Antonio Margarito? A coward? A cheat?

[ShalafiV.2]

First of all, I just wanna say, I ain't trying to justify Margs attempt to cheat against Mosley. Just before anyone thinks that.

Anyway, before the Mosley fight, he was respected, a man who once fought fully grown men as a boy, a man who would walk through hell to get to you, a man who would never give up, a real all heart warrior. Then, we find out he cheated, and that all goes. Now, fair enough... what he tried to do was bad, but still, don't you find it funny,

A man who would load his gloves to win, would be the same boy who fought fully grown men at the age of 16... a man who came out for the 9th round against Mosley knowing that he would be stopped, but still fighting on.

I still have some respect for Antonio Margarito, he still is a tough guy, he still has heart, I still respect his will of iron, his granite chin... the dude is tough, and he did it the hard way most of his career. Just because he tried to cheat once, doesn't mean we should trash his entire career. Plaster in his gloves didn't help him walk through the punches of huge hitters like Cotto and Cintron, he still showed a great chin against Mosley... how many guys would've lasted that long against such sustained punishment?

I ain't a big fan of Tony, I ain't tryin' to justify him cheating.. but, don't just hate because it's popular to do so. Think about it...

Would a coward have came out for the 9th round?

Great post mate, I wish more people shared your vision and objectivity. Very impartial and well written post, unfortunately most people only read the fine print and automatically hate for no real reason, whether is spite, sourness, jealousy, you name it, it's part of being human but some people are just more ignorant than others, green K coming your way.

[T-97]

marg, weather or not he cheated, landed the shots necessary to beat cotto, and he can take an ass whoopin. So i respect him for that. On the low end, hes a cheating ass *****.

Pretty much.

The guy took a beating off Cotto, and still rallied and won. He took huge shots off Cintron (Who is, to be fair, ****. But still a big puncher) and made him cry, and even when Knocked Out by Mosley, it took a hell of a beat down to do it.

But yeah, the cheating does tarnish him. Just not 100%, IMO.

[Little Killer]

Right, so you've seen all of his fights from his younger days then, yeah? From the clips I've seen, Margarito was not the bigger guy at all. He was a small teenager, fighting fully grown men.

I am talking about against Mosley

He was lucky he was NOT fighting against Williams, he would have been schooled for the second time

[jmmfan]

Cotto stans, report in for duty!

[T-97]

I am talking about against Mosley

He was lucky he was NOT fighting against Williams, he would have been schooled for the second time

Ahh, I'm with you.

As for "schooled for the second time", I wouldn't call a 7-5 Decision win a schooling. Paul schooled him the first 6, then got the **** beat out him 7 through 11, and managed to pull it out his ass in the 12. That was a close fight, a clear win for Paul, but not a schooling for sure.

[MANGLER]

He ain't a coward, but he's still a ****. Fool was tryin to hurt SSM wit some illegal ****.

[J.Dempsey]

dunno man, boxing is a sport where u cud do serious damage to ur opponent, brain damage or even death, if it is true about the plaster (i haven't read into all the facts etc) then he deserves a right bollockin, thats not just cheating thats with intent to seriously damage the other man..

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

I dunno, I don't think a lay off will affect I guy like Marg too much. He doesn't have the style that would be affected too much by it IMO. In a way, I could see him coming back more determined, to prove that he isn't the coward/cheat that everyone wants to label him... and Antonio Margarito on a mission could 'cause trouble for a lot of guys out there....

Yeah, I still can't believe he tried to cheat. He just doesn't seem that sort of guy. I'm a huge Cotto fan, and that fight to me, is now in a lot of question. I'm not jumping around screaming that he did cheat against Cotto, but the possibility is there, which will forever taint that win...

Style wise you may be right but a long layoff for a fighter his age is not good. I would be shocked to be honest with you if he comes back the same fighter. You can't have that much time off and not be affected by it.

He also suffered a brutal KO at the hands of Mosley and I wonder how that will effect him.

Just real ****** on his and Capetillo's part.......real ******.

[T-97]

dunno man, boxing is a sport where u cud do serious damage to ur opponent, brain damage or even death, if it is true about the plaster (i haven't read into all the facts etc) then he deserves a right bollockin, thats not just cheating thats with intent to seriously damage the other man..

By all evidence gathered, it was plaster. It contained certain elements (Can't remember what now though), that are common in Plaster of Paris.... and no doubt, he fucked up big time with that ****.

[jpitt]

marg, weather or not he cheated, landed the shots necessary to beat cotto, and he can take an ass whoopin. So i respect him for that. On the low end, hes a cheating ass *****.

C'mon man. He landed the shots but every one of them was more than likely enhanced by his loaded wraps. Use your head.