By Mark Vester
Rafael Herrera, president of the boxing commission in Mexico City, has vowed to stand united with Tijuana and the WBC in support of former three-time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito. Last Tuesday Margarito and his trainer Javier Capetillo had their licenses revoked by the California State Athletic Commission. The CSAC punished both men over a foreign substance that was found in the hand wraps of Margarito about a half hour before his fight with Shane Mosley on January 24.
Herrera has said that he will not honor the ruling by the CSAC and Margarito is welcome to stage a fight in the city.
"The doors of Mexico City are open for Margarito. We consider the punishment that was imposed on him is unjust, applied on the spur of the moment, and they have condemned him without a report from laboratory to confirm the supposed substance that was found before the fight with Shane Mosley. Furthermore, I consider that if there is something found, all of the blame should fall on Javier Capetillo, but not on the fighter," Herrera told ESTO.
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