Boxing Rumors: Pacquiao's Health Status Uncertain After Margarito Fight

Manny Pacquiao did not come out unscathed after his bloody fight with Mexican Antonio Margarito Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Reports say Pacquiao is being checked by a doctor in his home in Los Angeles, after suffering pain from a devastating Margarito punch to his hip while trying to free himself from the ropes.

Also, apparently Pacquiao is still in pain from a rib injury caused by Margarito's powerful hook shot in the body. It was one of Margarito's power shots that caught Pacquiao, as they engaged in a toe-to-toe brawl for the vacant WBC junior middleweight crown.

Pacquiao had a prior engagement with TMZ Sports, but begged to be off due to the injury.

Meanwhile, Antonio Margarito is due for surgery Tuesday to repair a fractured eye socket, after a lopsided fight against the Filipino boxing icon.

Margarito will be treated at the Dallas Methodist Hospital.

"Margarito has a fractured right orbital bone," Lee Samuels, spokesman for fight promoter Bob Arum, told Reuters on Monday. "He was banged up pretty bad.

"After the fight was over, he had some stitch work done in the locker room. They put six stitches in his right cheek and three through his right eyebrow."

Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach was surprised that referee Laurence Cole did not stop the fight after 10 rounds of one-sided fight.

"He has a lot of balls and he didn't (quit)," Roach told reporters after Pacquiao had claimed an eighth world title in an unprecedented eighth weight class.

"I truly, truly think the job of the trainer is to protect your fighter and Margarito's corner should have saved him. He may never fight again.

"He took too much unnecessary punishment to me. I would have stopped that fight. After eight rounds, it was over and it was just a matter of time."

Pacquiao was reportedly sad about Margarito's unnecessary injury.

Observers could see Pacquaio signaling referee Laurence Cole to stop the fight to avoid further injuries to Margarito, but the referee could not find the right timing, as Margarito continued with his assault despite swollen and almost closed eyes.

"I feel for my opponent, his eyes and his bloody face," said the Filipino, who looked across at referee Laurence Cole during the 11th round and asked him to stop the fight.

"I wanted the ref to look at that. In the 12th round I wasn't looking for a knockout."

Boxing fans around the world are praying the two boxers will be declared free of any major physical injury as a result of Saturday's bloody boxing event.