In 1983 Luis Resto punished Billy Collins Jr. and won a 10 round decision. Collins was battered beyond recognition.
It was found out that trainer Panama Lewis had removed an oz. of padding and wrapped Resto's hands with plaster of paris. Collins suffered permanent damage to his vision and later comitted suicide.
Lewis got six years in prison. Resto three. Lewis is on permanent suspension from US boxing to this day.
If it gets proven that Margarito's wrappings were illegal he and his handlers should be looking at a longer sentence.
I don't see his reputation being varnished if he is innocent. This is such a black and white issue: were his hands wrapped in plaster or were they not? They have the wraps. If they are plaster he is guilty if they are not he is innocent. If you are saying he could still be innocent because he "did not know" his hands were wrapped in plaster, that is ridiculous. Anyone who has ever had their hands wrapped knows the difference, and as the guy in the ring he is ultimately responsible for what goes on his hands.
Exactly. It should be fairly easy to prove innocence/guilt in this case unless the commision fucks up the evidence.
I don't see his reputation being varnished if he is innocent. This is such a black and white issue: were his hands wrapped in plaster or were they not? They have the wraps. If they are plaster he is guilty if they are not he is innocent. If you are saying he could still be innocent because he "did not know" his hands were wrapped in plaster, that is ridiculous. Anyone who has ever had their hands wrapped knows the difference, and as the guy in the ring he is ultimately responsible for what goes on his hands.
Actually if he ends up innocent I would be more upset that his reputation gets tarnished.
His reputation? He ACTUALLY TRIED to get away with loading his gloves with a subsatnce that will crush a human face - - need I say more?
I won't miss him. "Ban" this piece of shit from everything if he is found guilty. If he is not tried or no evidence ever comes of it, as I said before, the exposure that he would even try, is ruins enough. **** you Tony you punk bitch. Die and die WITH your mullet.
Team Margarito surely will be tried. I doubt Margarito will ever fight again.
PS: Congrats on the 1K posts :fing02:
I won't miss him. "Ban" this piece of shit from everything if he is found guilty. If he is not tried or no evidence ever comes of it, as I said before, the exposure that he would even try, is ruins enough. **** you Tony you punk bitch. Die and die WITH your mullet.
Actually if he ends up innocent I would be more upset that his reputation gets tarnished.
I could not agree more, if his wraps were loaded, he and everyone that knew about it should NEVER be associated with boxing again. Unfortunately, there are too many sanctioning bodies and too many countries that will host a fight. I hate the lack of unity in boxing reg. for exactly this reason. Even if he cheated I bet he fights again (which is insane).
I won't miss him. "Ban" this piece of shit from everything if he is found guilty. If he is not tried or no evidence ever comes of it, as I said before, the exposure that he would even try, is ruins enough. **** you Tony you punk bitch. Die and die WITH your mullet.
We wont know that until cotto fights! lol
Lol? I dont think this is funny. This incident can have lasting effect on our sport. The 'Ban Boxing Brigade' might get a field-day because of this shit.
Actually he could be charged with conspiracy, unlawful possession of a deadly weapon, and I'm sure a slew of other charges.
I believe Resto was convicted for assault with a deadly weapon.
Since this case is very well documented and well-known in the sport I must say I believe Margarito & co. should be very harshly sentenced (if guilty) also to discourage anyone in the future.
Actually he could be charged with conspiracy, unlawful possession of a deadly weapon, and I'm sure a slew of other charges.
Investigation first but yes you are right.
The only accusations made were the intent to use the suspicious wraps which to my knowlede is not illegal.
Actually he could be charged with conspiracy, unlawful possession of a deadly weapon, and I'm sure a slew of other charges.
I cannot believe that you think so lightly of this offense. It's potentially fatal! These guys should be serving time (if proven guilty).
yup if proven guilty they should serve some time, i was joking on the previous post. but i agree
he should be banned from boxing in la for a year and should be shunned 5 times worse than what they are doing to joan guzman.
I cannot believe that you think so lightly of this offense. It's potentially fatal! These guys should be serving time (if proven guilty).
I mean I never liked Margarito but I atleast respected him and the opposition he faced at 147. I'll admit I got a pain in my stomach when I heard about this...I hope shit gets cleared so we can see winner of Cotto vs Margarito face SSM or SSM vs Margarito II before the Cotto fight
I'm pissed off at the fact that we don't even know who the best WW is.
Cotto > Quintana
Quintana > Paul
Cotto > SSM
Margarito > Cotto
SSM > Margarito
Paul > Margarito
How do we fix this HUGE mess?
I know how! Bring back Paul Williams
Bring back Floyd.
I mean I never liked Margarito but I atleast respected him and the opposition he faced at 147. I'll admit I got a pain in my stomach when I heard about this...I hope shit gets cleared so we can see winner of Cotto vs Margarito face SSM or SSM vs Margarito II before the Cotto fight
I'm pissed off at the fact that we don't even know who the best WW is.
Cotto > Quintana
Quintana > Paul
Cotto > SSM
Margarito > Cotto
SSM > Margarito
Paul > Margarito
How do we fix this HUGE mess?
I know how! Bring back Paul Williams
please fix that in bold
I mean I never liked Margarito but I atleast respected him and the opposition he faced at 147. I'll admit I got a pain in my stomach when I heard about this...I hope shit gets cleared so we can see winner of Cotto vs Margarito face SSM or SSM vs Margarito II before the Cotto fight
I'm pissed off at the fact that we don't even know who the best WW is.
Cotto > Quintana
Quintana > Paul
Cotto > SSM
Margarito > Cotto
SSM> Margarito
How do we fix this HUGE mess?
I know how! Bring back Paul Williams
i said this months ago, that 147 has become one big circle jerk