DALLAS (AP) — Antonio Margarito has been released from Methodist Hospital, where he had surgery to repair the orbital bone of his right eye that was fractured during his loss to Manny Pacquiao.
Margarito had surgery on Tuesday and was released from the hospital early Wednesday. He planned to fly home to Los Angeles with his wife Michelle, trainer Robert Garcia and managers Francisco Espinoza and Sergio Diaz.
The former welterweight champion lost in lopsided fashion to Pacquiao on Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium in their fight for a vacant junior middleweight title.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones called Margarito on Wednesday and called him “a great warrior,” promoter Top Rank said in a statement.
