By Peter Wells: After being banned from fighting in the US at the beginning of the year Antonio Margarito has not fought even outside of America, and at the moment there is no sign of him coming back. Well if he is allowed to fight in America again, I’m sure we’ll see him again next year, but not all States will be so kind, and may not give him his licence to fight in their State, especially Los Angeles.

I know most people will probably reply to this article by saying things like, we never want to see him fight again, and he should be banned for life. And I can respect that, but he is still a great fighter as far as we know, as we don’t know how long he’s been using this substance in his gloves. Shane Mosley wasn’t upset at all with what Margarito did, as he said in an interview with The Ring, “because there was blood on the tape then he was probably suffering from bad hands, and his trainer told him it was to protect his hands”, not to smash the other fighters face to bits. Mosley knows what it’s like to be mislead like that, as he took BALCO before his second fight with Oscar De La Hoya, where he was told by his team it was to help him and didn’t know it was an illegal substance.

Margarito was linked to a fight in Mexico with Carlos Baldomir for last July, but nothing went ahead, and we still wait to see when Antonio will return, and where he will be allowed to fight. If he does return next year, the most likely fights will be against less tough opponents like Baldomir, but a rematch against Miguel Cotto is still possible, and then we can see who the real warrior is.

I’m sure most States will let him fight there again, for his exciting style, and a second bout with Cotto would sell big time, so expect to see him back mid next year, whether you like it or not, any fight with him in it is going to be a stormer.