Margarito won't apologize for wraps - ESPN

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  1. Morrissey

    Morrissey Underrated Full Member

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    http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=5061760

    Margarito defiantly claimed both innocence and ignorance when he finally spoke at length Tuesday about the glove-loading scandal early last year that led to the revocation of his California boxing license and a 16-month ring absence, which will end next month in Mexico.

    "Speaking vigorously in rapid-fire Spanish, Margarito said he sees no reason to apologize for the illegal hand wraps that led to his yearlong suspension because he never knew his former trainer, Javier Capetillo, was breaking any rules by using forbidden substances in the wraps.

    "All these people that say things about me don't know me, don't know my history," Margarito said through a translator at the downtown Millennium Biltmore Hotel. "The way I box has always been clean. Nobody has a clear idea what happened that night, and now I'm going to show who I am."

    Margarito repeatedly claimed he knew nothing about any irregular gauze pads inserted into his hand wraps for his fight against Sugar Shane Mosley in January 2009, and his camp has debated the very illegality of the substances. When Mosley's trainer objected to Capetillo's wraps, officials discovered the pads, which apparently were loaded with a substance resembling plaster."
     
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  2. sean

    sean pale peice of pig`s ear Full Member

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    a fighter like margarito who would have his hands wrapped a thousand times pleading innocent to illegal hand wraps is about as beleivable as something that comes out of a politicans mouth.
     
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  3. boxingscience

    boxingscience Boxing Addict Full Member

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    not surprised. lost all respect for him once i found out he tried to cheat against mosley.
     
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  4. Danny-boy

    Danny-boy Active Member Full Member

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    should let him fight mosley again, but shane gets to use big hammers
     
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  5. KayEpps

    KayEpps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Maybe - just maybe - he really didn't know.

    But honestly - I really don't give a ****. He did his year - so let him get back to making a living.
     
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  6. Abdullah

    Abdullah Boxing Junkie banned

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    This.
     
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  7. Cobbler

    Cobbler Shoemaker To The Stars Full Member

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    "I'm completely innocent. And I had no knowledge whatsoever of the thing that I didn't do"...
     
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  8. Abdullah

    Abdullah Boxing Junkie banned

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    This also.
     
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  9. ImElvis666

    ImElvis666 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm far too cynical to believe that bull****. The only possible way for Margarito to squirm his way out of it is to claim to be oblivious to the whole thing. I mean really! They were going on to his own ****ing hands. There is no way in hell I'll ever pay to see this man fight again or do anything to support him in any way. Boxing fans need to send a message out to boxers that this **** will not be tolerated. He could have killed someone. :twisted:
     
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  10. ImElvis666

    ImElvis666 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's the only possible excuse he can use to get back his licence. Why am I not surprised he said this. **** him and the horse he rode in on.
     
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  11. miketysonko

    miketysonko Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :deal

    Hope he never gets to fight in the US again
     
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  12. snakeface

    snakeface The Woodside Hurricane Full Member

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    reminds me of this. ...

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDuDIR0_KhQ[/ame]


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riWyFKYMGdo&feature=related[/ame]
     
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  13. snakeface

    snakeface The Woodside Hurricane Full Member

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    he can fight under circus tents in tijuana next to the donkey shows
     
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  14. miketysonko

    miketysonko Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :deal
     
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  15. Morrissey

    Morrissey Underrated Full Member

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    Poll added, just to get a pulse of our feelings and probably thoughts about this development.
     
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