Antonio Margarito Bio, Tough Career, Wife, Net worth, 5 Other Facts

When it comes to aggressive fighting in the boxing ring, outstandingly durable chin, and a long time in professional boxing, Antonio Margarito is often one of those people to come to mind. He maintained a high profile in boxing for the 2 decades he was a professional.

With winning over 40 games in his 50 times in the boxing ring competing, his life has for many years remained important. Hence, questions as ‘who is Antonio Margarito?’ has constantly been asked. Hence, Antonio Margarito who is also known as El Tornado de Tijuana (The Tijuana Tornado) is a Mexican-American former professional boxer whose career in boxing lasted between 1994 and 2017.

Bio Of Antonio Margarito

Antonio Margarito was born Antonio Margarito Montiel on March 18, 1978, in Torrence, California to parents Antonio Margarito, Sr., father and Consuelo Margarito, mother.

When he was 2, his family moved to Tijuana, Mexico where he alongside his brother Manuel Margarito started to train in a boxing gym.

By the time he was 15 in 1994; Antonio had already made a good foundation for himself in boxing and was able to make his debut in a fight against Jose Trujillo. Margarito won the fight by decision.

He kept on with his professional boxing career until he held several welterweight world championships.

All About The Tough Career Of Margarito

Generally, it will be safe to say Antonio had quite a successful career from 1994 when he started to 2012 when he first retired and to his comeback in 2016 up until 2017.

Part of the success of his career is largely due to his fights with Daniel Santos, Diaz, Danny Perez Ramirez, Maurice Brantley, Hercules Kyvelos, and Miguel Cotto among others. In these fights, he was able to claim the WBO welterweight championship, reclaimed it, had one of the best fights of the year with Cotto, and won the previously undefeated Canadian Hercules.

As to his success, Antonio would go on to win 41 other games with 27 by Knockout and 14 by decision. In all, he became WBO champion from 2002 to 2007, held the IBF title in 2008, and the WBA (Super) title from 2008 to 2009.

Even amidst these successes, Antonio had his fair share of a tough career. In a fight against Manny Pacquiao in November 2010, Margarito ended up suffering a fractured right orbital bone and later suffered an injury in a rematch with Miguel Cotto.

Furthermore, one of his most difficult times as a boxer is not farfetched from the time he was caught with illegal hand wraps containing gypsum in 2009. This led to the doubting of his victory over Miguel Cotto a year earlier.

Following the incident with the wraps that were described as plaster of Paris, the California State Athletic Commission suspended Margarito and his trainer, Javier Capetillo. In his defence, Antonio claimed to be unaware of what was in the wraps while his trainer also went ahead to claim he had no idea he mistakenly put the wrong wraps into the gloves of Margarito. As a result, he had earlier been banned from boxing in the United States.

Coming back after his suspension, Margarito needed to prove to the world he could fight without wraps and still win – a fight with Manny Pacquiao. Unfortunately, he lost the fight and suffered bad eye damage.

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Who Is His Wife?

Antonio Margarita first became married to his childhood lover Michelle in 1999. After they divorced, he became married to Lorena Vidales.

Although there aren’t many details regarding his children, reports say he has two children, Antionio Margarito Jr. and Antonello Margarito.

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Net Worth Of Antonio Margarito

His income is chiefly a result of his boxing career that lasted two decades. Even though it is difficult to say his exact earning throughout his career, his estimated net worth $15 million.

He has also been listed as number 33 in the Celebrity Net Worth list of the top 50 richest boxers.

5 Other Interesting Facts About ‘The Tijua Tornado’

1. Margarito dropped out of school while in junior high.
2. Outside his home, he would go on to meet school kids and drive them to a nearby track to run and mentor them.
3. His father was a night watchman who also sold lamps.
4. His brother Manuel Margarito was shot dead at his apartment. He died leaving a pregnant wife and a brother who would keep dreaming about him mostly when boxing matches draw close.
5. He has an athletic body and stands at 5 feet 11 inches tall (180 cm) and weighs 150lbs.

Complete profile of Antonio Margarito