Bob Arum: ‘If this was anyone other than a Mexican kid....

[mellow_mood]

....there would have been a different result!'

Bob Arum on the one year suspension of Antonio Margarito by the CSAC.

I agree.

Your thoughts?

disagree!!!!

arum is full of ****!!! hes using this to make him look good with mexicans.. and everybody knows this!! zab juda got a year suspension..... for his incident....

margie is lucky that they are only giving him one year... and les hope that the "results" come clean! as i expected. But seriously.... hes been lucky .. one year.. its like a long layoff....

margie took almost 8 to 9 months almost to fight again after his last win....

so in other words... pss.... they csac didnt do **** with him... just 3 months of punishment.. if you look it well...

they only gave margie 3 month of ban... for trying to cheat in a championship fight!!

he deserves to be ban for a longer period!!! arum is full of ****.. and i hope that cotto breaks his relation with top rank!

[El Chicano]

Arum threw it out there cuz he knows there is a significant anti-Mexican (immigrant) sentiment in Cali. The validity of his argument is up for discussion. I agree with the part of his statement that implies there is animosity towards Mexicans in California. As far as the one year suspension goes, I could care less, Tony got what he got. He'll probably fight in TJ anyway. What's interesting is that Shane Mosley himself feels that the punishment was too harsh.

[βetamax]

It would be naive to suggest that there isn't an anti-Mexican sentiment out there but you have to look at the facts of the situation and the punishment before proclaiming this to be an injustice. As far as I can tell no one else, including Mexicans, thinks the decision was unfair let alone racist.

[Viva Chihuaha!!]

Arum threw it out there cuz he knows there is a significant anti-Mexican (immigrant) sentiment in Cali. The validity of his argument is up for discussion. I agree with the part of his statement that implies there is animosity towards Mexicans in California. As far as the one year suspension goes, I could care less, Tony got what he got. He'll probably fight in TJ anyway. What's interesting is that Shane Mosley himself feels that the punishment was too harsh.

Why is there an anti-mexican sentiment in so-Cal?
If Margi fights in Mexico, will this anti-mexican mentality get worse?

Personally, I thought a one year ban was lax...very lax.
Margarito should've been banned for a lot more.....

[PoetryInMotion]

My thought is that im not buying some white guy who is making millions off of this "mexican kid" as being pro mexican. He's trying to salvage as many of Margs mexican fans as he can.

[The Surgeon]

I dont know about no discrimanation in Cali im from ARBROATH but what i DO know is Margarito cheated and was let off lightly!

[Jairus-Z]

Mosley is known to be "Mr. Nice Guy" so his opinion isn't interesting nor does it surprise anyone, except Margarito sympathizers who wants to use Mosley's opinion to justify their feelings that the punishment was too harsh.

What I find interesting is that the Margarito sympathizers, and I'm willing to be that most are Mexicans, are over looking the obvious fact that he was going to fight Mosley with LOADED ****IN' GLOVES! "uh, I didn't know anything" is something a child would use and Margarito doesn't strike me to have an intelligence of a child (He wears glasses!! That totally adds 10+ to your I.Q.!) So I ask you Marge fanboys, what kind of punishment should he have gotten that would've sufficed? Nothing? Since this threads insinuates his punishment was given becuase HE WAS MEXICAN, I highly doubt any of you apologists would have the same attitue if Mosley was caught attempting to fight with foreign **** in his gloves.

In short, a big **** YOU to sympathizers who feels it was race that led to the CASC ruling. Eat a ****, ya ****ing biggots. Margacheato.

[optkliluzn]

Bullcrap the guy got caught with inserts in his hand wraps.....dont anyone tell me the damn boxer who makes his living with his hands is not paying attention to what is being done whne they are wrapped...give me a break....Margarito knew better.....I dont care what race you are you should be punished! Hell Arum's just mad he cant take the mexican kids money now!

....there would have been a different result!'

Bob Arum on the one year suspension of Antonio Margarito by the CSAC.

I agree.

Your thoughts?

[Pullcounter]

what arum really means: "its only unfair if a fighter in my stable gets their licesne revoked for cheating."

[larryx]

arum just shut up..margo cheated and is being punished