▁and ▁a ▁half ▁years ▁before . ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Mar gar ito ▁defeated ▁future ▁champion ▁Josh ua ▁Cl otte y ▁by ▁a ▁twelve - round ▁un anim ous ▁decision . ▁Mar gar ito ▁set ▁a ▁Comp ub ox ▁all - time ▁record ▁of ▁ 1 , 6 7 5 ▁total ▁p unch es ▁thrown ▁in ▁a ▁twelve - round ▁bout . ▁In ▁the ▁after math ▁of ▁the ▁fight , ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁Mar gar ito ▁had ▁injured ▁his ▁an k le ▁a ▁week ▁before ▁the ▁fight , ▁but ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁fight ▁regardless ▁of ▁the ▁injury . ▁ ▁Los ing ▁and ▁reg aining ▁the ▁W BO ▁wel ter weight ▁title ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Mar gar ito ▁lost ▁a ▁ 1 2 - round ▁un anim ous ▁decision ▁to ▁und efe ated ▁ch allen ger ▁Paul ▁Williams , ▁losing ▁his ▁W BO ▁bel t . ▁After ▁the ▁bout , ▁Mar gar ito ▁heavily ▁disput ed ▁the ▁decision , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁land ed ▁the ▁most ▁meaning ful ▁p unch es . ▁Williams , ▁however , ▁land ed ▁the ▁most ▁p unch es ▁( outh itting ▁Mar gar ito ▁by ▁almost ▁a ▁ 2 – 1 ▁ratio ▁and ▁throwing ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁p unch es ▁per ▁round ) ▁according ▁to ▁comp ub ox . ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Mar