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.
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