*Billy Collins Jr vs. Luis Resto* Full Fight!!!

[CutMeMick]

I just read up on the fight and i guess its the one where lewis tampered with the gloves...how the hell did lewis only get one year in jail Shit like this needs to be punished much more harshly...and I really have no desire seeing this fight I never wish to see anyone hurt in the ring permanently, and to know a trainer and a fighter conspired to do this here is just sickening.

I agree.... How in the hell does he only do 1 yr. in jail?
Panama & Luis will rot in hell.

Piece of shite Panama Lewis should be rotting in jail.Hard to watch in hindsight but Thanks for putting it up Mick.Did Resto actually know what lewis did...?Guess he had to feel the difference right?

Yes, Spicoli.
Resto was aware of the tampering with the glove that's why he also served time in jail.

Yeah I've seen this fight before Mick, truly disgusting sportsmanship. To only get a year in jail is unbelievable!

I agree Galaxy this shit! is sickening.

[Mar]

....couldn't even watch it.

[ICB]

I watched this as a little kid my Grandad taped this fight it was truly sickening to watch. I just watched it recently again and i couldn't watch it all it truly was disgusting. The rumor has it Collins Jr committed suicide because he was going to go blind he was only 22 what a shame. What is amazing to me though is how Collins Jr took them punches flush he must of been one of the hardest boxers i've ever seen, he had a lot of talent and could of gone quite far IMO. If i remember right Collins Jr said in between rounds to his corner that something wern't right he felt like he was getting hit with a brick, truly disgraceful act by Lewis and Resto.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I don't know If I should watch it.

[ICB]

I don't know If I should watch it.

It is brutal i would advise not to, i watched it once when i was little kid and it was disgusting.

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

I still have yet to see it... Nor do I want to. I hate Lewis with the intensity of 1000 suns and hope Resto rots in hell. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing.

Rest in peace, Billy! Take solise in knowing you'll never see these men again as the place they're going isn't anywhere near you.

[CutMeMick]

I don't know If I should watch it.

I think more then anything it's knowing now what is going on as the fight is happenig.

I still have yet to see it... Nor do I want to. I hate Lewis with the intensity of 1000 suns and hope Resto rots in hell. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing.

Rest in peace, Billy! Take solise in knowing you'll never see these men again as the place they're going isn't anywhere near you.

I'm with you man...

....couldn't even watch it.

I know what you mean.

Thanks to all of you for the comments...

[LEGION]

I don't know If I should watch it.

No doubt; I am debating on whether to view this travesty or not. I have always wanted to see it; but now that the chance is here I just don't know. Pretty sick, twisted sh#t is that

Thanks though Mick; good of you to post it.

[SalTheButcher]

a few days ago it came out that not only were the gloves fucked with but the handwraps were done with plaster


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Resto admits loaded handwraps!
Former welterweight fighter Luis Resto admitted today at a press conference in New York City that he not only battered "Irish" Billy Collins Jr. for ten rounds with padding-removed gloves, but that his knuckles were pre-cast with tape soaked in plaster of Paris - before the hollowed gloves were placed over his fists. Resto, along with his trainer Panama Lewis, were both convicted, incarcerated for 30 months, and received a lifetime ban from boxing. The brutally-beaten Collins quickly fell into a downward spiral and died in a car accident nine months later. An attorney for Collins' widow Andrea Collins-Nile today filed a motion in Federal District Court to reopen the previous case against the State of New York. That case, alleging "gross and wanton dereliction of duty, breach of contract, assault and battery, conspiracy, fraud, and negligence of the commission" for failing to detect the doctored gloves was dismissed in 1994. With Resto's revelation today that his handwraps were also tampered with, something the NYSAC should have detected, Collins' family believes the original judgment would have been different. Resto's admission came to help promote a new film titled "Cornered," which documents the scandal.

[Russell88]

Don't even want to see it.

[barrykil1980]

its a sickening story and a real black eye for the sport.
of course Resto knew.he and Lewis should have gotten long long prison stretches. shame on the fucking joke commission too. this was years ago but they`re still as bad ,they consistently have the worst referees in the US.peoples lives are on the line in this sport

[rene69]

That was a truely sad day for Billy Collins. I have the fight and have watched it once or twice but what i never really undestood is why that prick(Lewis) thought he needed to resort to those tactics. Because early on in the fight it looked like resto could have beaten Collins in a fair fight. I know Collins was undefeated till that point, but still looked plenty green IMO, and Resto looked to seasoned for him. Just a thought.