If Margarito would have lost to Cotto...

[Bosompincher]

This is imbecilic almost beyond compare on this forum. It's up there. If Marg was not caught red-handed tryin' to cheat via illegal wraps, none of his victories could be called into question. But now they all are diminished by the shadow of this dishonorable conduct. Every time you bring it up, you shed shame upon him whos nuts you hold in your mouth; Margarito. :*******:

You should cut your losses and move on...

LOL

BP

[KESSLER]

Not a problem then and I can understand where you are coming from We all have our opinions on things but you can still go and **** YOURSELF ok no hard feelings LOL

BP

What the **** are you talking about quoting me telling me to go **** myself?

[Bosompincher]

What the **** are you talking about quoting me telling me to go **** myself?

Sorry buddy mistaken quote, I don't know how your post got in thereLOL

It's all good!

BP

[MonsieurGeorges]

...Cotto fans wouldn't be making half the fuss they're making now about Tony's hand wraps. They're just using this issue to justify the hatred they feel against Margarito for busting up thier idol and giving him his first defeat.

Cotto fans are more "up in arms" about the whole issue than SHANE MOSLEY, who on the contrary is really not that bothered by it. I just don't get it. Let it go. He got caught. He's suspended. The issue has been settled.

I agree with you that people should stop talking about it but at the same time I believe that if the fight had gone on exactly as it did with the only difference being that cotto managed to box his way to the end of the fight he would of still had sustained a lot of damage/cuts/etc. from a guy with loaded gloves and that is still cause for concern. Too bad we will probably never know for sure.
When you watch the fight it's clear that Margarito seemed to be more on point in the Cotto fight than with Shane and it's entirely possible that Margarito beat Cotto fair and square. And Tony lost to Shane Mosley because he was backed up, out-maneuvered and getting hit hard, you can't point to that loss and say "look, Margarito is nothing without his loaded gloves"! And for those that would point to other guys that Tony fought saying he hit way harder in the later rounds, well thats like shooting an arrow into the woods and painting a bullseye around it.
Mainly it's a bull**** scandal thats bad for the sport and it should be forgotten because we can't go back in time to check his hands for every fight and they already gave him as big a punishment as he'll get

[KESSLER]

Sorry buddy mistaken quote, I don't know how your post got in thereLOL

It's all good!

BP

All good then.

[Mr. Ryan]

If Barry Bonds hadn't broken Henry Aaron's homerun record, people wouldn't sweat his steroid abuse.

When you gain from your cheating (or alleged cheating), people tend to frown on ill-gotten gains.

[KJB]

...Cotto fans wouldn't be making half the fuss they're making now about Tony's hand wraps. They're just using this issue to justify the hatred they feel against Margarito for busting up thier idol and giving him his first defeat.

Cotto fans are more "up in arms" about the whole issue than SHANE MOSLEY, who on the contrary is really not that bothered by it. I just don't get it. Let it go. He got caught. He's suspended. The issue has been settled.

People are up in arms because its a horrible thing that happened. If Margarito did indeed use loaded wraps against Cotto, a year suspension isnt any kind of retribution.
And NO, there is no "proof" he used the loaded wraps. Logical deduction does, however, indicate that it was very likely.

[KJB]

Cotto couldn't back Margarito up period. Shane did.

Nobody seems to take into account that maybe, despite being a good fighter, Cotto just doesn't hit that hard.

Shane had power and speed that hurt Margarito, Cotto didn't have either.


Wraps or not, nothing changes that fact.

Cotto hits VERY hard. Cotto landed more punches than Margarito, and was landing cleaner and harder punches on Margarito in that fight. Say what you will, but revisiting that fight its very fishy.

[Spray_resistant]

...Cotto fans wouldn't be making half the fuss they're making now about Tony's hand wraps. They're just using this issue to justify the hatred they feel against Margarito for busting up thier idol and giving him his first defeat.

Cotto fans are more "up in arms" about the whole issue than SHANE MOSLEY, who on the contrary is really not that bothered by it. I just don't get it. Let it go. He got caught. He's suspended. The issue has been settled.

But that is not what happened....Margarito won, and the win resulted in things being revealed which brought other issues(ko's) into question....soooooo this thread is pointless

[El Chicano]

Cotto hits VERY hard. Cotto landed more punches than Margarito, and was landing cleaner and harder punches on Margarito in that fight. Say what you will, but revisiting that fight its very fishy.

Apparently he doesn't punch hard enough, cuz his shot had little effect on Tony. Shane hurt Tony from the get go. The difference: Punching Power. Cotto doesn't hit nearly as hard as his fans suggest. That's what allowed Tony to get to him, loaded gloves or not.