By Brendan Preto
The EMMY award winning series HBO 24/7 came back on Saturday Oct. 23 with another installment involving the peoples champion boxer Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao and debuting the disgraced champion from Tijuana, Mexico, Antonio Margarito. This fight was only made because Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn’t want to fight the Filipino fireball stating that he was going on vacation, so, Pacquiao and Freddie Roach opt to fight another fighter that Floyd Mayweather Jr. avoided in Antonio Margarito.
The series premiere of HBO 24/7 Pacquiao-Margarito shows the training camps between the two combatants as they go through a rigorous training schedule and go about their daily lives. Pacquiao’s lifestyle is more hectic than any other athlete on earth, he is constantly busy, doing his congressional work since being electing into Philippine congress earlier this year, training for his upcoming fight with Antonio Margarito on November 13 at Dallas Cowboys football stadium, and acting and singing in various Filipino TV shows. Margarito on the other side is more focused and devoted to the sport of boxing. In 2009 Antonio lost to boxer Shane Mosley by knockout but before that fateful day he was caught with hard plasterlike blocks in his handwraps which caused his suspension by the state of California, now he has a second chance and was approved to fight in the state of Texas after being denied by California to fight.
Below is the Full episode of HBO 24/7 Pacquiao-Margarito compliments of HBO.com
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