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

[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

[JT Rock]

I'm 3 rounds in and in hinsight you can hear the weird thuds of Resto's less padded gloves and plaster wraps... I would love for someone to smash that motherfucker in the face with a coal shovel...

If Resto wasnt so light fisted he could have killed Billy in the ring Sad really fukin sad how those two doosh bags Resto and Lewis can sleep at night

[JT Rock]

Geezus this fukin fight is brutal, Resto is such a heartless pussy that even fighting with stones on his hands he dosent have enough to KO a brave Collins. Resto is a pathetic little bitch...

The other thing that sucks is Collins, is being Bludgeoned to death and Resto's hands are lighter so he is a bit faster as well...

[JT Rock]

The last sequence of the fight is chilling, when Collin's father finds out the gloves have no padding, and then panama Lewis says " Thats The Glove They Gave Us" "Thats The Glove They Gave Us" and Resto has enough nerve to Hug and then Kiss Collins, just like Judas... I hope he burns to death

[p4pking]

Absolutely disgusting. I knew I shouldn't have watched this. I could only watch little snippets just to get a sense of how much damage was being dealt out. Resto and Lewis are spineless fukin animals. If I saw either in the street I would grab the nearest blunt object and break their legs. You know, just so I wouldn't possibly kill someone, as obviously neither of them give a damn about. what fuking ANIMALS. That was just so disgusting to watch Collins keep fighting, every time he got hit with that shocked look on his face. I can't believe he didn't just pack it in, he probably would have known something was wrong with the gloves but just had too much pride on the line. If I were in any way behind the decision to bann Resto from fighting again, I think I wouldn't, let him keep fighting, the best opponents possible. Line up a promoter who'd put him in with anyone and promise him a good payday then screw him out of every cent. Make him fight with 20 ounce gloves from then on. Pit him against real hard punches, let him die in the ring and see if anyone gives a shit. I'd piss on his grave if possible, this really saddened me, had never seen any footage of the fight. I forwarded to the ending, which was perhaps the most disgusting footage of all, Resto hugging Collins and his team, Lewis "those were the gloves they gave us". If I were Collins dad and thought it even slightly probably that they gloves were tampered with I would have taken the ring stool to Panama Lewis right there. I can't believe there wasn't more of an uproar from Collins sr. after feeling the gloves. I guess he couldn't have known for sure they weren't the ones given to Resto... But like I say, even considering that possibility, having seen what just happened to his son... I don't think I could have kept my cool... YUCK.

[p4pking]

And how the hell wouldn't the entire audience, both camps, anyone watching, the ref, have known something was VERY WRONG. Resto was a FEATHER FISTED FIGHTER FFS... AND EVERY PUNC HE LANDS SOUNDS LIKE A BRICK BEING SMASHED. Whatever officials or state commisioners were ringside who had ever seen Resto fight should have been in the ring after the first freaking round demanding the gloves be checked. I suppose the fact that he was such an unheralded journeyman would have meant few people had seen him fight before outside his own camp. Who the hell was this scumbags promoter?? What about chief seconds, cutman, every single person even remotely in the know of what was going on should have done serious jail time. By not entering the ring to DQ Resto, his entire camp were accesories to malicious assault. Even if they didn't know exactly what Lewis had done before the fight started(highly unlikely)

[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.