeated by Miguel Cotto via TKO by doctor stoppage in the 10th round. The fight was stopped at the start of the 10th round because of the condition of Margarito’s right eye, which was swelled shut. This was the same eye that was badly damaged in his previous fight with Manny Pacquiao and the one that almost kept the New York State Athletic Commission from granting him his boxing license because of the special procedure that was performed on it in 2010.
The show is on beIN sports at 11 p.m. No idea where it is on your cable service. It’s 392 on Dish Network. I know that. Watch it with me if you can.
