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By Keith Idec
Antonio Margarito’s New York licensing saga is over, but another controversy related to his rematch against Miguel Cotto will not go away.
As the fighters prepare to head to New York for their Dec. 3 fight at Madison Square Garden, Cotto continues to call Margarito a “criminal” because the WBA super welterweight champion is certain his rival used illegal hand wraps during their first fight in July 2008. There’s no evidence Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs, 1 NC) had plaster-like pads in his hand wraps the night he stopped Cotto in the 11th round of their bloody brawl in Las Vegas, but the three-division champ is convinced his opponent cheated.
Cotto has repeatedly presented pictures of what he believes is a crack in Margarito’s hardened hand wraps, taken in the immediate aftermath of their WBA welterweight title fight at MGM Grand.
“Playing with the health of somebody else, of a human being, playing with his health, [is attempting] to kill, because he used plaster on his wraps,” Cotto said. “To me, that’s really like a criminal because he used a weapon." [Click Here To Read More]
Antonio Margarito’s New York licensing saga is over, but another controversy related to his rematch against Miguel Cotto will not go away.
As the fighters prepare to head to New York for their Dec. 3 fight at Madison Square Garden, Cotto continues to call Margarito a “criminal” because the WBA super welterweight champion is certain his rival used illegal hand wraps during their first fight in July 2008. There’s no evidence Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs, 1 NC) had plaster-like pads in his hand wraps the night he stopped Cotto in the 11th round of their bloody brawl in Las Vegas, but the three-division champ is convinced his opponent cheated.
Cotto has repeatedly presented pictures of what he believes is a crack in Margarito’s hardened hand wraps, taken in the immediate aftermath of their WBA welterweight title fight at MGM Grand.
“Playing with the health of somebody else, of a human being, playing with his health, [is attempting] to kill, because he used plaster on his wraps,” Cotto said. “To me, that’s really like a criminal because he used a weapon." [Click Here To Read More]
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