Quote Originally Posted by bradlee180 View Post
The only difference between Capetillo/Margarito and Lewis/Resto is the punishment. Resto never fought again and spent close to 3 years in jail ending up penniless with Lewis doing a year and a half or so on a 6 year sentence and was effectively banned for life from sitting in a corner.

Capetillo got a swat and Margarito added 6 months on to his normal 6 month break and slid in early for a fight in Texas and made over a million dollars.

The main difference is Resto actually fought with the tampered gloves; Margarito did not fight Shane with the doctored handwraps. That's what the athletic commission's there for: to ensure the rules of Boxing are followed. A coach is allowed to observe the opponent's wraps, Coach Nazim called attention to a hard gauze pad, the wraps were removed and done over, and the fight went on with commission approval. You can't punish someone if the crime didn't happen. And there's no evidence nor proof of anything from Margarito's previous fights, only suspicions and doubt from fight-fans. Not enough to ban anyone.
Not really because he would have. He still got a gift for criminal intent. He'd to ten years for that same premeditation on the street. Claiming he didn't know he had a gun in his pocket would not amount to jack. Like I said it does not take a rocket scientist to infer that he cheated before if he was about to cheat with Shane. Not sure why that's so hard to grasp. Btw I dont care what Nationality he is ftr. If he was Dogrib from Northern Canada I'd be saying the same thing.