I was reading Kevin Iole boxing mailbag from Yahoo! Sports and there was one question which stood out that I think many feel the same way, but I think Kevin nailed it.
Q: To hell with Antonio Margarito, I say. It’s disgusting that he was caught cheating and still will get a huge pay day. Margarito deserves a big bout about as much as Luis Resto. Why can’t Manny show some class and give someone a fight that actually deserves it? I would love to see Manny fight Marcos Rene Maidana.
Asa – Orlando, Fla.
A: The differences between Margarito and Resto, Asa, are many. Resto was convicted of a crime for fighting with doctored gloves in a 1983 New York bout against Billy Collins. Margarito was not convicted of a crime against Shane Mosley, when he was caught with a hard object in his hand wraps. Resto fought with the doctored gloves and Margarito did not. Resto eventually admitted he knew the padding was pulled from his gloves by trainer Panama Lewis; Margarito swears up and down that his trainer, Javier Capetillo, was the culprit. I wish he wasn’t getting this fight, but this is one case where Manny deserves blame. Arum brought both Miguel Cotto and Margarito to Manny as potential opponents and has said repeatedly on the record that Manny chose Margarito.
I’m with you there Jesus, The whole margarito-cheating thing has gottin old. Margarito can still apply for a lisence in other states and hes about to get the biggest fight-payday of his career. So I dont undestand what all these dudes are crying about. Clottey apparently has a fear of getting knocked out and stops throughing punches at criticle times of a fight. Margarito dosent have such fears, He will come to fight and try to win the biggest fight of his life. I would consider margarito a much more dangerous apponent than clottey. It would be crazy if he beat pacman, I think it would change the dynamics of future match ups.
seems like u always wanna critisize on race. you wanna talk boxing im all for it. ummm learn ur facts resto never touched his pads. he didnt put his hands on his pads. his trainer went and grabbed his pads went into the bathroom with another guy and fixed the pads up. he knew they did something he just didnt care. you talk about plaster with some substance?? ummm did you forget it was plaster like substance or do u just wanna forget it happened. sorry ur boy is garbage.performance drinks?? lmaoooo WTF HE HAD A REDBULL OR MONSTER DRINK?? LIKE I SAID LEARN UR FACTS IT WAS A CRUSHED PILL PUT IN HIS WATER TO OPEN UP HIS LUNGS AND HELP HIM BREATH BETTER LMAOOOO AND U GOT 2 THUMBS UP FOR THAT COMMENT LMAOOOO DAM I NEEDED A LAUGH. @jesus ur 100% right. no matter what anybody says its gonna happen. nargacheto vs pacman is on.
We can all argue our points back and forth, assumptions and all but it looks like Margarito vs Pacquiao will happen. CSAC can’t stop anyone from fighting outside Cali anyway. I hope Margarito comes to fight though. I don’t want to seee a repeat of the Clottey fight.
u do know resto took off the padding and replaced it with actual plaster besides getting performance drinks in between rounds? That was plaster not a pad with some substance…..
And grow some balls, if u dont want to be criticized dont comment! Lol
BY THE WAY THE DIFFERENCE IN RESTO AND MARGARITO IS RESTO FOUGHT AND MARGARITO DIDNT. MARGARITO DIDNT FIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS CAUGHT BEFORE THE FIGHT. AND WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOIN ON. RESTO ADMITTED WHAT LIKE 15 OR 20 YEARS LATER??? SO WHAT WE HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG TO FIND OUT IF MARGARITO ADMITS TO IT?
mexican mafia needs to lay off margacheto azzz already. you critisize peoples opinion and call me hater cause i say ur bitch boy narga-chito is a bitch for fighting dirty to bad aint it. you take pride in garbage like that. me i like fighters who earn there stripes they fight fair all this steroid bullshit cannot be compared to cast gloves. if you get hit in the mouth by somebody on steroids and you get hit in the mouth by somebody with a cast in there gloves would u feel the difference??? no offense to anybody else but mexicanmafia im tired of ur little bitch remarks. we get to comment on this site and should be badmouthed about our difference in opinions. i dont critisize narga-cheto fans everyone has there own opinion so dont critisize me when i agree with the topic…. HE IS DISCUSTING
@ mexicanmafia, First of all how old are you? Sometimes I think I’m talking to 12 year old. My comments were about margarito not cotto. Did you get your ass beat in a race riot or something? I ask because you seem like you have some sirious race issues kid. If cotto was caught doing what margarito did I would say the exact same thing “he dosent deserve to fight”. Cheating is wrong and dangerous no matter where your from. Its not a race thing kid, its an honor thing. If he didnt know about the wraps then I think the guy got screwed and thats really uncool. If he did then your out of here plain and simple. The problem is noone really knows if he did or didnt know. I dont think that the commession should hold the fact that margarito was sparring against him though. He is still allowed to fight in other places and the guy still has to make his money. I dont care who you are or where your from cheating is bad kids.
haters still hurt because of cottos daddy punishing him like there was no tomorrow lol.
VERY WELL PUT MR JAY. i think margacheto is garbage. NOW YOU GUYS CAN PUT THUMBS DOWN AGAIN LMAOOOO
Ha ha ok loveboxing you got that lol, I shouldnt have said “hes as stupid as he looks”. But you have to admit that a person who has had his hands wrapped countless times claims that he didnt know what was being put in his wraps would have to be clueless. There shouldnt be anything in there but gause and tape, honestly how could he not know? Ive said this before, If by some remote chance he didnt know and his trainer was up to no good that sucks. Then I say god bless him and I hope things work out for him, But if he did know he was wrong and dosent deserve to fight. I see how you failed to say anything about the intire comment up until the part you didnt like, That must mean I was right. Does me making a bad judgement give you the right to make some bad judgements of your own? Dont be such a Hypocrite. Your making an assumption of your own (I’m shallow) please you dont know me and I’ll leave it at that. But sence you brought it up, Who’s more shallow me or a guy that would risk the safety of another fighter just to get rich?
@Jay,I believe that you are entitle to your opinion ,but I was surprise from your assumssion that Margarito is stupid because of his countenance .
If you gauge the IQ of a person based on his/her visage ,I think you’re unsophisticated person with narrow mentality .How shallow !!!!.
God creat create people differently and for you to assume that someone is stupid based on the face is really erroneous .
I don’t want dilate the topic ,but i think that you need to change your perception in regards to smartness .
peace out .
The took off his gloves voluntarily and walked around the ring celebrating his win over Cotto.
If he were hiding anything,he WON’T take off his
gloves and walk with the plaster like a simpleton.
The didn’t know what was in his hand’s wraps .
He is innocent and respectable fighter ,but some people just want see him fail .
Hateres
loveboxing, Are you kidding bro, You cant be sirious. You think he didnt do it cuz he took his gloves off WOW. You must really love margarito to let your self be fooled like that. Remember it was a plaster like substance, Meaning when its soft it can be molded into shape. Its soft when you put it on and it takes the shape of your hand so noone can tell that its there. The “plaster” was under the padding and then gets wrapped with tape. The only way to know for sure would be to check the wraps after he took them off. Moselys trainer didnt say the wraps look bad, He said they felt hard. In other words you wouldnt be able to tell just by looking at them. Not only does margarito not deserve a fight this big, He dosent deserve the right to box EVER. I’ll go a step further and say that anyone that has real respect for the sport of boxing should boycot Margarito fights altogether. Personally I’m not going to indulge the B/S, I’m just not paying to watch a cheater make millions. And it makes no differance to me who hes fighting. Margarito is a disgrace and if he really didnt know what was in his glove then he stupider than he looks.
I am still not sure what to think about this whole situation. Sometimes its upsetting thinking margarito would do that. Then other times i think about these same situations your talking about here. Why would he give interviews with his wraps on in full view if they are loaded.. etc..etc..Even i dont agree with the Tijuana Tornado getting a shot at many but I think he still deserves to fight. His mistake according to him was just trusting his trainer.
You make a great point there, I agree!
why Margarito had the interview after Cotto fight while his gloves were doffed.I he knew about the
plaster ,he would have stood there exposing his hand’s wraps .
think about seriously .
I really don’t think that Margarito is that stupid.
Margarito is innocent.
Stop talking shit .Think first .
i agree. margacheto is disgusting and is a bumm
Margarito didn’t know what going .If he knew he would not have taken his gloves after the fight with Cotto and all the previous fights after the fight immediately .
If you look at all his previous fight ,you will see that Margarit doffed his gloves and stand there
for the interviews with his hands wrap .
If he had something to hide ,he would have taken his gloves like nothing is happening .
Margarito is an outstanding pugilist and innocent of all the scurrilous accusation.
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