Which fight did margarito cheat in

Margarito fell flat last night, and he was doomed from the beginning, because his dark secret that has been with him for nearly four years is slowly coming into the light. Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! Your sports. Join Newsletter. A rematch was scheduled for December of , where Cotto won with a ninth round stoppage. It was Margarito's final fight before he announced his retirement due to issues with his right eye, which he first injured in a defeat to Manny Pacquiao.

The eye tremendously swelled against Cotto and led to the doctor stopping the fight. In-between those two fights, Margarito was involved in one of the biggest boxing controversies in the last 20 years, when hard illegal inserts were discovered in his hand wraps only a few hours prior to a scheduled January showdown with Shane Mosley, who knocked the Mexican veteran out in nine round. A few months ago, Margarito revealed that he plans to return to boxing.

He already sat down with promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank to plan out his comeback and he traveled over to Utah to receive a positive medical analysis on the right eye. Pacquiao blasts 'cheating' Margarito.

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