Antonio Margarrito

Antonio Margarito, the Mexican-American welterweight who held three major world titles, appeals to the part of me that loves relentless, forward-marching fighters. He did not dazzle so much as grind, walking opponents down, refusing to retreat, wearing them out round by round until they broke. His was a rough, blue-collar craft built on pressure rather than polish. The hand-wrap controversy that split his legacy is a genuine shame, because the aggression he brought with that tall, rangy frame was the real thing. A career stretching from 1994 to 2017 speaks to rare durability. I will always be drawn to the awkward, dogged pressure fighter who simply keeps coming forward.

Name (English)

Antonio Margarrito

Name (Japanese)

アントニオ・マルガリート

Reading

あんとにお・まるがりーと

Born

March 18, 1978 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Horse

Origin

Torrance, California, United States

Height

180 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• WBO World Welterweight Champion
• IBF World Welterweight Champion
• WBA World Welterweight Champion

• Official sitehttps://www.antoniomargarito.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/TonyMargarito
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Margarito
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603225

Tags

• California
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-19

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.