Antonio Margarito's Wraps Contained "Plaster Elements"

[Dave Rado]

I think that you cant argue with the test results either.

The test results were for the Mosley fight.

[armchaireddie]

Every people's have their own bad apples and good apples. This isn't a dissertation on Mexico or Mexicans at all. Just on Margarito and his trainer. Mexico still has a great boxing history, lineage and culture. Marge can't diminish that fact. He just diminished himself completely.

The Tijuana mayor is a piece of **** too but for the most part I dont think Mexicans like their heros to be cheaters. In fact I assume from the anger they showed when JCCjr won that fight against Vanda, I have to assume they would lynch Margocheater for making them look bad.

[armchaireddie]

Now this puts a lot of pressure on Bob Arum. The justice department confirms that he had plaster, so now we have irrefutable evidence that he conspired to cheat against Mosley.

Now, where does Arum go with this? He was using reasonable doubt until it dried up. So will he continue to support Margarito and how will boxing fans view this? Will they support Arum for supporting a cheater?

I sure hope he doesn't but he could still go with the Margarito didn't know Cepatillo was loading his gloves angle.

[mrlopez]

I used to be a big fan of this cat, thought he was a real warrior,
Now i'm fuc.kin mad and disgusted, i was already pissed over the illegal wraps, but could have got past that had it only been just wrong way of wrapping the hands (like Tito), but this mofo had the elements of plaster of paris.....they should lock his punk ass up.....nuff said

[RRICAN]

i hope he gets ban 4 life f..cking cheater!!!!!

[King Cotto]

[BMWM3P]

again another ignorant response about nuthuggers when all I said was that styles make fights, if you could get Cotto **** out of your mouth long enough to read my post maybe we could have an intelligent discussion.

Who cares what your dumb ignorant ass has to say, it's not like I haven't heard any of this **** before. Styles makes fight has nothing to do with this, it was the plaster that made the difference. If your dumbass can't at least try to acknowledge the possibilty that this fight is tainted by the plaster then there's nothing to discuss. Cotto was beating Plasterito's ass for the first six rounds until the plaster started to take it's toll and if it wasn't for the plaster he would have knocked Platesterito the *** out.

It's hard to separate someone from the nuthuggers when they sound just as ignorant and dumb as all of them.

[PeterinMI]

Nah the ****ing mexicans aren't quiet. Right here buddy taking it like a man. I had to see it to believe it. I agree, Margarito should be punished accordingly. He probably made the biggest mistake of his career and he will pay for it. There's no assumptions now HE CHEATED VERSUS SHANE MOSELY AND USED PLASTER OF PARIS.

This isn't a Mexican thing. This is Margarito's shame, Arum's shame. Screw Margarito. Doesn't change any other Mexican fighter nor should it.

[Dave Rado]

Who cares what your dumb ignorant ass has to say, it's not like I haven't heard any of this **** before. Styles makes fight has nothing to do with this, it was the plaster that made the difference. If your dumbass can't at least try to acknowledge the possibilty that this fight is tainted by the plaster then there's nothing to discuss. Cotto was beating Plasterito's ass for the first six rounds until the plaster started to take it's toll and if it wasn't for the plaster he would have knocked Platesterito the *** out.

It's hard to separate someone from the nuthuggers when they sound just as ignorant and dumb as all of them.

You're just showing yourself up as a Cotto nuthugger. Of course styles make fights, that's just a fact. Of course Cotto had the wrong gameplan, that's just a fact as well. Of course he could have got a broken nose in the second round even if there hadn't been any plaster, it happens to boxers all the time. Of course not being able to breath properly due to his broken nose played a part in his running out of gas in the late rounds. Of course the fact that he didn't clinch at all in the fight, whereas Mosley clinched a lot, was also a big factor.

Of course there's still a good chance that Marg cheated in that fight, but there's no proof, and all the above factors played a part in his defeat, whether you're prepared to face facts on not.

Cotto himself has a lot more class than you do. He says "I prefer to believe that Margarito just had a good night in that fight". That's class.

[Dave Rado]

This isn't a Mexican thing. This is Margarito's shame, Arum's shame. Screw Margarito. Doesn't change any other Mexican fighter nor should it.

Absolutely - except that if Marg is still allowed to fight in Tijuana, then it will become a Mexican thing, at least to some extent.