Margarito Licensed To Fight In Texas

[Violent Demise]

i'm glad margarito has been given his license. the man served his one year ban and deserves the opportunity to make a living. and let me say this, margarito is going to be a very, very live underdog in this fight. pacquiao can run around all he wants but margarito is going to pursue him and pressure him like he's never been pressured. he's going to go looking for pacquiao's body from the beginning and by the later rounds, it's going to be pacquiao who will be looking to survive the onslaught.

i think if this fight goes the distance, pacquiao will win so i think margarito's only chance is to win by KO which i think is very doable. against clottey, pacquiao was marked up pretty good even though clottey rarely punched. margarito is going to be throwing punches in bunches and will have his moments.

if pacquiao can't take out margarito early (seriously doubt it), he'll be in serious trouble (like cotto) because margarito tends to be a slow starter and starts heating up by the 5th round.

not to mention that margarito has a great, young, trainer in roberto garcia, and i believe is going to shock pacquiao and the boxing world with his new and improved boxing skills.

Why? He did something that could, and has, ended the careers and lives of other fighters. A one year ban followed by an incestuous multi-million dollar fight is hardly punishment for something that could literally have led to the death or serious injury of another fighter. Furthermore, to make matters worse he has boldly and clearly lied throughout the entire process of inquiry. He's never admitted any wrong doing or apologized for his actions. Margarito is a stain and I hope he suffers brutal knock out after brutal knock out until his suspect career is finally over.

Boxing has enough black eyes and is enough of a marginal perceived joke of a sport without clowns like Margarito around.

How can anybody bad mouth Texas over this? It's the only state that's doing what's right. The man has served his sentence. He's paid for his mistake. There's no need to prevent the man from earning a living in his home country. Lot of people forget or just don't know that Margarito was born in the United States. He's an American. He should be allowed to do his job.

[CFH]

i'm glad margarito has been given his license. the man served his one year ban and deserves the opportunity to make a living. and let me say this, margarito is going to be a very, very live underdog in this fight. pacquiao can run around all he wants but margarito is going to pursue him and pressure him like he's never been pressured. he's going to go looking for pacquiao's body from the beginning and by the later rounds, it's going to be pacquiao who will be looking to survive the onslaught.

i think if this fight goes the distance, pacquiao will win so i think margarito's only chance is to win by KO which i think is very doable. against clottey, pacquiao was marked up pretty good even though clottey rarely punched. margarito is going to be throwing punches in bunches and will have his moments.

if pacquiao can't take out margarito early (seriously doubt it), he'll be in serious trouble (like cotto) because margarito tends to be a slow starter and starts heating up by the 5th round.

not to mention that margarito has a great, young, trainer in roberto garcia, and i believe is going to shock pacquiao and the boxing world with his new and improved boxing skills.

Why? He did something that could, and has, ended the careers and lives of other fighters. A one year ban followed by an incestuous multi-million dollar fight is hardly punishment for something that could literally have led to the death or serious injury of another fighter. Furthermore, to make matters worse he has boldly and clearly lied throughout the entire process of inquiry. He's never admitted any wrong doing or apologized for his actions. Margarito is a stain and I hope he suffers brutal knock out after brutal knock out until his suspect career is finally over.

Boxing has enough black eyes and is enough of a marginal perceived joke of a sport without clowns like Margarito around.

How can anybody bad mouth Texas over this? It's the only state that's doing what's right. The man has served his sentence. He's paid for his mistake. There's no need to prevent the man from earning a living in his home country. Lot of people forget or just don't know that Margarito was born in the United States. He's an American. He should be allowed to do his job.

I don't care where Margarito was born, he shouldn't be allowed to fight until he has at least taken responsibility for his criminal actions and become accountable for them.

The State where the crime took place and which has conducted the hearings is not convinced that he deserves to fight again and I believe the other State commissions should honor that.

Who cares if he, a millionaire, needs to keep making a living (as if not being allowed to fight in the U.S. would somehow stop him from doing so)? He should have considered the ramifications of his actions when he allowed his trainer to load his gloves and put the life and career of his opponent(s) in danger. The potential damage to any of his opponents as a result of his cheating and now suspect nature outweigh the financial concerns of Margarito.

[CFH]

One last thing:

It's also not just about Margarito, it's about sending a message to other fighters/trainers who might be considering doing the same thing. It's pretty easy to assume that a fighter could look at what kind of punishment Margarito received, which was basically nothing, and consider that the pro's of loading his gloves outweigh the cons. Punishment for this type of thing needs to be heavy-handed and respected across the board or it renders the commissions impotent and does little or nothing to discourage further cheating. In this way it potentially affects the lives and careers of thousands of fighters.

[amat]

Margarito didn't get a 1 year ban in California, he got 1 year before he could go before the board and re-apply. I know he tried to apply Nevada but they told him to go to California to try again, you know where he would actually have to explain himself. That was the right thing to do, but Texas didn't care and just wants another Pacquiao fight probably. If he went back in front of California, he would get turned away again. He basically got life with the chance of being paroled in a year. That's NOT the system failing.

If Texas didn't care that he didn't go back to California, would it have made a difference that he was banned in California? I can almost guarantee you that the answer there is no. So the system only failed because all the states aren't completely unified. Texas is notorious for thinking they are their own separate entity in the Union, this is just another example of it. So I fail to see how the California or the system failed here. This is all on Texas doing what Nevada could have done but had the backbone not to do.

[generalbulldog]

I was thinking that if Valero didn't commit suicide that would have been the fight in November instead of this, considering that Valero is also of top rank.

I was also thinking Pac should have chosen Berto or have a fight with Bradley at 140.

But unfortunately the sport we all love is just too shady as fuck with promoters not giving a shit about the sport but their pockets.

[TitoFan]

The Texas Boxing Commission must have had some kind of incentive to grant Margarito a license to fight in the state. Wait... where's the fight being held again? Texas Stadium? The home of the Dallas Cowboys and the greedy super-millionaire bastard owner Jerry Jones? Hmmm... if it smells like sh*t and looks like sh*t.... it's probably sh*t. Wouldn't be surprised to find that some TBC members suddenly have a new Lexus in the garage. Just a thought...