Margarito unable to obtain Texas License?

You really are an idiot aren't you. Attempted murder is still an attempt at murder. Margarito could have killed someone and was willing to take that risk. The photo of him arms aloft at the end of the Cotto fight clearly shows something on his wraps which many firmly take to believe he was cheating then and maybe even before.

Simply put he willingly caused or attempted to cause serious or possibly even fatal damage to his opponant and deserves to be banned for life for his actions. The only fighting he should be doing is against his own demons.

 

Post of the day right there! :happy

 

With a view like that you should really be paying more attention in your law class.

 

Actually the first thing you learn is crime and punishment, something you apparently lack a view on.

Guy did a crime, guy got punished, there's a second chance that's supposed to follow that. That's kind of the point people (such as yourself) seem to be completely missing here.

 

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If it were that simple, he should've just flat out banned for life. The NSAC didn't do that, probably because they know they ****ed up the trial hearing to the point where if they banned him for life, Arum would've sued them and would've OWNED the Nevada State Athletic Commission. This is clearly a faux-lifetime ban and one that could easily be challenged by Arum.

 

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for having plaster of paris in his handwraps just over a year ago. His coach was banned for ten years.

Boxing isn't exactly 'dying' right now, but what you people defending this bull**** (and also the people defending the shitty state of PED testing) don't seem to understand is that all it would take is one high profile death, or one serious incident to throw boxing into a serious tailspin in terms of public perception.

This is a reason for boxing to take this **** seriously, not to try and ignore it. The south africans have already been burned with Hanse Cronje cheating in the cricket, so they police themselves like mother****ers in order to protect the image of their sports. Boxing needs to start doing the same thing.

 

This is a VERY big leap but I get your point. The intricacies of planting a bomb or planning a shooting would leave a paper trail of evidence against the person so far and vast that there's no way they'd be able to argue anything close to getting off. With wrappings, it's no way near as in depth.

If it was, we wouldn't be debating this **** now

 

Then THAT is what they should've done which is my entire ****ing point. If this **** was OPEN and shut like most people believe it to be, We'd be done with it by now. The problem is they didn't do that for some reason. If they would've done that, we'd be revisiting this issue 10-20 years from now in a "What If?" sense.

Realistically what they decided to do was put him in time out and whenever Margarito asks to get out of time out, they sit and wait a while before telling him no. It's not how it should work. Either ban him for good or let him get his license. Don't drag it out and leave it open for discussion, be firm in whatever you decide.

 

I do not agree with 'he served his time, 1 year is a fair punishment' issue...
If you've seen Margarito's record and look at his activity, you'll see that he 'missed' 1 or maybe 2 fights during his initial suspension. That's not a whole lot, so it's a really light punishment to begin with... His opponent (Mosley) hasn't even fought in the meantime!
I know, Toney got only 3 months, which isn't a suspension at all in boxing but if you relate this to other sports it's totally laughable!
He cheated, and not with dope or something but he loaded up his gloves and all evidence looks like it wasn't the first time either.
He got convicted, and got a ban with the possibility to get his licence back after a year... And he didn't and I'm so glad!

What if he got his licence back... that would give a lot of boxers who have a 'light scedule' and don't have any respect for human lives the freedom to load up their gloves! 'Normally I fight once in 10 months, if I get caught I have to wait 2 more, big deal... lets load 'm up guys'.
I don't think anyone would like that happening!

 

**** margo.

 

Margo vs Angulo in Mexico is the only other logical choice

 

This would all be more or less irrelevant. It's still a years worth of work, which even at two fights could come in at anywhere between six figures and 2 million (he got that for Mosley unless I'm mistaken).

Toney actually got a year's suspension for his 2nd infraction with the juice but it was able to get it reduced to six months. You'd have to follow the precedent in cases where somebody cheats.

What is all evidence? A picture from after the Cotto fight? Again if it was as open and shut as we like to make it sound, he'd be absolutely banned with no discussions of a potential reinstatement.

If California has no interest in lifting the suspension, they should ban him for life. Simply put.

Did you put moon shoes on to make that leap?

So under the same token, are more boxers looking to gas up considering guys like Toney and Mosley did it and got away with it scott free?

 

It was excessive on my part However, the point is clear - a guy attempting to do something is almost as bad as actually doing it. If Margo had gotten caught after the fight with Mosley, I think he'd be doing jail time. He's lucky he's even allowed to re-apply for a license IMO.

 

Arriba, I see your point about the CSAC shitting or getting off the pot, but I think part of it may stem from the backlash from the perceived light punishment for Margo. I aslo get the sense(right or wrong) that there is more to this story than is being made public. What do you think?