# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/antonio-margarrito
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:09:28.219Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/antonio-margarrito"
name: "Antonio Margarrito"
slug: "antonio-margarrito"
description: "Antonio Margarito Montiel is an American-born Mexican former professional boxer who competed between 1994 and 2017. He held multiple welterweight world championships, including the WBO title from 2002 to 2007, the IBF title in 2008, and the WBA (Super) title from 2008 to 2009. He also challenged three times for a light middleweight world title between 2004 and 2011. Nicknamed El Tornado de Tijuana, Margarito was known for his aggressive pressure fighting style and exceptionally durable chin. He is also known for cheating by putting plaster in his gloves for which he was banned for 1 year."
tagline: "Mexican boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Margarito.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1978-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7103321033210331
  historical:           13.94920533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TonyMargarito"
    handle:    "TonyMargarito"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TopRankAntonioMargarito"
    handle:    "TopRankAntonioMargarito"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.antoniomargarito.com/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Antonio Margarito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Margarito"
    title: "Antonio Margarito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Margarito"
    title: "Antonio Margarito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Margarito"
    title: "Antonio Margarito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Margarito"
    title: "Antonio Margarito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Margarito"
    title: "Antonio Margarito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Antonio Margarito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Margarito"
    title: "Antonio Margarito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アントニオ・マルガリート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Antonio Margarito"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump