Bob Arum Issues Statement on Antonio Margarito Ban

**GERONIMO** · 02-12-2009, 02:49 PM

Originally posted by BIGPOPPAPUMP

We want to publicly thank the president of the World Boxing Council, Jose Sulaimam, for his forthright and compelling statement regarding the Margarito bandaging situation. [details]

i stopped reading there.
was margarito the wbc champion?

**Emanuel Steward** · 02-12-2009, 02:51 PM

I'm sick and tired of this ****. If it was up to me Margarito would never box again anywhere. He's made his money and was found to be a cheating disgrace. The likelyhood of him not knowing anything about these pads is next to nothing, he blatantly knew they were there. He should take his money and run, him and his trainer knew the rules and the damage they were doing and could do.

How the **** can you not know you've got plaster pads in your gloves? I mean you could feel them easily! He beat Cotto badly and was always very heavy handed with hardly any technique.

Saying Margarito didn't know is simply a joke. He was as guilty as sin.

**El Dominicano** · 02-12-2009, 02:51 PM

Arum! How about Clottey. Shouldn't you worry about tryin to get the dude a fight

**GERONIMO** · 02-12-2009, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by Emanuel Steward

I'm sick and tired of this ****. If it was up to me Margarito would never box again anywhere. He's made his money and was found to be a cheating disgrace. The likelyhood of him not knowing anything about these pads is next to nothing, he blatantly knew they were there. He should take his money and run, him and his trainer knew the rules and the damage they were doing and could do.

How the **** can you not know you've got plaster pads in your gloves? I mean you could feel them easily! He beat Cotto badly and was always very heavy handed with hardly any technique.

Saying Margarito didn't know is simply a joke. He was as guilty as sin.

i thought you said his punishment was excessive?

**El Dominicano** · 02-12-2009, 02:53 PM

How about Clottey you old man!

**savorduhflavor** · 02-12-2009, 02:53 PM

Arum is making himself sound more and more ******.

**Emanuel Steward** · 02-12-2009, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by El Dominicano

How about Clottey you old man!

Clottey is the best welterweight in the sport.

**SlickRikki** · 02-12-2009, 02:54 PM

Originally posted by El Dominicano

Arum! How about Clottey. Shouldn't you worry about tryin to get the dude a fight

your so right lol I was thinking the exact samething.What Arum needs to do is Promote the guy who has potential and is behind the scenes(Clottey) rather than the person who's already been suspended.

Arum just shut up already

**The Gambler1981** · 02-12-2009, 02:55 PM

This is one of the times when you can really see the lawyer in Bob Arum. I do see his point though, I would be upset if a guy I was representing was convicted without decent evidence (of him knowingly cheating with the wraps), you can assume he knew about the wraps, but in a legal preceeding to me assumption is no where near good enough to take away another mans livelyhood.

Although Arum is always out for himself, aslong as you are on the same side as him (and are still of use to him) he will look out for you pretty well.

Bob Arum Issues Statement on Antonio Margarito Ban