Why can't a line be drawn under the 'concrete gloves' scandal?

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  1. Iron Mike

    Iron Mike Active Member Full Member

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    The fact is, Margarito was caught with an illegal substance in his wraps before the Mosley fight, a substance that was designed to set and harden in order to cause devastating damage to his opponent.

    I refuse to believe that he was unaware of what was going on, and him piling all the blame onto his trainer was a desperate attempt to save his tattered reputation.

    Also, I cannot believe that it was a one off occurence. Why would it be? The Cotto fight was seen as a far more dangerous fight than the Mosley fight, so there is no real reason to suggest he would have only used the wraps for the Mosley fight.

    Him now calling out Cotto and questioning his guts is despicable. Margarito for me is a coward and does not deserve to share the ring with a true champion like Cotto, who should not give him the privilege.
     
  2. El Terrible

    El Terrible Active Member Full Member

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  3. Royal-T-Bag

    Royal-T-Bag Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I wanna see it again. If Margo was wearing loaded gloves then Cotto should have no problem laying an ass whippin on him this time without them. So if you are anti Margarito and you believe he wore loaded wraps you should hope him and Cotto have a rematch so Cotto can get revenge and whup his cheating ass. But if Margo does the same **** or KO's him even sooner then we can know he was cheating in the first fight.
     
  4. Iron Mike

    Iron Mike Active Member Full Member

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    I would like to see the fight yes, but Margarito has done nothing to deserve it.

    I think Cotto did real damage to Margarito in the fight, more than people realise. I think he really damaged Margarito's punch resistance which contributed to him getting plastered by Mosley.

    Cotto UD if it happens again I think.
     
  5. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    I think Margarito wants a big pay day. Margarito isn't worth Cotto's time.
     
  6. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Rockgloves doesn't deserve a rematch. Since being beaten to pieces by Mosley and his lay-off, what has he done to deserve another shot at Cotto? Secondly, whether Rockgloves won a rematch with Cotto would tell us nothing about the first fight.
     
  7. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Cotto took career limiting damage against a guy who in all likelihood had his gloves loaded right to the brim. A rematch would never be a useful indicator about whether Rockgloves cheated the first time around since they're not the same fighters who went at it the first time around. Cotto is getting quite shopworn and just isn't the same guy he used to be.
     
  8. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    Anyone who belives that the Nevada State Athletic Commission supplied Tony with loaded wraps for the Cotto fight needs to be banned from ESB.
     
  9. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    Anyone who thinks Pavlik is going to send Martinez home on a stretcher needs to be banned too, but we do have some compassion for stupidity.
     
  10. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    Margarito belongs in prison. Though he's as shameless as his fans and would go out calling out guys that he beat asking them for rematches as he has done his entire career calling out, fighting, cheating and losing to guys half his size. Why doesn't he rematch a guy that beat him in Paul Williams?, why not offer Martinez a rematch?

    This guy is a scumbag like his fans and whoever follows him. That entire group deserves to be gassed on spot and left there melting alive.
     
  11. mrtony80

    mrtony80 Likes thick chicks Full Member

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    See, everyone is blaming Margarito's supposed illegal wraps as the reason why he beat Cotto, but nobody seems to acknowledge the he walked through everything Cotto threw that night. In order for some hardened wraps to be effective, you have to be actually hitting the other guy! I'm not denying that Marg may have be dirty that night, but I sure as hell ain't adamant about it, because like I said, Cotto was hitting him with some serious artillery, and he walked right through that ****!
     
  12. pugilist64

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    Maybe it`s to do with the fact that he could have killed his opponent by doing what he did?? :huh
     
  13. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Im not sold he cheated vs Miguel and for that i'm ok with his call outs and he deserves to be in the ring with a guy a TKO'd brutally I think Cotto needs the fight cause it proves whether he can beat a non cheating Margo but I think Margo didnt cheat and he wins again the Foreman fight and the Pac loss and Clottey battle give me no indication he can reverse the first fight Margo could take his best shot unfazed and was not intimidated or nervous like Foreman was he is gonna let those hands go
     
  14. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    What do you mean he doesn't deserve a rematch, does Cotto deserve a rematch with Marg? His best win since is Clottey a Marg left over and in his last top level fight he got his ass kicked.

    A rematch would be a good fight for both
     
  15. Iron Mike

    Iron Mike Active Member Full Member

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    Clottey is hardly a Margarito left over.

    He was beating Marg til he broke his hand.