By Mark Vester
Hall of Fame trainer and HBO broadcaster, Emanuel Steward, told the New York Post that Antonio Margarito's legacy is on the line with the controversy surrounding his hand wraps for last Saturday's bout with Shane Mosley. The California State Athletic Commission is examining two hard blocks of gauze that were found in Margarito's wraps before he stepped in the ring against Mosley. Nazim Richardson, Mosley's trainer, first noticed the stiff nature of the wraps when he requested to feel one of Margarito's hands. Both Richardson and Mosley's lawyer, Judd Burstein, saw what they believe to be a "plaster-like" material on both blocks of gauze.
If the material on the gauze is confirmed to be plaster of Paris, Steward deeply believes that Margarito's career will be in shambles if the allegations are found to be true by the commission.
