Antonio Margarito makes ‘honest’ prediction for Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao 2: “I say he wins”

Former satellite champion Antonio Margarito, who fought Manny Pacquiao successful 2010, has offered his instrumentality connected the Filipino’s expected rematch with Floyd Mayweather.

The Mexican mislaid a wide unanimous determination to ‘Pac Man’ successful their WBC super-welterweight rubric clash, conscionable 2 fights removed from his infamous brushwood with Shane Mosley.

Prior to suffering a ninth-round stoppage decision to Mosley, Margarito had been made to re-wrap his hands aft being caught with what was described arsenic ‘loaded’ gloves.

Since then, his warring vocation has been astir wholly flung into disrepute, with galore accusing Margarito of cheating against Miguel Cotto successful 2009, too.

But contempt being associated with controversy, the 48-year-old is possibly amended placed than astir to sermon Pacquiao’s upcoming duty with Mayweather.

The 2 Hall of Fame icons are acceptable to quadrate disconnected connected September 25, headlining a Netflix lawsuit astatine Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, though an authoritative announcement is inactive yet to emerge.

If their rematch does spell ahead, however, past it is expected to beryllium a fully-sanctioned contest, with Mayweather putting his 50-0 grounds connected the line.

But portion the American won their archetypal brushwood by unanimous decision, successful 2015, Margarito has told Luis Parra that helium would favour the 47-year-old Pacquiao.

“Honestly, I’ll archer you something: if they combat again, I’m with Pacquiao.

“Not due to the fact that I fought him, oregon due to the fact that he’s my friend, oregon due to the fact that I cognize him. No, [it’s] due to the fact that I deliberation Pacquiao is amended than Mayweather. That’s what I’ve ever believed. If they look each different again, I’d accidental Pacquiao wins.”

Pacquiao’s latest outing saw him container to a competitory gully with Mario Barrios past July, portion the 49-year-old Mayweather has not fought professionally since his 10th-round decorativeness implicit Conor McGregor successful 2017.