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Boxer Sues: I Was Never Plastered

Posted Apr 30th 2009 7:34PM by TMZ Staff

Antonio MargaritoAntonio Margarito, the former WBA welterweight champ, is suing the California State Athletic Commission, claiming he was unjustly suspended for allegedly hiding plaster in the knuckle pad under his gloves in his fight against "Sugar" Shane Mosley.

On January 24, 2009, Margarito was preparing to fight Mosley -- his trainer was wrapping his hands when a rep from the Athletic Commission decided to inspect his hands, allegedly finding an "illegal material inside the knuckle pad." The knuckle pads were confiscated and his hands were re-wrapped.

Margarito then fought Mosely and got his ass kicked. But the unkindest cut of all -- after the fight, his boxing license was suspended for one year. He feels he's been denied due process and wants his license back.

He's suing to get a court order forcing the Commission to reinstate him, stat.

Tags: antonio margarito, AntonioMargarito, california state athletic commission, CaliforniaStateAthleticCommission, gloves, lawsuit, plaster, sugar shane mosley, SugarShaneMosley, suspended

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1. hope he wins the case

Posted at 7:38PM on Apr 30th 2009 by dvcgurl

2. Antonio MargaCHEATO needs to take his suspension like a man. He could of killed Sugar Shane with his loaded gloves!

Posted at 7:44PM on Apr 30th 2009 by joedaman

3. Check out GBoogie.net for some good news.

Posted at 7:51PM on Apr 30th 2009 by boogie

4. AH...HA A WINNER NEVER CHEATS,AND A CHEATER NEVER WINS YOU FREAKIN DOUCHE BAG

Posted at 7:53PM on Apr 30th 2009 by jay strong

5. PUNK!

Posted at 7:55PM on Apr 30th 2009 by Say Who

6. I always knew he couldn't beat Miguel Cotto in a fair fight, Cotto was too trong for him and that's why he cheated in the thier fight.

Posted at 8:47PM on Apr 30th 2009 by Omar Rivera

7. saw the fight, shane beat him like he stole something!!!

Posted at 8:53PM on Apr 30th 2009 by floyd

8. No he should not be reinstated just now, but wasn't Mosley accused also of doping and he rather pay the fine, questionable.

Posted at 9:20PM on Apr 30th 2009 by pat

9. Margarito's probably telling the truth

and even if he did try and use plaster against Shane Mosley ( a known steroid abuser) or Miguel Cotto ( a known crack head) he was just evening the playing field

Posted at 10:23PM on May 3rd 2009 by The King

10. His wraps tested positive for a plaster like substance! He should be banned for life! who is to say he didnt have the same crap in his wraps when he fought Cotto. (who was undefeated until that fight).

Posted at 10:56PM on Apr 30th 2009 by J_Hanzo

11. lmao...well good for him tryna cheat n get him a free knock out n got that ass handed to him...n lmao at the boxing commission or whateva it's called for letting him get his ass plumeted first before yanking that license one time...good one commission...now he can't pay his bills in this here recession n want his license back...GOOD FOR U CHEATER...well...then again it IS a recession maybe he wanted to make SURE he didn't loose so those bills would be paid

Posted at 12:03AM on May 1st 2009 by Jordan

12. damn wetbacks always trying to do something illegal
Posted at 9:52PM on Apr 30th 2009 by rick

Hey Rick, You ignorant jack @ss quit making stupid comments and keep them to yourself. Your the real brave type who talks shiet via keyboard, but if we was on the street you would not say a word. You know if you talk shiet out there, you will get beat like a pinata.

Margarito got caught cheating just as Mosley did in the past and he must now pay the price. As for Cotto you lost, get over it!

Posted at 12:31AM on May 1st 2009 by Andy

13. He should've been banned for life. Count yourself lucky that you only got a year, cheater.

Posted at 1:42AM on May 1st 2009 by J

14. I followed his career and have seen almost all of his fights, but I hoping he never gets back into pro-boxing! He cheated, got caught, and then got his ass handed to him when he no longer had the advantage of hardened wrap. Sorry but claiming stupidity about this doesn't work any more! He's a veteran, so he should have known whether or not his wrapping was not right, so that makes him both a cheat and a liar! And the cheat he used can be literally deadly to his opponents, so he go can screw himself! The only thing that sucks is he can't do any jail time over this, because he and anyone else involved should be going to jail! Boxing has fought for years not to appear to be a corrupt sport and letting this cheater back in will only cement the fact that it is still corrupt! Offenses like this need to be handled with life time bans! If they let him back in, I seriously hope competing sports like MMA stomp it into the mudhole that it should belong in! Margarito, you went from a champ to a dirty, cheating chump! Go rot, a-hole!

Posted at 1:40AM on May 1st 2009 by Used to like him!

15. margarito: tus amigos de tijuana sabemos ke tu estas haciendo las cosas bien, los ke sabemos de tu trayectiria y lo ke has batallado para estar en el lugar ke estas, si estas en un sitio es por ke te has esforzado y le has sudado mucho canijo!! creemos en ti y confiamos en ke las cosas se vana asolucionar, estamos esperando tu proxima pelea para ir a donde sea, la raza estamos contigo. animo guerrero

Posted at 2:46AM on May 1st 2009 by tina

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