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MOSLEY
Vows To Knock Out Margarito
SHANE MOSLEY has vowed to knock out
Antonio Margarito when they go toe-to-toe on January 24.
WBA champion Margarito is widely regarded as the world's
No1 welterweight following his impressive win over
Miguel Cotto in July.
But Mosley believes he will leave the Staples Center in
Los Angeles with the title around his waist.
Sugar Shane, 37, said: "I'm glad Margarito decided to
step up to the plate and fight me.
"If Margarito thinks he is a bigger puncher than me, he
is delusional.
"I will definitely win this fight, especially with the
type of fighter he is.
"He is going to end up getting knocked out because he'll
come right at me and I'll catch him."
Margarito is desperate to silence Mosley after being
accused of ducking him two years ago.
The 30-year-old said: "Like you all know, I'm ready for
any type of fighter and my history has proven it.
"I respect everyone I face and I know Shane is an
amazing fighter.
"Almost two years ago we were offered this fight and for
some reason it didn't come through.
"But I always wanted it to happen because of the type of
fighter Shane is.
"I've never backed out of fighting anyone."
Eboue Will
Beat The Boos
ARSENE WENGER warned Emmanuel Eboue
will need more time to fully recover from his Emirates
boo hell.
The Arsenal full-back emerged unscathed from his first
game since Gunners fans jeered him against Wigan at the
weekend.
Eboue, 25, was given a warm reception by the 1,500
travelling fans as the Gunners lost here in Porto.
And the rift appeared to have healed as he went over and
threw his shirt to them at the final whistle.
Yet boss Wenger said: “He got the support of the fans
here and he did OK. But it does not go as quickly as
that. It will take a little time.”
Defeat in Wenger's 700th game in charge of the Gunners
means his men had to settle for second place in Group G.
He said: “We were not in trouble until the first goal,
then the game became more difficult. We lost the ball
when we couldn't afford to and we were in trouble.
“In the last 20 minutes they were dangerous every time
we lost the ball and we were not effective up front.
“We had some injured players at home. Many of the
players who stayed at home were doubts for this game
anyway.
“Underperform is a big word. When we were 2-0 down the
belief was not there. We were not strong enough to come
back.
“But we can now focus on the Premier League against
Middlesbrough and then we can see who we get in the
draw.”
Arsenal's failure to qualify as group winners means they
will face either Thierry Henry's Barcelona, Roma,
Panathinaikos, Bayern Munich or Juventus next.
Wenger added: “ We
have finished second in the group as, on the night,
Porto were stronger than us.
“But we can fight with anyone in Europe and we can
qualify against anyone.That's what I think, let's wait
to see who we get in the draw.”
Gunners skipper Manuel Almunia said: “We were not
aggressive, we were not into the game, we didn't pass
the ball well.
“Everyone is wearing an Arsenal shirt and should give
100 per cent, which was not the case tonight.”
EB 'N THROW ...
Emmanuel Eboue
gets ready to fling his shirt to the
Arsenal fans last night
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