Margarito fought all 12 scheduled rounds against Filipino Pacquiao at Cowboys Stadium before ending the WBC super welterweight title bout with a broken right eye socket that required surgery.
"The WBC ... gives authority to referees to stop fights whenever they believe there's been too much punching from one side and there's no opportunity for the other boxer to win," Sulaiman told Reuters on Tuesday.
Despite holding a significant weight, height and reach advantage over Pacquiao, Margarito was outclassed by his opponent's lightning hand speed and precise power punching.
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Sulaiman felt the fight should have been halted after eight rounds, and he applauded Pacquiao's sporting but unsuccessful attempt to get referee Laurence Cole to stop the bout in the 11th.
Pacquiao recorded an unanimous points victory over Margarito to land an eighth world title in an unprecedented eighth weight class.
From the casinos in Las Vegas to the On Line Boxing Betting sites, the money came in, bet on an upset victory for Margarito.
FOX Sports reported on the mediocre training of Pacquiao going into the fight. Pacquiao was the fighter of old, focused, and prepared, and going into a fight with a fighter of little defense and questionable power (when not wearing loaded gloves).
Boxing has been noted as the best sport to bet on. If you continually bet on the underdog, you will eventually win and make some money. This fight was meant to be a showcase for Pacquiao, matched against the perfect opponent that would stand there and just take the punishment. In the end, we got what we paid for in Pacquiao-Margarito, a mismatch, a beating, a fight that should have never been made. There will be no sucker bet here…it’s a pick’em fight and the biggest fight in the last 10 years of boxing should it come through…but don’t bet on it.
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