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“What bothers me about them is that they feel fine with blaming everything on me, and they take no responsibility,” Capetillo said. “I heard some comments that Sergio made on (HBO’s) 24/7 about how he saw the gauze fall out from Margarito’s wraps before the Mosley fight. That was a lie. He wasn’t even back there [in the dressing room]. And if he was, and he did see something, why didn’t he say anything?
“I think as managers they should have taken some of the responsibility, and they should have stood by me. I gave them my first champion (115-pound beltholder Julio Cesar Borboa). I trained Margarito to a world title. I trained him for almost 10 years. We had 14 title fights, we made eight title defenses. I think I deserved some loyalty from them, and I think they are ungrateful for all the work I did.”
These comments from Capetillo are very telling. He is actually saying that everyone knew about the wraps. Why would the managers take responsibility? Because they knew that Marg was using the wraps, and Marg also knew. The only reason that he is not implicating Marg is bc Marg is still making money and he is getting a cut to keep his trap shut.
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First, Capetillo complains he took all the blame yet, later, claims it was his own "mistake". A "mistake", as he explained, that happened because:What bothers me about them [Margarito’s management team] is that they feel fine with blaming everything on me, and they take no responsibility [...]
I think as managers they should have taken some of the responsibility, and they should have stood by me.
He panicked, made a "mistake" and grabbed the "training gauze", but feels Margarito’s management team should share responsibility.[The Mosley camp went horrible and] I started panicking the week of the fight, I knew we were in deep ****, and we couldn’t tell anyone. It was too late to pull out of the fight. But I want to make it clear that I did not plan what happened. Maybe I was feeling the pressure of the fight and not paying attention to what I was doing when I reached into my bag and grabbed the training gauze, but I didn’t do it on purpose.
I made a mistake. I wasn’t trying to hide anything. I just screwed up, and I did it in front of Mosley’s trainer and the commissioners. I was just under a lot of pressure because I knew we shouldn’t have taken the fight, I knew Tony was in trouble and I knew that I had put him in that position. I wrapped Tony’s hands four times in front of Mosley’s trainer and the commissioners and two representatives from Golden Boy after they found the gauze. I admitted then that I made a mistake
Perhaps this "mistake" was a concerted effort and the "panic" was a little more widespread.Last edited by old68; 11-10-2010, 07:50 PM.Comment
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Why would commissions allow trainers to use pre-made knuckle pads in the first place? Surely the commissions have closed this loophole by now, haven't they?Comment
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What strikes me as speaking volumes in Cap's words are that on the one hand he says he's sorry for Margarito for what he done, understands.
He then goes on to half avoid too much responsibility for the wraps from what I saw.
So what is he apologising for exactly?
The whole thing stinks.
He intentionally wrapped Marg's hands with hard gauze on a few occasions completely knowingly and planned, it doesn't just happen.
Furthermore Freddie and many are absolutely right, Tony had to have known normal wraps weren't on his hand, but instead ones with hard gauze in were.Comment
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