Why would you want to legitimize this guy? Doesn't it matter to you that he used plaster in his handwraps? Did you watch what he did to Cotto with those wraps? Sure, he stood up to a major beating for 8 rounds at Cotto's hands, but only because he knew that he had a secret weapon that he had to wait to employ. His fists were going to turn into bricks that he could then use to pummel Cotto into submission. I bet Cotto was thinking, "oh God...this guy is hitting harder than ever after 8 rounds of punishment!" Well, he was. Because, unlike the once-deserving Roberto Duran, Margarcheato's hands had turned to stone.
You're better than this, Manny.
As to the fight, it's a walkover. Margarcheato, without his "edge", has looked pedestrian when in deep. Mosley pummeled him and Pac-man has twice Shane's effective speed and hits at least as hard. Margarcheato is a tough-chinned plodder who needed the advantage he cheated to get.
Without that advantage, he's Libredo Andrade. Tough enough to take the shots and be ranked, but nowhere near good enough to beat the elites. He's in there hoping for a mistake. Pacquiao doesn't make those mistakes and has a great chin himself. Pacquiao makes a mockery of it, pounds on Margarcheato from all angles and disposes of him ugly in round nine.
I won't buy it. No one should.
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