He didn't.

Pacquiao was in a worst state after Margarito than any other fight of his in the last 5 years.

He had to go to hospital the day after the fight.

Cottos face after the margarito fight says it all the gloves have to have been loaded. Cotto has been in some wars but have you ever seen his face in that condition?

Plus the fact that cotto had to throw on the towel in that fight he's a warrior and I can't recall him quitting. Like that in any other fight, paq hit him more I'd say and hits at least as hard as margarito but cotto kept on coming and didn't look nearly as bad afterwards

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Margarito was banned.

Margarito was padding in the wraps were found to have very small quantities of calcium and sulfur.

Nazim Richardson, claimed bricks fell out of his wraps, this is clearly a lie.

Richardson, was doing his job, just as every other trainer should have been doing their job when watching Margarito getting his hands wraps, as they all do, and can inspects the wraps and gloves.

Were they all that incompetent?

I doubt he'd his hands wrapped for every fight d4 but what do you think for the cotto fight?

Kneerash

He wants to big up Margarito because Pacquaio fought him and Mayweather didn't. No point in even asking him on anything to do with Pacquiao or Mayweather.

Cotto's face was mashed up pretty bad, I think he said he was crying blood.

Cotto started very well, but made the mistake of trying to KO Margartio, and put in a lot of energy throwing a lot of big punches. He didn't spoil or try to slow the pace down.

As early as the 2nd round Margarito broke his nose, making it difficult to breath, slowing Cotto down furth.

As Cotto slowed, Marg upped the pace, and his big shots landed more and more.

Cotto was getting pummelled eating lots of big shots, and Marg walked through what Cotto threw back, the inevitable happened.

Brutal fight.

Cotto face was pretty mashed up after the Pacquiao fight too though.

Also after the fight Marg had his gloves cut off and his wraps can be seen. He must have shook hands with people in the ring but they never mentioned anything.

Luis Resto, who fought with plaster wraps and hollowed out gloves, got caught after a fight when someone shook his hand with his hand wraps still on and it was hard.

It was Margs, relentless energy, his granite chin that made him the most feared man in boxing at one point, not his power punching.

I can't be certain if Marg was using loaded gloves in the Cotto fight, but their is little evidence to support it, and gun to my head, I would have to say no.

I've never seen cotto so look so bad though d4 even after theme PAC fight where he took at least as bad a beating, I'd say more IMO, by a harder hitter he didn't look as bad.

You make a valid point about the wraps being on show after the fight but for me cottos face and the fact that he quit would make me think the hands were wrapped.

Wasn't the Mosley fight his next fight after cotto? Maybe he did it for cotto, got away with it and fid it again for Mosley

It is possible, but Margarito is much heavier than Pacquiao(over a stone), so the punches may not have had the same snap but they were heavier.

And it the Pacquiao fight, Cotto decided to fight on the back foot after the 4th round just trying to survive, whist against Marg, he was going for it all the way up till the end and was eating a lot more big punches throughout the fight.

What was found to have the small amount of calcium and sulfur was not the wraps itself but one of the pads that go on the knuckles.

It was a very small amount, and would not make a huge difference.

But it was a breach. Margs trainer claims it was a re-used pad he used from another fighter in training than had hand issues.

Luis Resto, served time for what he did, but there is not the evidence against Marg to even bring a court case.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH422DGMkOY

Great fight, between two great prime boxers.

Two reason why Floyd retired.

I really like margarito as a fighter d4, he's the toughest man I've ever watched in a live fight but I really do think the hands were wrapped and that makes me angry bit more sad as he's spoilt any real respect I can have for him.

I know wraps won't help your chin, and margarito had arguably the best chin in boxing IMO but it's tarnished his legacy and really does question allot of his victories.

Yes, I was a big fan of Margarito, and when he got caught cheating, you feel betrayed. He seemed like a good bloke out of the ring, I you wonder why someone would do that to a fellow professional.

He never seemed the sharpest tool in the shed, so his trainer could have done in without his knowledge for the Mosley fight, maybe because there was so many difficulties during the training camp.

It casts a shadow over his career, but there is no definite proof that he did before the Mosley fight.

It does make you wonder. I hope not.

Good vid that last knock down on cintron was s thing of beauty, still what's most annoying is he was an elite figter why bother with plaster in the wraps he didn't need it

I'd like to think not d4 I really would

Yes, we can't be certain, which is annoying.

On one hand you have a great fighter, indomitable win, courage beyond belief, trains and fights hard, relentlessness in the ring and has been treated hard by being avoided when he deserved his shot at being the champ.

But on the other hand he could be a cheating **** that endangered the lives of his fellow professionals by deliberately loading his wraps with plaster of paris.

That's it exactly d4 he certainly was avoided one thing though that can't be argued is his chin, he was made of treated teak!

posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago - BY D4
I don't mind catchweights at all, as long as they are both healthy at the weight.

But it should not be for titles.

Whether Canelo will be healthy and strong at the weight is another matter.

Classic D4 again. Manny is an 8 weight chap with some catch weights!!!
It only doesnt count as a title fight when mayweather is fighting at a catch weight.