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Pacquiao vs Margarito on YouTube, pirated DVDs


Aside from the usual pirated copies on DVD, fans who missed the historic bout of Filipino boxing icon and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao against Antonio Margarito on Sunday can still catch parts of it online. Many video clips of the fight posted on the popular video-sharing site YouTube look like they were taken from pay-per-view channels. But as of 8 p.m. Sunday, some of the videos were already taken down by YouTube. An error message from YouTube said some of the videos were removed “because (these) content violated YouTube's Terms of Service." Pacquiao pummeled a bigger Margarito to win his eighth world title belt — the World Boxing Council super welterweight championship, in a match commentators played up as a “David and Goliath" fight. Vendors of pirated DVDs are also expected to have a field day on Monday, hawking discs of the fight. Pirated DVDs and CDs of the bout usually become available as early as a few hours after the bout is aired on television. - DM, GMANews.TV