During the hearing today, Margarito's lawyer said they were in Nevada and not California because they were suing the CSAC. So it looks like Margarito is fucked when it comes to fighting in the U.S. for now. No way the CSAC gives him a license while he has lawsuit pending against them.
Interesting. One should have no effect on the other, but you may be right. I wonder what the hell Margarito is suing them for--enforcing rules? Anyway, nevada pussed out. They don't need to defer to CSAC or they never would have taken 4 hrs. AFAIAC, they banned him for a year, he has done nothing to make it worse, and he should get his license back. If they wanted to ban him for longer, they should have.
That's the thing though. They didn't ban him for a year, and I'm baffled when I hear they did after a year to let it sink in has passed. Margarito was stripped of his boxing license. It was taken away. He was allowed to re-apply in a year. They never have to license him again.
It would be enjoyable to see this POS get his ass beat again, hopefully next time not at the fists of a fellow cheater. <object width="500" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CpdX-losxaM&hl=en_US&fs=1?border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CpdX-losxaM&hl=en_US&fs=1?border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object>
Pictures from the hearing... http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jul/09/commission-disables-antonio-margaritos-application/
Yeah, the ability to reapply after a year doesn't mean they only intended it to be a year long revocation. I take back what I said. I do think he should get his license back before 2 years is up, though.
He took a lot of years off Cotto's life with the aid of those illegal handwraps not to mention the damage done to other opponents. He's a criminal, simply put. Looks like Felix Trinidad was the same. Permanent ban may be sufficient.
Yup. Marg should get the same punishment Tito did, since they were the same. How long before tito could get back his license? I forgot
This is the kind of rare gem that makes me feel a little better about the sport of boxing. So many things occur which seem to constantly fortify the sense that the sport is corrupt, and essentially completely for sale. To see someone or some group (in this case the NSAC) use common sense and do the right thing is heartening. It is a little sad that this is the sort of thing someone would highlight and applaud, but I'll take what I can get when it comes to boxing. Guy has loaded gloves, possibly had them in many other fights, gets caught red-handed (resisting puns here). In this sport, such an offense could kill someone. So he gets banned in California, not for long enough IMO, but a respectable punishment. Despite his obvious guilt, he denies all knowledge, completely shirks all responsibility, and basically embarrasses himself when he should have manned up. He then goes on to sue the very group that went easy on him and punished him with what I could again call a lighter sentence than deserved. Now he has the balls to come to the state next door, a few hours drive from the Staples Center asking to fight again. It's insulting to everyone involved. A complete no-brainer to table the application (forever IMO), but as I said, in boxing just about NOTHING is a given when money is talking. So even though this was the obvious right choice, credit to the NSAC (well to 4 of them, one of them was apparently happy to get Marg back in the ring ASAP).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMoZvw6YEBg <--- Why don't you have a snag, and get a little more 'cultured' son.
I'm just waiting for my opportunity. They think that a good haircut and a suit makes you soft and an easy target. I cannot wait to shock them. I hear they have a special swimsuit now so the females can work as lifeguards without offending their God. Walk on home.:nono:
:nono: Uh, take a peek ^ take a peek,...basques off the beach, basques off the beach. I found it pretty funny though, knowing precisely those types, a good representation of those sorts. Still,.. I know their 'enemy' gangs too, and they ARE scum,.. but these piss-head rednecks are so fucken thick they don't know the difference between the middle-east and southern Europe. :nono: Learn, learn.
Oh yes, and all the rednecks are just that, rednecks. They wouldn't be sick and tired of religious perverts, by any chance?
Ofcourse, as I said, I know precisely the type they resent,... but the classification of 'wog' ,.. lumps Portugese, Spanish, French, Italians, Greek, and the Balkans in with them, 'kill dem wogs' ,.. das what they mean,.. don't you get it?..
Seething chap, seething. Me brain snapped over boxing and I can no longer post much about it, but there is a duty to herd particular messageboard Basques into the appropriate direction, like that of a baby collie, it too doesn't know why it must, but the instincts are there, it is an undying pledge to duty.
Agree. I'm not sure why they don't do this. At the very least, treat them as evidence after they are cut off and inspect them later.
I suppose it depends on what you feel is just. For me, secretly loading your gloves with something akin to plaster in order to try and brutalize another human being to the maximum extent you can, thereby dramatically increasing the chances of maiming or killing them, is a rather serious offense. Others may feel differently. I think Margarito should have been banned from US boxing forever. We will see if the suspension he got in effect lasts longer than the paltry year California gave him. If that is the case, I may change my view on the severity of the punishment. But if he ends up getting licensed to fight in California or anywhere else in the US within the near future, then I stand by what I said about the punishment being too light. Doing what he did and then returning to fight within 12-18 months is a joke. Luis Resto received a similar ban, but the commissions made the punishment more appropriate by continually denying him a license to fight FOREVER (he could work corners after 15 years or so). That is what I would hope to see with Margarito. But if this ends up being a year out and then back in the ring getting $100,000 purses like nothing ever happened, it's LIGHT.
:bears: WHat made it even worse for me was that, when he got caught, Margarito fought like a total rank loser vs Mosley. He pushed his punches, fell short with shots, fell into shots...and then got folded like a cheap deck chair. It was worst abdication of morality and effort I have witnessed live in the sport. He cheated, got caught, and then took a 7 round beating without so much as an honest effort anywhere in between.
You do know that California didn't suspend him for a year though, right? Don't you know that isn't what happened?
