Poll: Did Margarito have illegal hand wraps for his fight against Cotto?

[WetSexyLlamaPR]

Did Antonio Margarito have an unfair advantage for his fight against Miguel Cotto? I think he did. The damage on Cotto's face was something I had never seen before in a fighter. Plus you don't just start illegally wrapping your hand in your 40th professional fight. Screw Antonio "Plaster of Paris" Margarito. Plaster of paris. Unfuc.kinbeievable...

[WetSexyLlamaPR]

Officials found what one doctor described as plaster of Paris hidden in the wrapped hands of Antonio Margarito (above left at the weigh-in Friday) shortly before the welterweight champion's title defense against Shane Mosley (above right) on Saturday at the Staples Center, leading to accusations that Margarito may have been trying to cheat.

According to Judd Burstein, the attorney for Mosley, Margarito had wet pads in the wrapping. Mosley's doctor, Robert Olvera, likened the material to the type of plaster used to make casts.

"It gets hard and mobile," said Olvera, who said he scratched the pad and "flakes of plaster of Paris" came off.

Burstein said he seized the pad removed from the wrapping and another pad found in Margarito's dressing room. Both were placed in a sealed box that was given to Dean Lohuis of the California Boxing Commission for further study.

Burstein said representatives of both boxers "discussed this exact issue" at Friday's rules meeting "and they went ahead and violated it."

After the su****ious pads were removed from Margarito's dressing room, the boxer's hands were rewrapped and the fight went off on time. Because the violation was caught before Margarito stepped into the ring, Margarito's camp will likely be subject to little more than a disciplinary action if the substance is found to be illegal.

Nazzim Richardson, the trainer for Mosley, was the first to notice something unusual about Margarito's wrap job and asked officials to take the tape off. That's when the foreign substance was discovered, seized and placed in a box for investigation after the bout.

"That's a serious offense," an official with Golden Boy, Mosley's promoter, said. "That's cheating."

Mosley was informed of the discovery before the fight, Burstein said. According to the lawyer, Mosley said he took that as evidence that Margarito "was scared" going into the bout.

Todd duBoef, president of Top Rank, Margarito's promoter, shrugged and said he was told only that "additional gauze" had been taken off his fighter's hand wraps.

-- Kevin Baxter and Lance Pugmire

[Reggie Miller]

Yes.........

[Silencers]

I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

[AztecWanker]

you're in no position to talk **** wetsexyllamaPR. your boy tito is still the poster boy "special" hand wraps.

[revs1227]

no shot ..im pissed they found anything at all its just taking away from mosleys win ..he could have had steel in his gloves he woulda still won ..mosley won every round and koed him

[Cadillac Kevin]

of course he did.

[PlasticFlamingo]

Why begin now? Today he was a clear favorite, going against an "old" Mosley. Why not do it against a huge welterweight in Paul Williams or a relentless warrior in Cotto?

[WetSexyLlamaPR]

you're in no position to talk **** wetsexyllamaPR. your boy tito is still the poster boy "special" hand wraps.

So because you think another fighter has done it it's ok for Marge to do it? Your not a fan of boxing if you excuse this de****able act that can ruin a man's career. Boxing is already a dangerous enough sport when it's fair. You get nothing from me.

[MANGLER]

Makes sense for Cotto's fans to jump all over this now. They got a new excuse. I don't know if he was doin dirt before or not, but Marg's gonna have some explainin to do.