Caught with what??? NEVER seen any real substance besides HBO's propaganda against him because he deflowered their baby Cotto. The Mosley fight was another fight in which a "Juiced" to the gills Shane beat a Flu stricken didnt train for 2 weeks Margarito.
Anyways... Yeah, I remained a fan.
- -I you hate ****, you'll be happy to know Marg always faught in commish approved gloves.
I'm a fan, Dude's like straight out of a comic book.
I know there's plenty of moral police in the world, I really don't give any ****s so you can save it. I like boxing's bad guys as much as the good guys. They all make the sport great.
Theaganese VS Euthymos happened in the 400sBC. We, 'boxing' fans, don't talk about it much, but, it's actually a really popular story among archaic era historians because of the depth and magnitude of the fight brought on by the contrast of characters. Theaganese was the bad guy, breaking traditions and dishonoring gods and champions. Euthymos was the good guy, undefeated, returning champion and the golden standard for what it means to be a champion of zeus. So much so the ancients would say fighters with a lot of heart had "euthymachos".
Yankee Sullivan was an OG badass who took a militia to stop, no hyperbole, and because he was such a wanted criminal who was so popular politics and crime reports centered around him in newspapers of the era, when he lost to Tom Hyer, the American, it made the American boxing scene a national phenomenon that would overtake British boxing within a generation making it a global sport that we enjoy today.
Okay, so Margarito's not nearly quality enough nor bad enough to really compare to a dude whose story has lasted over a millennium or to a guy whose popularity was great enough to spark a worldwide interest in the sport, but, he was a good opponent for anyone and a fine character for the sport.
I really like him before the mosley bout.
An underdog that gotten his dues after the cotto fight, great chin and has a style that would cause problems to many.
After being caught, i stopped being a fan, i now just like his style in fantasy matchups against the current crop of welterweights and many others.
Prime version of him was good enough to be intriguing
Did Team Cotto and every other fighter's team failed to do their job but checking Margarito's gloves? Didn't all of them watch him get his hands wrapped?
Watching Cotto on the 24/7 show crying with the little tablet in his hand trying to convince everybody that margarito cheated him was downright pathetic and funny at the same time. Cotto was reaching so hard, it was hilarious.
I mean what kind of fighter cries like him after getting brutalized into submission. Cotto lost fair and square so he comes off as a punk crybaby making excuses.
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