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Notebook: Margarito to make title defense Oct. 7

By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com

Friday, June 30, 2006

AROUND THE RING Margarito needs partner Margarito's next fight will happen with or without Floyd Mayweather Jr. as his opponent. (Donald Miralle/Getty Images) Whether Floyd Mayweather Jr. fights Antonio Margarito or not, Margarito will defend his title Oct. 7 in a pay-per-view fight at Las Vegas' Thomas & Mack Center, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com. "I am ready to go with a Margarito fight and to back it up with a great undercard," Arum said. Without Mayweather or Wright, Arum's ...

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