Thread: Assault In The Ring on HBO last night

My thoughts: This was premeditated and well-thought out assault with intent to do serious bodily harm. Those responsible ruined the career and life of a prospect. They may also have contributed to a possible suicide. Whatever the case, I have minimal sympathy for Resto-and none whatsoever for the monster Panama Lewis who has no remorse. He should never again be allowed in a boxing gym Resto likley will never join Billy in Heaven, and has a better chance to join Lewis in Hell.


Never forget Billy Collins Junior

Panama Lewis is just horrible person end of discussion.

Amen!

Has anyone got a link so I could watch it?

Originally Posted by skel1983

Has anyone got a link so I could watch it?

Not yet

Have to catch the replay tonight.Lewis has always struck me as the slimy sort.

I don't have HBO. Any download link will be appreciated.

High Definition is better.

Anylink?

Originally Posted by holmcall

My thoughts: This was premeditated and well-thought out assault with intent to do serious bodily harm. Those responsible ruined the career and life of a prospect. They may also have contributed to a possible suicide. Whatever the case, I have minimal sympathy for Resto-and none whatsoever for the monster Panama Lewis who has no remorse. He should never again be allowed in a boxing gym Resto likley will never join Billy in Heaven, and has a better chance to join Lewis in Hell.


Never forget Billy Collins Junior

Yeah, it was bad, but don't get carried away in order to prove the point. Cheating in order to win? Sure. Reckless disregard and negligence? Sure. But premeditated intent to do serious bodily harm? That's a tad melodramatic, and a spin on the facts.

Did anybody else find it ironic to hear Bob Arum say in a voiceover in the very beginning...

"What he did was inexcusable, he should be banned from this sport forever, there shouldn't be any forgiveness".

This was made before the whole Margacheato incident, and it would be great if Bob's words came back to haunt him, so I sure hope the California State Athletic Commission watched this, and heard Bob say that.

The history of boxing goes back along time. Trainers and Fighters did this in the 20's,30's,40's,50's on up until today. Believe me when I say u would condemn alot of people even the one u may like. Dont just think it started with Panama. Those old dirty ass trainers from back in the day were 100 times worst then him. Just like most old school promoters were crooks. Dirt did not just start in this sport its been here since the beginning. Panama is a crook and a coon artist just like thousands of other Trainers, promoters, business people backing this sport. I remember an old time fighter who was friends with my father, by the name of Ike Williams telling my Pops that 80% of the sport was corrupt in one way or another. Telling him about payoffs, loaded gloves, dives. Uncle Ike knew this whole game was rigged by some real devils. Panama just learned from the original crooks. He didnt start the game. He just got caught.

the Trinidad issue was that Hopkins complained about how Trinidad's camp wrapped his hands, not that a foreign object (plaster) was put into his wraps, and they just rewrapped end of the prob, IMO it was just Hopkins getting under an already emotional Tito's skin (the whole throwing the flag issue)

After hearing about the fight between Luis Resto and Billy Collins in one of the Margarito/Pacman threads, I decided to do a little research starting with the classic wikipedia read, then got looking at some pictures then decided to download the documentary "Assault In The Ring" which was made by HBO in 2009.

Very good documentary yet very tragic. I was always a bit sceptic of Luis Resto at the start of the film when he says he didn't know that the gloves had been tampered with. How could you not realise that your gloves were missing half of the padding and you only had to see his reaction when Billy Collins Snr shook his hands at the end of the fight and he looked over to Pamama Lewis as if to say: "oh fuck".

It's strange but, towards the end of the film, I started to feel quite sorry for Luis Resto despite the fact that he did, eventualy, admit to knowing what had happened. I don't think I should have felt sorry for him but it's quite evident from the film just how low the man had sunken - although, it has to be said, it's nothing compared to how Billy Collins turned out. Obviously admitting what happened, along with the admission of the cast being used, has lifted a big weight off of his shoulders.

As for Panana Lewis, the guy is a total wanker. The fact Zab Judah, up until 2008, let him train him still puzzles me. I'd have thought he would want nothing to do with the man with his track record. Good to see Luis Resto telling him 'fuck you' although I wouldn't have shook his hand like Luis did.

What are other people's thoughts? Wasn't sure what to believe of the claims that Billy Collins was offered fights but his father told him to turn them down due to the lawsuits that he believed he would win? Does anyone have an ounce of sympathy for Luis Resto or is it just me?

FYI if Big H posts any sort of link in the thread.....don't open it.

Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy

FYI if Big H posts any sort of link in the thread.....don't open it.

Please elaborate...

Originally Posted by koppas

Originally Posted by Howlin Mad Missy

FYI if Big H posts any sort of link in the thread.....don't open it.

Please elaborate...

Just his thing, the title of this thread 'n all