It was a big day for Top Rank Promotions and Antonio Margarito. The stone-handed fighter from Tijuana was all smiles. After 17 months without a U.S. license, he's back in the states with the ability to fight and his promoter rewarded him by giving him a megafight against Manny Pacquiao.
Margarito was first suspended by Calfornia in February 2009 for loading his hand wraps with a plaster-like material. He tried to get his license re-instated in Nevada. That state's athletic commission told him to buzz off and so did California in August. Margarito went to Texas for a license and got it in three days.
He'll make millions fighting one of the top two boxers in the world, but not everyone thinks the whole deal is kosher. And some, like Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole, say it's not just "Marga-cheato" that angers him. It takes two to tango and Pacman could've said no to this fight, but he didn't.
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