How good was Antonio Margarito?

Agreed. I, for one, can forgive Antonio for his mistakes - he is only human.

 

I agree with everything except that he definitely lost against Williams. My only question mark against him was the beating he took against SSM. Was it SSM on peds, mental problems resulting from the hand wraps, lack of training or just stylistic match up.

Aside he was one of my favorite fighters. Gutsy warrior. Could have taken a knee Cotto style against SSM but just wanted to go out on his shield.

 

Good post. Can you elaborate on why his loss to SSM was not legitimate? I always had doubts about the hand wtaps. All they had was a picture of a little piece of gauze. I assume you would want the whole wrap to harden over the fist to make a difference.

 

Not that good. Most notable win is tainted and since the Mosley incident put some serious questions around the legitimacy of his fights before that point.

 

That's a stupid argument. It's like saying you believe everything Trump says because he is president.

Do you believe that the US government really believed the WMD story that was the pretext to Iraq?

Firstly, don't believe what the media say. Secondly, don't believe what the major say, without your own evidence.

 

One final point. In the second fight against Cotto, with a dodgy eye, he started catching Cotto and then the Dr stopped the fight. Obviously he had no wraps in that fight. Too bad they didn't let that continue. It might have answered some questions.

 

you cannot ban someone in the whole united states without evidence...which was presented and proven.
he is guilty.
further evidence?
beatdowns
pac
cotto2 \
....mosley
i don't know other than pactoids any other fanatic of a boxer that is more deluded than you.
you CLEARLY have never laced boxing gloves if you think someone can lay plaster pads on a professional seasoned boxer and said boxer NOT NOTICE?
GTFOH!
kid, it's time to lay off the margarito
he is a never was

 

You're an idiot. Margarito is one of the toughest and strongest fighters ever to lace them up. You have no idea what real toughness is.

 

How can a fighter who has been laced thousands of times not notice any difference. C'mon that makes no sense.

 

You're an idiot. Margarito is one of the toughest and strongest fighters ever to lace them up. You have no idea what real toughness is.

 

He was tough.
He was strong.
He cheated all along.

 

Decent....

Not really a HOF, not an ATG.

A world titlist, but never really transcended the sport in any way, and came up short in most of his biggest fights.

 

If had bricks in his wraps he would have been prosecuted for attempted murder.