Doug Fischer: "I DON'T believe that Margarito used plaster in his previous fights"

Here's is Doug Fischer's lengthy post defending Antonio Margarito in his recent mailbag http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/586/fischerh.jpg Regarding Margarito, I have no problem telling you or anyone else that he didn’t know what was in his gloves before the Mosley fight. You know why? Because he never had his gloves on with the loaded hand wraps. In fact, he barely had his hand wraps on for five minute before Naazim Richardson demanded that Javier Capetillo unwrap Margarito’s hands. Margarito didn’t have time to even stand up and make a fist before those old bloody wraps that had the plaster-like remnants in them were confiscated by the California State Athletic Commission. He didn’t have the chance to punch his own wrapped hands with the loaded gauze inserts, let alone hit mitts with his gloves over the doctored wraps. So how the heck was he supposed to know what was going on? I’m more familiar with Margarito than most (if not all) of the boxing writers who condemn him. I’ve been around him in the gym for more than 10 years. That guy zones out before he trains and fights. He had to, because Capetillo put his ass through hell in the gym. Trust me, he wasn’t paying attention to Capetillo while that crazy bastard was wrapping his hands. I also know Capetillo pretty well. The dude is borderline retarded. If that dumb-ass has been pulling the wool over the eyes of the Nevada, New Jersey, New York and California athletic commissions for years with this illegal hand-wrap business then those commissions might as well be dissolved. They are worthless if their inspectors have been missing Capetillo slip inserts into Margarito’s hand wraps fight after fight. And the trainers of all the fighters Margarito has fought over the years are also blind, because I’m telling you, Capetillo is NOT a slick or sly individual. He’s loud, obnoxious, sloppy man. I don’t buy the theory that Margarito has loaded his gloves for previous fights. People who are habitual cheaters are secretive about their s__t, and Capetillo and Margarito were never like that in the gym. I think Capetillo panicked before the Mosley fight. His fighter had looked like dried-up dog doo doo in that camp. And to make matters worse, those fools weighed Margarito on their own messed-up scale and thought he was a pound over the weight limit (he wasn't). So Margz ran his ass off before the official weigh-in and drained himself down to 145.8 pounds. He was done before the fight and Capetillo knew it. So I think he freaked out and did some desperate s__t, because that’s the kind of guy he is. If he was a slick, calculating cheater, who has done the deed before and gotten away with it, there’s no way he slips those inserts in with Brotha Naazim staring down at him. (Would you try some sneaky s__t with a big black bearded cloth skullcap-wearing Muslim glaring down at you? Hell no, you wouldn’t. That’s because you’re smart. Capetillo ISN’T.) Anyway, General Cappy is gone from Team Margarito. Roberto Garcia is an honorable man, but like you, I don’t think having a real trainer in his corner is going to help Margz deal with the Pac-Monster’s speed, skill, footwork, and considerable (for his size) punching power. http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2154/dougies_massive_monday_mailbag/