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Total Fights | 50 |
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Wins | 41 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 1 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 7 |
Title-Fight KOs | 8 |
KO Wins | 27 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 23 years and seven months, Antonio Margarito fought 50 times with 41 wins, 8 losses, and 1 no-contest.
Margarito retired from professional boxing with a record of 41-8, which included three welterweight world-title wins and seven successful title defense fights. He had a 55.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 27 of his total 50 fights being knockout wins, eight of which were in title fights. Margarito lost twice via knockout, both of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 7 round technical decision victory over Carson Jones on September 2, 2017.
Some of Margarito's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Miguel Cotto, Kermit Cintrón, Joshua Clottey, Sergio Martínez, David Kamau, and Ramón Álvarez.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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50 | Sep 2, 2017 | 39 | Carson Jones | Win | TD |
49 | Aug 13, 2016 | 38 | Ramón Álvarez | Win | SD |
48 | Mar 5, 2016 | 37 | Jorge Páez Jr. | Win | UD |
47 | Dec 3, 2011 | 33 | Miguel Cotto | Loss * | RTD9 |
46 | Nov 13, 2010 | 32 | Manny Pacquiao | Loss * | UD |
45 | May 8, 2010 | 32 | Roberto García | Win | UD |
44 | Jan 24, 2009 | 30 | Shane Mosley | Loss * | TKO9 |
43 | Jul 26, 2008 | 30 | Miguel Cotto | Win * | TKO11 |
42 | Apr 12, 2008 | 30 | Kermit Cintrón | Win * | KO6 |
41 | Nov 10, 2007 | 29 | Golden Johnson | Win | TKO1 |
40 | Jul 14, 2007 | 29 | Paul Williams | Loss * | UD |
39 | Dec 2, 2006 | 28 | Joshua Clottey | Win * | UD |
38 | Feb 18, 2006 | 27 | Jaime Manuel Gómez | Win * | TKO1 |
37 | Apr 23, 2005 | 27 | Kermit Cintrón | Win * | TKO5 |
36 | Feb 18, 2005 | 26 | Sebastián Luján | Win * | TKO10 |
35 | Sep 11, 2004 | 26 | Daniel Santos | Loss * | TD |
34 | Jan 31, 2004 | 25 | Hercules Kyvelos | Win * | TKO2 |
33 | Oct 17, 2003 | 25 | Maurice Brantley | Win | TKO2 |
32 | Feb 8, 2003 | 24 | Andrew Lewis | Win * | TKO2 |
31 | Oct 12, 2002 | 24 | Danny Perez Ramírez | Win * | UD |
30 | Mar 16, 2002 | 23 | Antonio Díaz | Win * | TKO10 |
29 | Jul 21, 2001 | 23 | Daniel Santos | NC | NC |
28 | Mar 30, 2001 | 23 | Robert West | Win | KO1 |
27 | Dec 10, 2000 | 22 | Frankie Randall | Win | RTD4 |
26 | Sep 17, 2000 | 22 | José Luis Benítez | Win | TKO1 |
25 | Jun 16, 2000 | 22 | David Kamau | Win | TKO2 |
24 | Feb 19, 2000 | 21 | Sergio Martínez | Win | TKO7 |
23 | Dec 15, 1999 | 21 | Efrain Munoz | Win | KO2 |
22 | Oct 23, 1999 | 21 | Buck Smith | Win | TKO5 |
21 | Jun 12, 1999 | 21 | Danny Perez | Win | SD |
20 | Jun 7, 1999 | 21 | Daniel Mendez | Win | KO3 |
19 | Dec 4, 1998 | 20 | Reyes Estrada | Win | KO2 |
18 | Jun 27, 1998 | 20 | Javier Francisco Mendez | Win | KO10 |
17 | Apr 24, 1998 | 20 | Miguel González | Win | UD |
16 | Nov 29, 1997 | 19 | Cesar Valdez | Win | TKO5 |
15 | Jun 26, 1997 | 19 | Horatio Garcia | Win | UD |
14 | Dec 2, 1996 | 18 | Juan Soberanes | Win | UD |
13 | Oct 14, 1996 | 18 | Alfred Ankamah | Win | KO4 |
12 | Jun 28, 1996 | 18 | Rodney Jones | Loss | UD |
11 | Apr 18, 1996 | 18 | Juan Yoani Cervantes | Win | KO4 |
10 | Feb 26, 1996 | 17 | Larry Dixon | Loss | UD |
9 | Sep 10, 1995 | 17 | Antonio Ojeda | Win | KO4 |
8 | Mar 18, 1995 | 17 | Carlos Palafox | Win | PTS |
7 | Jan 26, 1995 | 16 | Efrain Munoz | Win | PTS |
6 | Oct 17, 1994 | 16 | Victor Lozoya | Loss | PTS |
5 | Aug 5, 1994 | 16 | Francisco Lopez | Win | TKO3 |
4 | Jun 27, 1994 | 16 | Cesar Roland | Win | KO1 |
3 | Apr 25, 1994 | 16 | Victor Angulo | Win | TKO4 |
2 | Jan 21, 1994 | 15 | Gilberto Plata | Win | UD |
1 | Jan 14, 1994 | 15 | Jose Trujillo | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
Antonio Margarito (El Tornado de Tijuana) is a 46-year old retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Torrance, California, U.S. on March 18, 1978. He is a former welterweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 23 years — from 1994 to 2017.
Margarito made his professional boxing debut against Jose Trujillo at the age of 15 on January 14, 1994, defeating Trujillo via 4 round unanimous decision. He went on to win 4 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 3 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on March 16, 2002 after 29 professional fights, against Antonio Díaz for the welterweight WBO (vacant) title. He defeated Díaz via 10th round TKO to become the welterweight champion of the world.
Margarito has won three world titles at welterweight. For all the details about Margarito's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Margarito had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Carson Jones on September 2, 2017. Margarito won the fight via 7 round technical decision. It's been 6 years, 10 months, and 25 days since this fight.
Margarito had a total of 15 world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and seven successful title defenses. He won 10 of these fights and lost five.
Antonio Margarito fought for welterweight world titles in six fights and won three of these fights via stoppage. In total, he won three welterweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jul 26, 2008 | Miguel Cotto | Welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Apr 12, 2008 | Kermit Cintrón | Welterweight | IBF | KO |
Mar 16, 2002 | Antonio Díaz | Welterweight | WBO* | TKO |
Antonio Margarito had nine welterweight world-title defense fights. He won seven of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Dec 2, 2006 | Joshua Clottey | Welterweight | WBO | UD |
Feb 18, 2006 | Jaime Manuel Gómez | Welterweight | WBO | TKO |
Apr 23, 2005 | Kermit Cintrón | Welterweight | WBO | TKO |
Feb 18, 2005 | Sebastián Luján | Welterweight | WBO | TKO |
Jan 31, 2004 | Hercules Kyvelos | Welterweight | WBO | TKO |
Feb 8, 2003 | Andrew Lewis | Welterweight | WBO | TKO |
Oct 12, 2002 | Danny Perez Ramírez | Welterweight | WBO | UD |
Antonio Margarito lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jan 24, 2009 | Shane Mosley | Welterweight | WBA (Super) | TKO |
Jul 14, 2007 | Paul Williams | Welterweight | WBO | UD |
Margarito fought a total of 50 times during his professional career, which includes 15 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He put on some great performances in these fights. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
March 16, 2002: Margarito wins his first world title by defeating Antonio Díaz via 10th round TKO. He is now the WBO welterweight world champion.
April 23, 2005: Margarito successfully defends the WBO welterweight title against Kermit Cintrón, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
December 2, 2006: Margarito successfully defends the WBO welterweight title against Joshua Clottey, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
April 12, 2008: Margarito wins the IBF welterweight title from Kermit Cintrón, by beating Cintrón via 6th round KO.
July 26, 2008: Margarito wins the WBA welterweight title from Miguel Cotto, by beating Cotto via 11th round TKO.
August 13, 2016: Antonio Margarito beats Ramón Álvarez via 10th round split decision.
Margarito knocked out 27 of his 50 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 55.1%. Of his total 41 wins, 27 of them were via KO (65.9%).
Margarito's first world-title win was the WBO (vacant) belt at welterweight. He defeated Antonio Díaz via 10 round TKO to win the title.
Margarito won three world titles at welterweight.
Margarito had a total of nine title defense fights. He was successful seven times and lost two times.