Margarito Funds Olympic Quest

OXNARD, CALIF. (September 29, 2010) — Selling tamales, tortillas and bracelets to raise funds to send four local boxers to the 2010 National PAL Boxing Championships in San Antonio, Texas proved impossible for the families of the young Olympic hopefuls when their hard work produced less than $300.00. 

That is until ANTONIO MARGARITO came into the picture.

When Margarito heard of the family’s misfortune he immediately offered to pay for round trip airfare and room accommodations for the fighters.  When asked why he did it Margarito stated, “I’ve been there. I know what it’s like to have a dream crushed because you have no money”.

So on Tuesday Antonio presented a check to the fighters at his training camp at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, Ca.  Obviously overjoyed and with one less thing to worry about, the fighters can now focus on their dream of representing the USA at the 2012 Olympics held in London.

Margarito is in intense preparation for his world super welterweight championship battle withMANNY PACQUIAO, scheduled for November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

MANNY PACQUIAO vs. ANTONIO MARGARITO, World Super Welterweight Championship, is promoted by Top Rank, in association with Cowboys Stadium, MP Promotions and Tecate.

Remaining Tickets to Pacquiao vs. Margarito are priced at $700, $500, $300, $200, $100, and $50, and can be purchased in-person at the Cowboys Stadium ticket office in Arlington, or by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000.  Tickets can also be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com.

The Pacquiao vs. Margarito pay-per-view telecast, has a suggested retail price of $54.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View® and will be available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers who can receive HD. HBO Pay-Per-View®, a division of Home Box Office, Inc., is the leading supplier of event programming to the pay-per-view industry.  For Pacquiao vs. Margarito fight week updates, log on to www.hbo.com.

HBO’s Emmy-Award-winning ALL-ACCESS SERIES “24/7” premieres an all new edition when “24/7 Pacquiao/Margarito” debuts Saturday, Oct. 23 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT.

The four-part series will air for three consecutive Saturday nights before the finale airs the night before the super welterweight championship showdown in Texas.