Saturday, November 13, 2010

Manny Pacquiao Wins Fight Against Antonio Margarito; Earns 8th World Crown


Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao dominated the fight and nailed a unanimous decision against Antonio "Tijuana Tornado" Margarito to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Welterweight title, his 8th world crown, on Saturday, November 13, in Texas, USA (Sunday, November 14, in Manila).

The "World's boxing Fighter of the Decade" raised his hand in victory to the delight of thousands of his supporters who watched the bout live at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The scores were 120-108, 118-110 and 119-109 in favor of Pacquiao.

Aside from winning the WBC super welterweight crown over Margarito, Pacquiao also held 7 world titles in 7 weight classes:

� WBC flyweight title
� International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior bantamweight title
� Linear featherweight title
� WBC junior lightweight title
� WBC lightweight title
� International Boxing Organization (IBO) junior welterweight title
� World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title

Pacquiao now has of 52 wins (with 38 KOs), 3 losses and 2 draws.

His opponent Margarito, meanwhile, fell to 38 wins (with 27 KOs) and 7 losses.


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