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THE ROWE SHOW: IN DEFENSE OF MARGARITO

Boxing scribe Greg Rowe takes his show on the road as fans from around the world ask questions about a number of topics. From Floyd Mayweather to Manny Pacquiao, check out his perspective on the biggest names and the hottest topics of the sport. This week, fans were still buzzing about Miguel Cotto’s 10th round TKO win over Antonio Margarito and Rowe’s recent article about whether or not the fight should have been stopped or if Margarito should have been given a chance to continue. Check it out!

A completely completely completely retarded article. I respectfully disagree with your assertion that the fight is a “setup.” Margaritos right eye was swollen shut and let’s not forget, he has an ARTIFICIAL LENSE. So what if Cotto only wanted to fight in New York, why does Mayweather only want to fight Pacquiao in Las Vegas and never in Cowboys Stadium? Exactly, now I am a HUGE Mayweather fan and after the Ortiz fight Pactards were clamoring that the fight was staged and I refuted that countless times especially amongst my friends who are all Wackman fans. So coming from an unbiased point of view, Cotto completely out classed and dominated Margarito, if the doctors had let the fight continue Matgarito would have went blind in his right eye. Also, you argue that the referee never reprimanded Cotto for pushing off with his forearm right? What about Mayweather’s elbow? Does the Hatton fight ring a bell? Margarito doesn’t deserve a 3rd bout with Cotto, he needs to retire. Like you wrote in your article, you were surprised at how quickly Margaritos right eye swelled up again and it looked drastically similar to when he fought Pacquiao, do you think it will magically not swell up in a 3rd bout with Cotto? Lastly, if you really think Margarito didn’t use wraps against Cotto you are a fool, innocent until proven guilty? Are you kidding me? Did you not see the handwrap pictures of the broken gauze? And is it plausible that he randomly used plaster of paris in the Mosley bout? Come on man. If I was Money May I would tell you “Fight Hype need to fire you, you don’t know shit about boxing.” – Abner Sabido

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