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 Last update:  02-10-2009      Read more by Mark Vester            
   
Antonio Margarito, Trainer Have Licenses Revoked By CSAC
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By Mark Vester

According to the Los Angeles Times, the California State Athletic Commission has revoked Antonio Margarito's boxing license, putting the boxer on suspension for at least one year and revoked the trainer's license of Javier Capetillo. Commissioners expressed doubts about Capetillo's story that he "accidentally" implanted hard inserts into the hand wraps of Margarito before the fight with Shane Mosley on January 24.

During Tuesday's hearing, Margarito's trainer, Javier Capetillo, took full blame for the hand wraps scandal. Capetillo told his attorney that he accidentally implanted inserts into the hand wraps of his fighter.

"I committed a big mistake," Capetillo said. "I don't want this young man [Margarito] to have problems. I'm here to cover any responsibility. I take full responsibility. I committed this innocent mistake."

Below is a recap of the happenings during the hearing. More Details as They Develop....

A state inspector said that Margarito was found to have "a suspect bandage wrap inside a knuckle pad" that was to be placed atop both his fists. Inspector Che Guevara testified at the hearing that in three years and 150 hand wraps he had never seen such a pad.

"It was sweat-soaked, thinner and harder in certain areas, not hard as a rock, but firm and hard," Guevara was quoted as saying by the LA Times . He also said the pad had a stain "like old blood" on it. "It was not flexible. It was very firm," Guevara went on to state.

The "foreign substance" on the insert has not been identified, and the results of the "plaster-like" substance won't be known until mid-March.

State inspector Mike Bray revealed the following from his notes.

"There was a blood stain on the corner of the pad; [it was] moist and dirty looking with a white substance smeared across the pad, like a cast plaster ... I can see a substance smeared in the middle of this pad," Bray said, according to the LA Times .

Karen B. Chappelle, the supervising deputy attorney general prosecuting Margarito, attempted to introduce a claim that the pads were worn by Margarito in last July's TKO victory over Miguel Cotto, but the commission said that point lacked relevance to what happened in the Mosley bout.

Chappelle noted the pads had already been ruled illegal. Inspector Dean Lohuis read the rule that Margarito and his trainer were alleged to have violated: "The use of water or any liquid or material on any part of the hand wrap is strictly prohibited."

Margarito's attorney pointed to chain of custody issues with the pads after they were recovered from Margarito's hands, stating that three people in Mosley's dressing room touched the pads. He also had another inspector acknowledge that, "There didn't seem to be foul play on the part of Margarito. He didn't show me anything to show me he knew what was going on."

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on 02-14-2009 by Dionyseus
[QUOTE=817boy;4755434]So you are saying he should get at least a 5 year ban? For What????? illegally wrapping his hands. I think Marg should get a 5 year ban if the substance is plaster of paris, but banning him for 5 years for illegally wrapping his hands is idiotic.[/QUOTE] It is plaster (re...

on 02-14-2009 by 817boy
[QUOTE=Dionyseus;4755406]What's most shocking is that Margarito only gets a one year ban, seems to me the punishment needs to be far more severe than that, perhaps not a lifetime ban but at least a five year ban. One year is nothing, what's that he's just missing one or two fights. BS[/QUOTE] ...

on 02-14-2009 by Dionyseus
What's most shocking is that Margarito only gets a one year ban, seems to me the punishment needs to be far more severe than that, perhaps not a lifetime ban but at least a five year ban. One year is nothing, what's that he's just missing one or two fights. BS

on 02-12-2009 by baya
[QUOTE=borikua;4735075]That's ****ed up. Hope they get ban for life.[/QUOTE] dude - i'm in isabella come the beginning of april; how's about procuring some fiah for me? hit me up son.

on 02-11-2009 by Dynamite Kid
[QUOTE=Dave Rado;4737806]That's why I keep stressing those articles, because that's not what was said at the hearings at all.[/QUOTE] Well they were athletic commission officials who were calling it a hard plastic shell. So its case of who do think has the correct interpretation.

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