“Fighting Words” – Punishing Margarito: A Year or A Career?

[bobbyb363]

Steroids don't make you ripped or fast.

I have to disagree with you here. Did you see Ben Johnson in the Olympics blow out Carl Lewis.
It may not make you ripped but it can make you fast.

[FeFist]

a year. this is his livelyhood a life ban is too harsh.

Boxing is also Mosley's livelyhood, ( You can add Cotto, Cintron and a lot of over names he has fought to the list). He not only risked their careers but there actual safety.

I would personally ban him from the sport for good a clear message needs to be sent out that whether you're a big or small fighter, you do that **** your career is over.

[FeFist]

For some reason having loaded gloves is considered worse than using performance enhancers. I dont understand how they get a pass, cheating is cheating but thats just the way it is. Bull**** if you ask me.

Say I'm running a race.

I take steroids to boost my stamina and win the race.

I pay someone to shatter the legs of my main rival and go on to win the race.

It's not hard to spot the difference and figure out which is worse. Don't pretend they are one in the same. What Margarito did put someone's heatlh at severe risk.

[Pullcounter]

I have to disagree with you here. Did you see Ben Johnson in the Olympics blow out Carl Lewis.
It may not make you ripped but it can make you fast.

but it didn't help vargas or toney

[KingTito]

Don't let him fight anymore.

[vrodz]

While I would have loved to see a Cotto Margarito rematch I agree that he should be banned for life. This is a very serious offense. Someone could have gotten career ending injuries or even killed.

Not knowing your braking the law will not get you off the hook if you get cougth. And some of the MArgo fans will say that he did not commit the crime, but he sure as hell had all the intent in the world, it's the same thing. If he had not gotten cought previously he would have done the Crime so... ban him for life.

[vrodz]

a year. this is his livelyhood a life ban is too harsh.

He should of thought of that before trying to cheat.

[Dave Rado]

^^ see here we go...

why is it o.k. for some people to support cheaters....MOSLEY is a ****in cheater too...and he should be punished somehow...

It's too late to suspend him because it was five years ago but I agree he should be punished with a fine - and he probably will be. But taking steroids is not remotely comparable with using paster - plaster is a far more serious offence. He could have killed Mosley.

[Dave Rado]

I have to disagree with you here. Did you see Ben Johnson in the Olympics blow out Carl Lewis.
It may not make you ripped but it can make you fast.

Different kind of fast - 100m runners rely on having very powerful legs to give them their burst of running speed. The speed in that case is an indirect by-product of the power in their legs. Power in a boxer doesn't make him faster. Mosley wasn't any faster than usual in the De La Hoya fight.

Not defending him, BTW, he should be fined. But it didn't increase his speed.

[Dave Rado]

He should of thought of that before trying to cheat.

The whole "livelihood" argument is bull anyway - the guy's already a multi-millionaire.