Today El Tornado de Tijuana Antonio Margarito retires from boxing. I am deeply saddened by the news because he is one of my favorite boxers. Every time I tuned into a Margarito fight I knew someone was going to get their ass kicked either him or the other guy. He embodied a true Mexican Aztec warrior always coming forward with a flurry of punches with no regard for his health or his opponents.
As Mr. Arum said "He wasn't the most talented" but he did have the biggest heart.
I met Antonio back in September of 2010, I was in Vegas for a buddy of mine's bachelor party it was a few months before his fight with Pacquiao. My boy 50 and me had jumped out of moving car and were looking for a bathroom in the Palms while our friends searched for a parking spot. In our search to relieve our bladders we hurried past two shiny well groomed Mexicans, toying with an iPhone.
They caught 50's attention "Hey Man! I think that's Margarito"
We were both pretty buzzed but to confirm I yelled out " Margarito Chingate a Pacquiao Huey!"
Margarito looked up and gave us the thumbs up.
Instantly we approached him and asked him for a picture. I stood toe to toe with one of my favorite fighters and did the boxing pose. His fist are huge! I wish I wasn't as intoxicated so I would have asked him some questions about the Cotto fight, but I was buzzed and in awe.
That was the highlight of my night I could of care less about the club or the girls I just met Margarito!
I hope to meet Margarito one day and have a drink with him talk about his wars and what the hell made him keep going forward in those fights.
People like to talk smack about him and his plastered gloves but I just tell them.
"Y que huey? fue campeon y tu no"
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