Mosley-Margarito: Antonio Eats Humble Pie with Plenty of Sugar on Top!
On Jan. 24, 2009, there was a much hyped tornado warning in the Los Angeles area by the name of Antonio "the Tijuana Tornado" Margarito. There was even a record breaking attendance at the Staples Center to witness this supposed tornado.
No other Laker game or music concert could even come close to the 21,000 Tornado chasers who packed Kobe Bryant's enormous office like never before. Even all the A-list celebrity's came out to watch, and so did our mighty Governator Schwarzenegger.
But a funny thing happened that night, and that is the tornado never happened? Yes we even had a cheezy tornado warning siren alarm us as Margarito walked into the ring holding his WBA belt for just another 27 minutes.
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You maybe asking so what happen to this tornado that was supposed to hit LA? Well kids one thing that can stop a tornado from happening is SUGAR! Yes, Sugar Shane Mosley that is!
For the last three years, many of us boxing fans were forced to listen to all the hype and publicity about this supposed tornado that was going to wipe out the trailer home communities in the 147 division.
Hall of famer, Bob Arum, did a great job in promoting this tornado that keeps coming after you throwing punches non stop. Margarito's hype began to explode onto Julio Caesar Chavez levels. One thing is clear and that is Margarito is no Chavez.
However, Margarito began to live up to another hype of being the most iron chin in the sport when he took all of the power shots that Miguel Cotto could throw at him last July.
I made the prediction that Sugar Shane was probably going to outbox Margarito either to win or get KO'd later towards the end of the fight just like Cotto did. Then, of course, Sugar gets so sweet he has to knock out that iron chin.
But here comes another ridiculous soap opera twist added to this drama. Margarito got caught with what allegedly appeared to be illegal plaster of paris hand wraps. Yes kids when plaster of paris gets wet it hardens like a brick and if you have bricks in your gloves you are probably going to wreck who ever you hit much like a tornado.
But we have trainer Nazim Richardson to thank for catching this and bringing it to the Boxing Commisioner's attention because if there's a tornado hitting you I'm sure you'd prefer for that tornado not to have fists made of plaster of paris. So this says a lot about Margarito, his hype, his wins, and, more importantly, about him as a person?
To keep it real, I never cared for Margarito for several reasons. One, he is cocky. Cocky in a douchebag kind of way, not in a smooth, Ali kind of way. He actually embraced all this hype about himself and even worse he was blinded by his own hype.
I actually like showboating. I find it entertaining if done with the proper swagger, but you don't showboat when your opponent is hurt and already knocked down on the ground and continue to taunt him for a whole minute. That is just poor taste and obnoxious like he did against Cintron.
Also if you lose you suck it up and congratulate the man who just beat you and shake his hand which he refused to do to Paul Williams. Then you add the fact that Margarito has an ugly 1980s mullet as if he seriously thinks its sexy to rock a mullet past 1985.
On top of that the latest plaster of paris cheating scandal with his gloves. As a fighter he is very limited in skill and talent yet he's hyped out to be the next Chavez. Let's all thank Sugar Shane for stopping this horrible tornado from wrecking LA. Shane was dealing with a lot of distractions and hard times in preparation for this fight.
His past Balco scandal stirred up again, he fires his dad as his trainer, his gold digger wife divorces him in the middle of his training camp in Big Bear. Come on Jin, you seriously could not wait until after the fight for him to sign those divorce papers?
Was there a gold digger deadline in January that just had to be met while Shane was training in the mountains?
I remember when Sugar was in his prime and just beat the Golden Boy I was at a Denny's in his hometown of Pomona. At this Denny's they had a huge banner with Sugar Shane on it with his championship belts. When was the last time you were at Denny's and they had banner of anyone you gave a damn about?
In closing I want the powers that be to recognize that Staples Center needs more boxing fights! It took a boxing fight to break attendance records, its great for Los Angeles economy, publicity, and morale. Stop having all the big fights in Las Vegas at the casinos.
The casinos charge way too much for their tickets and give most of them away to douche bag VIP gamblers who know nothing of the sport of boxing and who don't even fill the seats until the national anthem is sung.
The real boxing fans of Southern California have spoken and we have proven that if you bring the fights to Kobe's place of employment then we will pack it to capacity.
GOD Bless,
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