{"id":639990,"date":"2026-06-15T14:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639990\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:36:05","slug":"antonio-margarito-makes-honest-prediction-for-floyd-mayweather-vs-manny-pacquiao-2-i-say-he-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/639990\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Margarito makes &#8216;honest&#8217; prediction for Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao 2: &#8220;I say he wins&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former world champion Antonio Margarito, who fought Manny Pacquiao in 2010, has offered his take on the Filipino\u2019s expected rematch with Floyd Mayweather.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2010-nov-13-la-sp-pacquiao-margarito-rounds-20101114-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Mexican lost a wide unanimous decision to \u2018Pac Man\u2019 in their WBC super-welterweight title clash<\/a>, just two fights removed from his infamous encounter with Shane Mosley.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to suffering a ninth-round stoppage defeat to Mosley, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2009\/feb\/11\/antonio-margarito-boxing-gloves-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Margarito had been made to re-wrap his hands<\/a> after being caught with what was described as \u2018loaded\u2019 gloves.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, his fighting career has been almost entirely flung into disrepute, with many accusing Margarito of cheating against Miguel Cotto in 2009, too.<\/p>\n<p>But despite being associated with controversy, the 48-year-old is perhaps better placed than most to discuss Pacquiao\u2019s upcoming assignment with Mayweather.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/floyd-mayweather-manny-pacquiao-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The two Hall of Fame icons are set to square off on September 25<\/a>, headlining a Netflix event at Las Vegas\u2019 T-Mobile Arena, though an official announcement is still yet to emerge.<\/p>\n<p>If their rematch does go ahead, however, then it is expected to be a fully-sanctioned contest, with Mayweather putting his 50-0 record on the line.<\/p>\n<p>But while the American won their first encounter by unanimous decision, in 2015, Margarito has told <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xi4sWJh55Kk?si=SCq_XgjBa3lmxNRR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Parra<\/a> that he would favour the 47-year-old Pacquiao.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I\u2019ll tell you something: if they fight again, I\u2019m with Pacquiao.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot because I fought him, or because he\u2019s my friend, or because I know him. No, [it\u2019s] because I think Pacquiao is better than Mayweather. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve always believed. If they face each other again, I\u2019d say Pacquiao wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao\u2019s latest outing saw him box to a competitive draw with Mario Barrios last July, while the 49-year-old Mayweather has not fought professionally since his 10th-round finish over Conor McGregor in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former world champion Antonio Margarito, who fought Manny Pacquiao in 2010, has offered his take on the Filipino\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-639990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}