Sugar Shane Mosley is fucking Margarito up! And Margarito was a 4:1 favorite.






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Wow, Shane to' his ass up! Hope he's okay. But Margarito was caught trynta put some kind of plastic shell in his handwrap which sounds like he was trynta cheat. Oh well, Shane still came out on top.

Shane whooped that ass

SCNDLS said:

I heard his other fights might be looked at now that this shit came out.

My hubby and his friends were watching the fight and just HOLLARING!!


Sounded like it was a good fight.

IAintTheOne said:

wow, I've never seen Shane look so sharp and OFFENSIVE. Good for him.

uPtoWnNY said:

Could easily be a big deal over nothing. It can be so arbitrary what is allowed and what's not. They didn't say it was plastic, just that he was using something that may have hardened when wet. I know that brings up the old plaster of paris controversy, but I also know people like to make a big deal to stir up interest in the sport. Controversy is always good for ratings and advertisers. I'm taking it with a grain of salt.

One for the ages

Mosley turned back the clock and then some

I thought Margarito's chin was made of metal, but he's human after all

Still cannot believe what Mosley did to him

Mosley stuns Margarito to win welterweight crown

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Shane Mosley had the speed, everyone knew that.

The surprise was his power.

Mosley dominated from start to finish, stopping Antonio Margarito at 43 seconds of the ninth round Saturday night to win the WBA welterweight title in a stunning upset.

The knockout was the first of Margarito’s career.

“People underestimate my strength,” Mosley said. “(Ricardo) Mayorga, (Fernando) Vargas, these guys are big. I’m able to knock them out. Margarito didn’t feel nearly as big.”

Margarito was coming off an impressive victory over previously unbeaten Miguel Cotto six months ago that had 30-year-old slugger being touted as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters.

Mosley must not have been paying attention.

The 37-year-old Mosley used his superior quickness from the beginning, and Margarito never was able to display the power and fortitude he showed against Cotto.

“It was a great night for me. Hopefully, there are many, many more,” Mosley said. “I wasn’t really expecting a knockout. It happened.”

When asked what won the fight, Mosley replied: It was my strategy, my focus, my game plan. It t was a tough fight, but it was a great plan. It was my left hook. I caught Vargas with it, I caught Mayorga with it.

“Margarito’s a warrior, he’s going to win more belts. He’s just a great guy, I’m happy he took the fight.”

Mosley brought in Nazim Richardson to train him for this fight, replacing his father, Jack. That move worked to perfection.

“When you have a great game plan and an excellent athlete, then everything works out very well,” Richardson said. “Shane Mosley’s an excellent athlete. Shane Mosley’s an excellent student.”

The bout was held before an announced crowd of 20,820—largest to attend a sporting event at Staples Center since it opened in October 1999. The fans were clearly pro-Margarito, even though Mosley grew up in suburban Pomona. It meant little once the bout began.

“I feel OK. I was just getting caught over and over,” said Margarito, who was taken to a hospital to be checked out.

Margarito, of Tijuana, Mexico, didn’t win a single round on one judge’s scorecard, one on another and two on the third before the ninth. The Associated Press had Mosley every round but one.

Mosley, who weighed the maximum 147 pounds, raised his record to 46-5 with 39 knockouts. Margarito, who weighed 145.8 pounds, dropped to 37-6 with 27 knockouts.

Both fighters earned around $2.4 million.

While Margarito was at his best in beating Cotto, Mosley certainly wasn’t in his last outing, a 12th-round knockout of Mayorga four months ago at Home Depot Center in nearby Carson. Mosley was ahead on two of the three judges’ scorecards when the end came in that fight.

Mosley was far better against Margarito. Before beating Mayorga, Mosley lost a close but unanimous 12-round decision to Cotto, on Nov. 10, 2007, and said afterward he’d love another shot at Cotto.

Before the fight, HBO’s Larry Merchant reported Margarito had to have his hands rewrapped after a complaint by Richardson during his pre-fight inspection.

Stephen Espinoza, attorney for Golden Boy Promotions, said he was told by Dean Lohuis, co-executive director of the California State Athletic Commission, that a plaster-like substance was found under both of Margarito’s hand wraps and had been bagged as evidence.

None of that mattered once the action began. Mosley landed 178 punches to 108 for Margarito and 118 power punches to Margarito’s 78.

Margarito fans at ringside, perhaps understanding their fighter was in trouble, began a pleading “Margarito, Margarito” chant as the eighth round began, and the Mexican boxer’s corner came to life when he landed his most solid blows of the fight to that point.

But Mosley staggered the champion late in the round, and floored him with a barrage of punches as the round ended. Margarito wobbled to his feet to beat the count to 10, but looked like a beaten man as he sat in his corner.

Mosley continued to force the action in the ninth, and finally Margarito’s corner threw in the towel when the fighter was unable to defend himself. Mosley landed 18 power punches and 21 overall to none for Margarito in the final round.

“Something happened in the first round,” said Javier Capetillo, Margarito’s trainer. “We were too slow. I didn’t think he was reacting properly. It was frustrating to watch because he kept getting hit by overhand rights.”

The fans began a “Margarito, Margarito” chant in the opening seconds of the first round, and the fighters were slugging it out toe-to-toe by the middle of the round. Mosley got what appeared to be some good shots in, but Margarito responded with a smile.

The crowd roared when the fighters traded solid punches early in the third round, and Margarito again flashed a grin after Mosley nailed him with several blows, none of which seemed to do much damage. But Mosley was connecting more often.

Margarito appeared to be picking up steam in the fourth round, but again, Mosley caught him with several punches, and Margarito didn’t respond with a smile until Mosley nailed him with a right hand as the round ended. That grin appeared to be one of acknowledgment.

Mosley was fighting at Staples Center for the second time. He won a 12-round split decision over Oscar De La Hoya on June 17, 2000 in the first boxing match held at the downtown Los Angeles arena.

On the undercard, Robert Guerrero of Gilroy, Calif., stopped Edel Ruiz of Los Mochis, Mexico just 27 seconds into their 10-round featherweight bout.

Guerrero (23-1-1, 16 KOs) used a single left hand punch to the body to floor Ruiz, who spent a couple minutes on his hands and knees before being helped to his feet.

FunkMistress said:

Last night, the main announcer specifically said plastic at one point but now they're saying plaster.

Illegal substance removed from Margarito’s gloves

LOS ANGELES – A controversy erupted about a half-hour prior to Antonio Margarito’s defense of his WBA welterweight title against Shane Mosley on Saturday, before 20,820 at the Staples Center.

Dean Lohuis, the interim co-executive director of the California State Athletic Commission, said an illegal substance was found in Margarito’s hand wraps. A boxer’s hands are wrapped with tape and gauze to protect them before he puts on his gloves.

“It was a plaster-like substance,” said Golden Boy Promotions attorney Stephen Espinoza. “It was bagged up by the commission and taken as evidence.”

Nazim Richardson, Mosley’s trainer, complained that Margarito’s wraps looked too large with a lump. An inspector for the commission agreed and ordered the wraps to be cut off and then rewrapped.

That is when the illegal substance was discovered. HBO analyst Larry Merchant, who was in the dressing room area doing interviews, said he had been told it was some kind of a wet substance.

Eric Gomez, the matchmaker for Mosley’s Golden Boy Promotions, said that it was the same material used to make plaster of paris.

Top Rank president Todd duBoef, who promotes Margarito, said he was told the wrap was simply gauze that was balled up by the knuckles. DuBoef said that when Richardson objected, Margarito’s camp was happy to comply and rewrap.

Margarito’s hands were wrapped by his longtime trainer, Javier Capetillo.

SCNDLS said:

Larry Merchant? That drunk ass says all kinds of things.

FunkMistress said:

No! Not Larry, he is getting worse with each fight, ain't he? I meant Jim Lampley but couldn't remember his name. Yeah, he said plastic while speaking to Emmanuel Stewart during one of the rounds.

SCNDLS said:

Oh, okay.

Yeah, Larry is a fucking mess.

FunkMistress said:

Is he drunk or just old? He seemed really forgetful last night, I could tell Jim was trynta be polite.

screw them.

im waiting for pacquiao vs. hatton

minneapolisFunq said:

If that fight happens, I am so there!

Well, there in my living room, I mean.

FunkMistress said:

Manny is a scrappy sommmmama bitch, ain't he???

SCNDLS said:

Just unbelievable. And I think he's totally adorable too.

FunkMistress said:

I love when they show him getting mobbed in his homeland.

JerseyKRS said:

That was vintage Shane. I couldn't believe what I was watching! Unfortunately, he's been so uneven in his performances over the past several years that we'll likely never get that again. Hell, he's 37! We were lucky to get it last night.

Very impressive.

I wonder if the divorce had anything to do with his intensity cuz I'm sure he's 'bout to lose a grip cuz Jin ain't no punk.

SCNDLS said:

I'd imagine so. He's dealt with a lot between fights, but adversity affects people differently. For some, it crushes them, others thrive in it.

violator said:

Plus she was his manager for years too, and now he's doing it all himself. Jin was kinda scary.

SCNDLS said:

Yeah, you kinda feel sorry for him...

violator said:

I mean she was hardcore, even other fighters/promoters were scurred of her ass. He looked totally hen-pecked.

FunkMistress said:

that's gonna be some hot shit there...

Shane was on fiya! That was a good fight. Shane was whopping that ass. Nothing else to be said.