Breaking down Margarito's " Plaster Myth "

[El Kabong]

So Margarito and his trainer got punished for what then?

[Fenster]

It was a used pad.

Capetillo testified at the hearing that he prepared Margarito’s knuckle pads in the dressing room at the Staples Center and put them on top of the contents in his training bag. Then, when it was time to wrap, he pulled the wrong knuckle pads out of his bag by mistake. He further testified that the confiscated pads had most likely been used by another boxer while hitting the heavy bag in the gym.

“They just throw their things in my bag,” Capetillo told the commission.

The following colloquy exemplifies his testimony:

Q: Is this the kind of pad you usually use in a championship fight?

Capetillo: No, sir.

Q: Have you ever used a pad like that in a professional boxing fight?

Capetillo: No, sir.

Q: So is it your testimony that, when you wrapped Mr. Margarito’s hands, you reached into your training bag and grabbed the wrong pad?

Capetillo: That is correct . . . I put my hand in my bag to pull out, they are like little pads. And by mistake, that I had those in my bag, I put them on and I wrapped them on without realizing that it had been a big mistake.

There was no direct evidence that Margarito knew about the inserts inside the knuckle pads; only inference. Antonio denied any knowledge of the inserts, and Capetillo testified, “I commit a big mistake and I acknowledge it. I don’t want that this young man have any problem because he is not at fault. He didn’t realize what I had put on.”

SecondsOut Boxing News - Thomas Hauser - Antonio Margarito and the Handwrap Issue

[IamInuit]

There was no direct evidence that Margarito knew about the inserts inside the knuckle pads; only inference. Antonio denied any knowledge of the inserts, and Capetillo testified, “I commit a big mistake and I acknowledge it. I don’t want that this young man have any problem because he is not at fault. He didn’t realize what I had put on.”

And I got swamp land for sale in Yukon.

[Fenster]

There was no direct evidence that Margarito knew about the inserts inside the knuckle pads; only inference. Antonio denied any knowledge of the inserts, and Capetillo testified, “I commit a big mistake and I acknowledge it. I don’t want that this young man have any problem because he is not at fault. He didn’t realize what I had put on.”

And I got swamp land for sale in Yukon.

But no evidence that Margarito ever fought with loaded gloves.

If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit. ()

[El Kabong]

There was no direct evidence that Margarito knew about the inserts inside the knuckle pads; only inference. Antonio denied any knowledge of the inserts, and Capetillo testified, “I commit a big mistake and I acknowledge it. I don’t want that this young man have any problem because he is not at fault. He didn’t realize what I had put on.”

And I got swamp land for sale in Yukon.

But no evidence that Margarito ever fought with loaded gloves.

If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit. ()

The photographic evidence is pretty damning.....wraps don't look the way his did after the Cotto fight normally.

Also if it "wasn't the wraps" why couldn't Margarito ever repeat his previous successes? He couldn't beat Mosley, he got hammered vs Pacquiao, and Cotto walloped him in the rematch....this leads me to believe he did not have that extra little something (loaded wraps, and possibly drugs since his punch output was so high in his wins and dropped off big time in his losses) to get him over the top in those fights.

[IamInuit]

There was no direct evidence that Margarito knew about the inserts inside the knuckle pads; only inference. Antonio denied any knowledge of the inserts, and Capetillo testified, “I commit a big mistake and I acknowledge it. I don’t want that this young man have any problem because he is not at fault. He didn’t realize what I had put on.”

And I got swamp land for sale in Yukon.

But no evidence that Margarito ever fought with loaded gloves.

If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit. ()

Hahahahaha. Nice try Johnny but you forgot that the glove was once soaked in blood, was made of leather and there was a latex glove underneath.

[El Kabong]

7/26/08 Margarito stops Miguel Cotto in 11

1/24/09 Mosley stops Margarito in 9
According to Judd Burstein, the attorney for Mosley, Margarito had wet pads in the wrapping. Mosley's doctor, Robert Olvera, likened the material to the type of plaster used to make casts. Burstein said he seized the pad removed from the wrapping and another pad found in Margarito's dressing room. Both were placed in a sealed box that was given to Dean Lohuis of the California Boxing Commission for further study. After the suspicious pads were removed from Margarito's dressing room, the boxer's hands were rewrapped and the fight went off on time

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5/8/10 Margarito wins decision over Roberto Garcia 99-89, 100-88, 99-90

11/13/10 Pacquiao wins decision over Margarito 119-109, 120-108, 118-108

12/3/11 Miguel Cotto stops Margarito in 9

So how does a guy who seemingly took 100% of everything Miguel Cotto threw at him and gave back twice as much get beaten up by the same guy just a few years later? How does that happen? How does a big power puncher and pressure fighter not stop the smaller Pacquiao? How does a contender in his PRIME not beat Shane Mosley? It's not as if before the Mosley fight Margarito was in poor form, it's not like Shane was doing really hot at the time either.

How does that happen fellas?

[Mr140]

Dude Lyle Margarito had fucking the shit kick out of him from Pac and Mosley i say that is also something to consider i mean he had to have his eye reconstructed. He did take all Cotto had in the rematch the fight was stop on the eye Margarito had to rebuild if he really used bricks he would knock people out more and also Cotto would not have lasted as long as he did if he in fact was using bricks. I mean Williams and Clotty were pretty unfazed by Margarito shots if he was indeed cheating this whole time i mean he is not even a knock out guy he is a grinder with volume.

[TitoFan]

There was no direct evidence that Margarito knew about the inserts inside the knuckle pads; only inference. Antonio denied any knowledge of the inserts, and Capetillo testified, “I commit a big mistake and I acknowledge it. I don’t want that this young man have any problem because he is not at fault. He didn’t realize what I had put on.”

And I got swamp land for sale in Yukon.

And there's a conga line of frustrated Margarito fans waiting to buy some.