Is anybody brave enough to admit they are still an Antonio Margarito fan?

For the record: Cotto's uncle/trainer admitted to not being present when Margo had his hands wrapped. That leads to rampant speculation.

Margo should have been tried for felonious assault with a weapon under California law and wasn't. The price he paid was getting a year off and a huge payday vs. Pac. Not bad.

 

i've always been a fan since he was knocking people's ears off, the wraps scandal disappointed me though, and I honestly think he knew what was being done to his wraps, but he got his ass absolutely destroyed by manny and his eye squashed so I feel like he's paid some of the price

 

"January 28, 2009

Kizer: Margarito Was Clean vs. Cotto


Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, told me "I'm as comfortable as I can be" Margarito's hand wraps and gloves weren't doctored against Miguel Cotto.
By GEORGE WILLIS
Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, said on Wednesday he is "as comfortable as I can be" that Antonio Margarito's hand wraps and gloves weren't doctored during his July victory over Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Margarito's career-defining win over the previously unbeaten Cotto has come into question after two plaster-like pieces were found in Margarito's hand wraps before his bout with Shane Mosley Jan. 24 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The California State Athletic Commission has the two hardened pieces and announced late Wednesday the licenses and Maragarito and his trainer Javier Capetillo were temporarily suspended pending a hearing Feb. 10. A long-term suspension could jeopardize a potential rematch with Cotto this June in the Garden.
Nevada will honor the suspensions while the investigation continues. "We're definitely going to listen to whatever California says when they finish their investigation," Kizer said. "We would hope it was all on the up and up and it was a misunderstanding. But I'm sure California will do a thorough job and let the fans and the media and everyone know what happened."
Kizer is sure everything was on the "up-and-up" in July when Margarito took the WBA welterweight title from Cotto with an 11th round TKO. Cotto dropped to a knee twice in the 11th beaten, battered and bloodied by a relentless two-fisted assault by Margarito. Cotto's face looked disfigured from the damage.
Margarito not only won the title that night, but superstar status that resulted in a record crowd of nearly 21,000 fans at the Staples Center for the fight with Mosley. But word came just before the bout that Margarito's hands had to wrapped three times and HBO commentator Larry Merchant told viewers that "an illegal pad" was found in Margarito's wraps, "something that would harden when wet."
Jim Lampley later referred to it as an "illegal implement," adding "inevitably, the question will arise, 'Did he have that in the hand wrap last July. Did it harden like plaster of Paris? Was it a factor in the fight."
Kizer is confident the rules and procedures in Nevada prevent any irregularities during hand wrapping and putting on the gloves. "We have experienced inspectors not only watching the hands being wrapped, but also the gloves being put on," Kizer said. "They feel the wraps and sign them and then the gloves and sign them."
One difference between Nevada and Calfornia is that Nevada provides the gauze for the hand wrappings, while California allows fighters to use their own gauze.

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"I'm pleased with the process we have in Nevada," Kizer said. "Not only does it stop anybody who tries to do something like that, it stops anybody who is thinking about doing it."

Just some food for thought. :deal

 

The hardest mother****er in the boxing game. The Margarito from the Pacquia fight, beats any 154 pounder with the exception of Martinez. Even than its a toss up in my opinion. So yeah, I'm a fan. Boxing needs more Margs.

Oh and he would not pull a Mayweather stunt, he would have beaten the **** out of Ortiz fair and square, even after the 10th ****ing hug Ortiz was offering.

 

Did you see loaded gloves in that fight?:roll:

 

Of course he did; however, he doesn't know who he needs to turn the evidence over to.

 

I still like him. Don't really know why, I guess I just like his style. His output and aggressivness are awesome.

 

Why do fraud gayweather's fans downgrade and dislike margarito who has fought anybody worth mentioning not named gayweather, and loved and glorify ortiz' accomplishment which is basically nonexistent ?

 

he's a bad ass mutha****a!

 

Puertorican and fan of him

 

Get ready to get disowned by your Boricua brothers!

That's if you really are PR.

 

Cotto is not really well liked over here, some people believe Marg cheated, some believe that Cotto's lifestyle just caught up to him. I always felt he was overrated, used to tell everyone that if he beat Marg that then I would start respecting him.

 

Why is that? Honestly, he seems aloof on camera, but then again some people are just charismatic more than others. Any reasoning on why some PRs don't like him?

 

You're just plainly talking w/o evidence. Go research

 

He hung out a lot, got drunk a lot, don't know how he is now but it was like that a few years back, plus there's a lot of stories about just being kinda an ******* with people, but right now he seems more friendly and outgoing,