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mellifluous · 01-26-2009, 01:12 PM

If I remember correctly, I think there were two Mosley lawsuits going on. He was suing BALCO and Victor Conti for defamation of character. Mosley was also being sued by his trainer for the same reason. The suit filed against Mosley by his trainer was the one that got dismissed. The Mosley v. BALCO suit is still active.

I know it probably would have been poor form to speculate on it during the fight, but I was shocked how little was made of Margarito's actions by the HBO fight crew. They mentioned it but did not really discuss the implications of having such a substance in your gloves. To me this really does throw Margarito's previous victories into question, especially the one over Cotto.

Mosely fought an amazing fight, and I don't want to take anything away from him, but I'm forced to wonder about the psychological effect of Margarito getting caught cheating immediately before the fight. If he's been doctoring his gloves for a long time, the knowledge that he didn't have that advantage could seriously affect his performance.

I thought the best thing Mosley did was to push Margarito around. All the leaning on him and shoving him had to have a negative effect. You could see a bit of the Hopkins influence in that and in how he was always using his head to aggravate Margarito.

01-26-2009, 01:12 PM	#45
mellifluous Minors (Single A) Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 73	If I remember correctly, I think there were two Mosley lawsuits going on. He was suing BALCO and Victor Conti for defamation of character. Mosley was also being sued by his trainer for the same reason. The suit filed against Mosley by his trainer was the one that got dismissed. The Mosley v. BALCO suit is still active. I know it probably would have been poor form to speculate on it during the fight, but I was shocked how little was made of Margarito's actions by the HBO fight crew. They mentioned it but did not really discuss the implications of having such a substance in your gloves. To me this really does throw Margarito's previous victories into question, especially the one over Cotto. Mosely fought an amazing fight, and I don't want to take anything away from him, but I'm forced to wonder about the psychological effect of Margarito getting caught cheating immediately before the fight. If he's been doctoring his gloves for a long time, the knowledge that he didn't have that advantage could seriously affect his performance. I thought the best thing Mosley did was to push Margarito around. All the leaning on him and shoving him had to have a negative effect. You could see a bit of the Hopkins influence in that and in how he was always using his head to aggravate Margarito.