Margarito and the wraps

[Beanflicker]

Anyone who thinks that was the first time is INCREDIBLY niave. The guy spends years toiling on undercards and working his way up, he finally gets his huge PPV win against Cotto, and NOW he decided to cheat against a washed up Mosley? There's no way any rational thinking mind can buy that.

Why would he risk it in such a high profile fight? Obviously, because he was confident that he would get away with it. And keep in mind HE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT if it wasn't for Mosley's camp. How long has he been using them before the Mosley fight? Who knows. But be sure he used them and got away with it in previous fight(s).

Us boxing fans (and sports fans in general) have this incredibly niave notion that cheating doesn't prosper, and that it doesn't go on. Reality is a bit different. Whenever the "cheating" discussion is brought up, you always hear people say "Nah he's not cheating, he doesn't seem like that kind of person". We don't know these guys, and cheaters come with all sorts of different personalities.

[El Kabong]

You hit the nail on the head...it's just like with Barry Bonds, apparently we the simple minded sports fans are supposed to believe that everyone BUT Barry Bonds knew that Balco and Greg Anderson were giving them steroids.....I mean that's just so ridiculous it's laughable.

[greynotsoold]

I'm not sure you can say that Margarito hasn't looked good lately because he hasn't been loading his wraps. He turned pro at 15, so he's been fighting a long time. As to whether or not he has used illegal wraps his whole career, I don't know. It would be interesting to me to know how many different trainers/guys wrapping his hands he has had over the years. If the number was one, that being the guy he got rid of after the Mosley fight I'd be more apt to believe that it was not an isolated occurence. If it was several different guys, and we knew for sure that this had gone on with each or most of them, then I think it would indicate that his is not an isolated case and that this sort of thing is more common than we might think. If you think about it...Haven't you noticed how some fighters never seem to mark up their opponents while others do tremendous damage? Gunboat Smith, 40 years ago, was amazed that any damage was ever done with the "pillows" used for gloves at that time, and now the padding has increased considerably since then.