there is no way they would be able to prove margarito cheated or not against Cotto, Cintron, etc. However if it is proven that he was trying to cheat and got busted for the mosley fight, a huge shadow will be casted over his entire career and every single victory of his there will always remain doubt. He will have destroyed his career, his rep and his body of work over these years and it's very unlikely too many big names will ever want to fight him, besides maybe cotto.
Antonio Margarito's Legacy is on The Line, Says Steward
By Mark Vester
Hall of Fame trainer and HBO broadcaster, Emanuel Steward, told the New York Post that Antonio Margarito's legacy is on the line with the controversy surrounding his hand wraps for last Saturday's bout with Shane Mosley. The California State Athletic Commission is examining two hard blocks of gauze that were found in Margarito's wraps before he stepped in the ring against Mosley. Nazim Richardson, Mosley's trainer, first noticed the stiff nature of the wraps when he requested to feel one of Margarito's hands. Both Richardson and Mosley's lawyer, Judd Burstein, saw what they believe to be a "plaster-like" material on both blocks of gauze.
If the material on the gauze is confirmed to be plaster of Paris, Steward deeply believes that Margarito's career will be in shambles if the allegations are found to be true by the commission.
"He's tainted everything he has done. Now you've got a situation where every fighter that he has fought is wondering, 'Did he do that to me?' I hate [this] this happened because it makes it where there are questions about everybody he has fought. Now the question is whether Margarito had loaded wraps for that [Miguel Cotto] fight, too. Now the biggest victory of his career is being questioned," Steward said.
Margarito's co-manager, Francisco Espinoza, has denied any wrongdoing and stands firm by his statement of no plaster-like material being on the gauze. He says the blocks were nothing more than additional gauze that became stiff.
Richard Schaerfer, CEO for Golden Boy Promotions, saw a photo of what a CSAC inspector took away for examination and says it was something more than additional gauze.
"It's more than additional gauze, that's not a good thing to say. There was a white pad with a substance that was a grayish, concrete color on it," Schaefer told the Los Angeles Times .
By Mark Vester
Hall of Fame trainer and HBO broadcaster, Emanuel Steward, told the New York Post that Antonio Margarito's legacy is on the line with the controversy surrounding his hand wraps for last Saturday's bout with Shane Mosley. The California State Athletic Commission is examining two hard blocks of gauze that were found in Margarito's wraps before he stepped in the ring against Mosley. Nazim Richardson, Mosley's trainer, first noticed the stiff nature of the wraps when he requested to feel one of Margarito's hands. Both Richardson and Mosley's lawyer, Judd Burstein, saw what they believe to be a "plaster-like" material on both blocks of gauze.
If the material on the gauze is confirmed to be plaster of Paris, Steward deeply believes that Margarito's career will be in shambles if the allegations are found to be true by the commission.
"He's tainted everything he has done. Now you've got a situation where every fighter that he has fought is wondering, 'Did he do that to me?' I hate [this] this happened because it makes it where there are questions about everybody he has fought. Now the question is whether Margarito had loaded wraps for that [Miguel Cotto] fight, too. Now the biggest victory of his career is being questioned," Steward said.
Margarito's co-manager, Francisco Espinoza, has denied any wrongdoing and stands firm by his statement of no plaster-like material being on the gauze. He says the blocks were nothing more than additional gauze that became stiff.
Richard Schaerfer, CEO for Golden Boy Promotions, saw a photo of what a CSAC inspector took away for examination and says it was something more than additional gauze.
"It's more than additional gauze, that's not a good thing to say. There was a white pad with a substance that was a grayish, concrete color on it," Schaefer told the Los Angeles Times .
