Antonio 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.
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The evidence appears to be fool-proof; and U.S. judges not fools. The only viable lawsuits that could come from the 'plaster of paris' evidence obtained by the Dept. of Justice would be from boxers who have sparred or officially fought with Margarito, under a battery charge. No boxer boxing with Margarito & his gloved plastered/cement blocks (either training with him or at an officially sanctioned boxing bout) would have risked their lives & careers by fighting with him under such conditions if they would have known about it beforehand. It is they who should be compensated by Margarito's for Margarito's intentional use of plaster that could have killed or ended his opponent's careers without the consent of his opponents. He and his trainer should be banned for life, and pay compensation to any boxer he trained with or fought against using plaster within his gloves without their consent.
Antonio MargaCHEATO needs to take his suspension like a man. He could of killed Sugar Shane with his loaded gloves!
AH...HA A WINNER NEVER CHEATS,AND A CHEATER NEVER WINS YOU FREAKIN DOUCHE BAG
No he should not be reinstated just now, but wasn't Mosley accused also of doping and he rather pay the fine, questionable.
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
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
He should've been banned for life. Count yourself lucky that you only got a year, cheater.
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!
Margarito earned his championship legitimately. I'd like to see any of you take all those blows from Cotto and still stand upright. Whether or not he cheated against Mosley, he should be given due-process if accused- that's just ethics. So anyone who thinks Margarito deserves this is a moron. I look forward to continuing to follow his career. Talk about contribution to the sport of boxing - few boxers have delighted us like him as of late!!
So wheres his proof that he didn't cheat? If he has proof then reinstate him but hes just gonna sue after they found the stuff in his gloves?
