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07-10-2010, 08:49 PM
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By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
Former welterweight titlist Antonio Margarito's plans for a major fall fight in Nevada -- be it with Manny Pacquiao or a rematch with Miguel Cotto, the two bouts promoter Top Rank has talked about -- were dealt a serious blow Friday when the Nevada State Athletic Commission tabled his application for a boxing license.
After a spirited hearing that lasted nearly two hours, the panel voted 4-1 to table his application, telling Margarito that he must first re-apply for a license in California before Nevada will consider his request again.
The California State Athletic Commission revoked Margarito's license last year over a hand-wrapping scandal following his Jan. 24 ninth-round knockout loss to Shane Mosley in a welterweight championship fight at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Before the fight, Mosley trainer Naazim Richardson objected to the way Margarito's hands had been wrapped. When California officials eventually cut off the wrap to check it, illegal pads coated in a plaster-like substance, which had escaped the notice of the commission inspector who oversaw the wrapping procedure, were discovered in each wrap.
Margarito pleaded ignorance during the California hearing before it voted to revoke his license, as well as the license of his trainer Javier Capetillo, who had wrapped his hands.
Margarito, who has severed ties with Capetillo, pleaded ignorance again when questioned by Nevada commissioners.
By Dan Rafael
ESPN.com
Former welterweight titlist Antonio Margarito's plans for a major fall fight in Nevada -- be it with Manny Pacquiao or a rematch with Miguel Cotto, the two bouts promoter Top Rank has talked about -- were dealt a serious blow Friday when the Nevada State Athletic Commission tabled his application for a boxing license.
After a spirited hearing that lasted nearly two hours, the panel voted 4-1 to table his application, telling Margarito that he must first re-apply for a license in California before Nevada will consider his request again.
The California State Athletic Commission revoked Margarito's license last year over a hand-wrapping scandal following his Jan. 24 ninth-round knockout loss to Shane Mosley in a welterweight championship fight at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Before the fight, Mosley trainer Naazim Richardson objected to the way Margarito's hands had been wrapped. When California officials eventually cut off the wrap to check it, illegal pads coated in a plaster-like substance, which had escaped the notice of the commission inspector who oversaw the wrapping procedure, were discovered in each wrap.
Margarito pleaded ignorance during the California hearing before it voted to revoke his license, as well as the license of his trainer Javier Capetillo, who had wrapped his hands.
Margarito, who has severed ties with Capetillo, pleaded ignorance again when questioned by Nevada commissioners.