Let's put an end to this Margarito and plaster nonsense.

[deathofaclown]

To me it's obvious he didn't use them

The damage he did to Cotto was congruent with the amount of times he was hitting him.

Of course Cotto fans are NEVER going to stop using it as an inbuilt excuse for the loss, but if Margarito had loaded wraps Cotto would have looked deformed after the fight and he didnt

I agree.

Also, if you watch their rematch, Margarito was actually starting to get to Cotto for a couple of rounds before it got stopped, and let's be fair, the damage was already done to the eye before the fight.

If not for the eye problem, the side was turning it was actually starting to play out similar to the first fight except Cotto was much more cautious and might've survived.

[man down]

They did not find plaster, they found traces of calcium and sulfer.

Do you know what makes plaster?

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/03/margarito-wraps.html

[dukesville]

Do you know what makes plaster?

Yes, and i repeat they did not find plaster. Did you know sweat contains calcium? That would be present on used pads/wraps. Did you know that Richardson was allowed the take the pad to the Mosley locker room to do their own "examination?"...why? Now go do some reading about Richardson and see the type of person he is.

[man down]

Yes, and i repeat they did not find plaster. Did you know sweat contains calcium? That would be present on used pads/wraps. Did you know that Richardson was allowed the take the pad to the Mosley locker room to do their own "examination?"...why? Now go do some reading about Richardson and see the type of person he is.

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/03/margarito-wraps.html

Did you watch the vid where old pads dropped out from the wraps?

[chrisJS]

Didn’t the wraps he got caught with bare exact resemblance to the ones from the Cotto fight? I remember seeing him celebrating in the ring and it was pointed out the exact same area for a blood stain and a clear crack in the plaster after the Cotto fight.

The power is the last thing to go and Margarito hasn’t been able to crack an egg since.

[dukesville]

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/spo...ito-wraps.html
Did you watch the vid where old pads dropped out from the wraps?

I have read those articles have you looked into what I have told you? Like I told you already, ask yourself why would the commission let Richardson and his team take a pad to their locker room? Even if a representative is there why go behind closed doors? Thats just one of many...don't blind yourself and make up your mind without knowing all available facts.

[just the facts]

He beat cotto fair and square. Every time cotto lost there was excuse, literally every time.

Isn’t that true with almost every fighter?

[Fabes88]

I think he did. There’s no logical reason he’d use them against Mosley and not cotto. Cotto was the boogeyman at that point. The beast that made floyd quit and mosely was seen as over the hill and lucky to get by mayorga in his previous fight

[pillowfists98]

This was the most overblown "scandal" in boxing history. Ricans just use it as an excuse for why Margarito got Cotto to take a knee like a *****.

[man down]

Didn’t the wraps he got caught with bare exact resemblance to the ones from the Cotto fight? I remember seeing him celebrating in the ring and it was pointed out the exact same area for a blood stain and a clear crack in the plaster after the Cotto fight.

The power is the last thing to go and Margarito hasn’t been able to crack an egg since.

Yes, they were asked to remove the wraps and the pads fell out and had blood stain on them. They were used in another fight and when asked about them the trainer said they from another fighter in the gym and get got them mixed up. It's all in the HBO video I posted.
Some people just want to defend the guy lol.