Margarito Eyes Cotto Rematch, Mosley Wrongdoing Denied

[PeterinMI]

I would say this rematch is in jeopardy now. We'll see though.

I would say that Margarito is in trouble period if he steps in the ring. If there is ever a fighter who is inviting beer bottles and other abuse to be rained upon him then he is the one.

[TRUE WARRIOR!!!]

im not surprised cotto wants no part of margarito the man who ruined him.

[Pullcounter]

You guys are missing the point. You got Cotto, a young, undefeated, skillfull master of his craft. who will probably never be the same fighter and will probably only achieve half of what he had the potential to achieve, because of some oversized, skill less peice of sh:t who ought to be banned from boxing for life decided to cheat rather then train hard. It's a ****in shame.

not to nitpick but...

- cotto's not undefeated anymore
- cotto wasnt smart enough to hit marg w/ bodyshots
- cotto wasnt smart enough to hold we he needed to
- cotto still has stamina problems

[Pullcounter]

Cotto vs Mosley PPV
Cotto vs Margarito PPV

Mosley vs Margarito regular HBO

I rest my case!!!!!

honestly i think hbo made mosley/marg regular hbo because of the economy

[americanme]

not to nitpick but...

- cotto's not undefeated anymore
- cotto wasnt smart enough to hit marg w/ bodyshots
- cotto wasnt smart enough to hold we he needed to
- cotto still has stamina problems

-cotto beat Shane

[adamisr]

What a night!

I usually read all the post but rarely post myself but what happened Saturday made me decide to post.

First it was a great fight plan by Shane & his corner. Some of the remarks in between rounds were classic. As the fight started I told my wife I hope Sugar Shane is ok after this fight.

I'm an admitted nut hugger of Cotto but when Margito destroyed him I was in total shock and gained new respect for the Mexican. That being said if the investigation proves that it was plaster in his gloves then he and his corner man should be banned from boxing. He should also have to give up part of his purse.

I personally would like to see the Cotto rematch and think that Cotto needs it for himself.

In any case Saturday proved why boxing is such a great sport. We witnessed an old lion fight the best fight of his carreer when we all thought he was done! We also might have seen the last of a good Mexican warrior!

[Margacheato]

- cotto wasnt smart enough to hit marg w/ bodyshots

Speaking with Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, he never gave a detailed reason, but said Margarito was making it impossible to target the body.

“Believe me when I tell you, I tried, but it was impossible,” Cotto said. “Margarito was doing things that made it impossible for me to do that. I wanted to, but I could not."




Wasn't smart enough to and couldn't are two entirely different things.

[aztecadq]

Espinoza touched on the hand wraps controversy with Margarito. Last Saturday, 30-minutes before Margarito would head to the ring to fight Mosley, a “plaster-like” material was found in Margarito’s wraps by an inspector for the California State Athletic Commission. Mosley’s trainer, ****m Richardson, saw something strange with Margarito’s wraps and asked to feel them.

“When he put the wrapping on, I asked if I could feel it and when I felt it, I was like, ‘Oh my goodness, this is too hard,’ ” Richardson said to Yahoo Sports.

“When the commission flipped the [tape] over, a little block of gauze-like plaster fell out. I said, ‘Unwrap the other hand,’ and they were saying, ‘Oh, oh, the other hand is good.’ I asked the commissioner, ‘What if I unwrap the other hand at the end of the fight and it falls out of there, too?’

Dean Lohuis, the co-interim executive director of the California State Athletic Commission, told Yahoo Sports that both pieces of the plaster-like material were slipped in underneath the legal tape that was already placed on Margarito’s hands by his trainer Javier Capetillo. Mosley’s attorney Judd Burstein had to arrive in the dressing room before a member of the commission put the pieces in a box and handed them to Lohuis.

“[Richardson] made them unwrap it. And when they unwrapped the other hand, another one fell out. It was wet with a little plaster on it.”

Margarito had to rewrap his hands three times before they were deemed legal.

Espinoza says that nobody on Margarito’s team did anything illegal and everything will be cleared up when the California commission is done with their investigation.

"We did not do anything illegal. What happened was that Capetillo prepared the gauzes that are used, two weeks before [the fight] and had them in a lump with cloth that apparently was humid and therefore hardened,” Espinoza said. “There was no substance like that there [the plaster]. The commission asked us to bandage his hands again and we did.”

I'm waiting for what is left of the Margarito fans to come in here and quote what Espinoza said as fact. They're a predictable bunch.

No excuses from this Margarito fan. Remember an investigation is still pending. And if Margarito and his camp are guilty then a punishment should be given. No excuses my boy lost, Cong**** to Mosley and his fans. We'll see what lies ahead in the upcoming months for Margarito. Still proud of what he has done in his career and I know he will come back from this. Viva Margarito!!!

[BattlingNelson]

One of the all-time worst excuses:

"We did not do anything illegal. What happened was that Capetillo prepared the gauzes that are used, two weeks before [the fight] and had them in a lump with cloth that apparently was humid and therefore hardened,” Espinoza said. “There was no substance like that there [the plaster]. The commission asked us to bandage his hands again and we did.”



Other great excuses used by cheaters:
Tyler Hamilton (cycling): My high bloodlevel is caused by an unborn twin in my stomach!

Dieter Baumann (athletics): I'm being framed! Somebody put roids in my toothpaste!

[Pullcounter]

-cotto beat Shane

- mosley wouldve took the fight if it was in vegas
- margarito beat cotto