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Antonio Margarito Face Injury Photos: Orbital Bone Injury

by Amy Judd | November 14, 2010 at 07:25 pm

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Antonio Margarito Suffered An Orbital Bone Injury During His Fight With Manny Pacquiao on Saturday

Margarito had to go straight to hospital after the fight and skipped the postfight news conference at the request of the doctor and his team. He suffered a fractured orbital bone and is now set to have surgery on Tuesday in Texas according to the Associated Press.

The injury to his eye socket was only discovered at the hospital but for those who watched the fight, it was clear from the condition of Margarito's face at the end of the 12 rounds, that he must have sustained some serious damage.

Legendary Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach was critical of the late-round decision-making of Margarito's corner, saying they should have forced a stoppage.

"There was no way I was going to quit. I'm a Mexican, we fight until the end," Margarito said.

Roach said that he was surprised how tough Margarito was, but said they [fight officials] probably ruined his career by not stopping the fight.

Pacquiao turned Margarito into a bloody and nearly blind fighter with a dizzying array of punches, dominating from the opening rounds on at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The beating was so thorough that the congressman from the Philippines turned to referee Laurence Cole several times in the 11th round, imploring him to stop the fight.

"I told the referee, 'Look at his eyes, look at his cuts,'" Pacquiao said. "I did not want to damage him permanently. That's not what boxing is about."

The orbital bone is the cavity or socket of the skull where the eye and its appendages are located; seven bones make up the orbital cavity.

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a.miss.no.more (not verified)

at 01:32 on November 15th, 2010

Congratulations to Manny Pacquiao for winning his 8th title! Can't wait to see Manny beat the hell out of Mayweather Jr.

starscream (not verified)

at 02:16 on November 15th, 2010

that will be good for you margarita i mean margarito...now you know how bad you've made on how you insulted pacquiao and his coach fredie roach..that's what the stupid gets in his carreer.. sorry for not winning you stupid loser margarito..

LOL@LOL (not verified)

at 07:00 on November 15th, 2010

He deserves it.

only me (not verified)

at 09:00 on November 15th, 2010

thats what margarito gets for bein talking shit saying that he was goin to win no matter what..nigga PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

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at 11:20 on November 15th, 2010

that's what you get for talking too much smack Antonio. whose the puto now? if you probably spent more time training rather than screwing around with your good for nothing trainer and your bitch of a training partner rios, you might have gotten somewhere but no. you had to joke about putting cement in your wraps.