How good was Antonio Margarito?

[TitoFan]

Margarito is still fighting even with that busted eye.

He had an interesting rivalry with Santos and was the avoided fighters for some time.

His fight with Williams was very underrated and he came on strong at the end.

He significantly hurt Cotto's career with the beating he gave him and just shows you what a great fighter Cotto is from coming back from that loss.

I really enjoyed margarita's fight against Manny Pac that was where I think his eye was badly damaged and he took a beating.

Cotto's revenge was good to watch too.

Don't forget the devastating KTFO loss to Shane Mosley where, to add insult to injury, his cheating ways were discovered.... one of the highlights of my boxing watching career.

[Master]

Margarito is still fighting even with that busted eye.

He had an interesting rivalry with Santos and was the avoided fighters for some time.

His fight with Williams was very underrated and he came on strong at the end.

He significantly hurt Cotto's career with the beating he gave him and just shows you what a great fighter Cotto is from coming back from that loss.

I really enjoyed margarita's fight against Manny Pac that was where I think his eye was badly damaged and he took a beating.

Cotto's revenge was good to watch too.

Don't forget the devastating KTFO loss to Shane Mosley where, to add insult to injury, his cheating ways were discovered.... one of the highlights of my boxing watching career.

Just as Margarito will want to forget that so do I. It was shocking but that was not the real fighter but the one with a guilty conscious who knew he was going to be banned and ridiculed for the rest of his life.

He should have gone to prison for getting caught.

[Fenster]

A whole host of the worlds most famous trainers said you wouldn't necessarily be aware of how they prepare or wrap hands, they could all cheat if they wanted without the fighter knowing.

There's no evidence he ever fought a single fight with loaded gloves. Just saying....

[Master]

A whole host of the worlds most famous trainers said you wouldn't necessarily be aware of how they prepare or wrap hands, they could all cheat if they wanted without the fighter knowing.

There's no evidence he ever fought a single fight with loaded gloves. Just saying....

If a boxer knew he would get banned/imprisoned they would soon make sure they knew if their gloves were loaded.

[TitoFan]

A whole host of the worlds most famous trainers said you wouldn't necessarily be aware of how they prepare or wrap hands, they could all cheat if they wanted without the fighter knowing.

There's no evidence he ever fought a single fight with loaded gloves. Just saying....

I've heard this before and my first thought is either the trainers are protecting their fighters, or they consider the fighters to be oblivious to a moronic extreme. One of the more infamous cases of illegal gloves, Luis Resto, said he was aware of "Panama" Lewis' tampering with his gloves, not only on that fateful occasion, but a couple of other times before. It's hard for me to imagine a fighter is totally unconscious to what is going on with his hands in preparation for a fight. We'll never know for sure whether Margarito knew of the plaster-like stuff being put in his gloves... but taking everything into consideration I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he did.

[Master]

I would have preferred Floyd to have fought him than Baldimor when they had the opportunity but recognise that Arum was the reason why it did not happen.

[Fenster]

I wouldn't be surprised if Margarito knew either, however, unless the fans are handwrap experts, they actually have experience in wrapping and can prove/discredit what the worlds best trainers say, the views of people in the know need to be considered (especially from a neutral with an open-mind - me).

Therefore, not only is it impossible to prove Margarito ever cheated (without a confession) but it's also not gospel whether or not he was ever aware.

As was made abundantly clear in the "Tito loaded gloves" thread. An objection to the way his hands were wrapped - which were perfectly legal for just about everywhere apart from this particular commission - means he's a full blown loaded gloves cheater and his entire career is suspect. Laughable.