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Boxing-Pacquiao beats Margarito to land super welterweight title

ARLINGTON, Texas | Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:53am EST

ARLINGTON, Texas Nov 13 (Reuters) - Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines claimed the vacant WBC super welterweight title by recording an unanimous points victory over Antonio Margarito at Cowboys Stadium on Saturday.

The 31-year-old southpaw dominated the 12 rounds against his Mexican opponent to land an eighth world title in an unprecedented eight weight class. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Patrick Johnston; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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