Antonio Margarito as one of the Champ's Short List

Antonio Margarito, the former welterweight champion whose career was tarnished by a glove-loading scandal early last year, has been added to the list of possible Manny Pacquiao opponents late this year.

Top Rank chief Bob Arum yesterday signified his intention to pit Margarito against the Filipino icon if the pound-for-pound champion fails to strike a deal with the winner of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley fight on May 1 in Las Vegas.

Top Rank filed an application in Texas to put Margarito on the undercard of Pacquiao’s victory over Joshua Clottey in Cowboys Stadium last month, but Arum said he ran out of time to work its approval, according to an AP report.