Originally posted by Ch@mpBox@PR
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Margarito didnt try to kill anyone. Those pads were given to him to have an advantage. Attempted murder is laughable. Every professional boxer when he steps into the ring is capable of murdering another fighter. There are fighters who hit much harder than Margarito could with hand wraps and those guys arent being called for an investigation.
His team did wrong. They are paying for it. I dont think his team used this stuff for any other fight. Or at least i hope not because that would just crush the credibility of boxing. If he did it who knows who else could have used wrapped gloves in thousands of other fights in history.
I think a lot of this is hate towards Margarito and his fans. Everyone on here hated his fans with a passion and hated Margarito's confidence. If this were another fighter who was quiet and didnt have the type of fans Margarito had then this whole situation would have been forgotten by now.
But everyone is entitled to their own beliefs. If it makes Cotto fans sleep better at night thinking Cotto got a whipping from wrapped gloves go ahead you have the right to believe that. Or the fans and Cotto can take their loss like a man and move on because there is no proof to say Margarito used loaded gloves. Cotto had been hurt several times and dropped by several fighters much smaller than Margarito, so in my honest opinion Cotto being beaten up in that fight shouldnt be a big surprise.
In conclusion to this rant, This should be a lesson to everyone in boxing. You should be aware of whats in the gloves of your opponent. Sure it was possible for Margarito to have the wraps in his hands, but Team Cotto didnt care what was in them. Margarito got his punishment, let him ride it out and lets move on.
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