Pacquiao vs Margarito

On July 23, 2010, Bob Arum announced that Margarito would face Manny Pacquiao for the vacant WBC Super Welterweight/WBC Light Middleweight title. The fight will take place in the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas as Margarito got a license in Texas, United States. In his Camp for this fight, Margarito had four southpaw sparring partners who are the undefeated Karim Martinez, Cleotis Pendarvis, number one mandatory for the WBO Light Middleweight Championship Austin Trout‎, and U.S. Olympic Silver Medalist Ricardo Williams.