By Eric Thomas: In an interview with Primera Hora, former two time heavyweight champion of the world John Ruiz says that he doesn’t think that Antonio Margarito should be a allowed to fight anymore. Margarito was caught with a foreign substance in his hand wraps a year ago before his fight against Shane Mosley in January 2009. The substance was later determined to be an illegal plaster like chemical and Margarito was subsequently banned for a year by the California Athletic Commission.
Margarito, after serving his year suspension, has decided to make a comeback by applying with the Texas Athletic Commission rather than the California Commission. It is thought by some people that Margarito stands a better chance at getting his boxing license back if he applies to the Texas Commission. Margarito and his promotional company are hoping to have him fight on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Johshua Clottey bout on March 13th, at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Margarito, if he gets his license back, will be facing Carson Jones, a good 2nd tier fighter.
In the meantime, Ruiz, commenting on the thought of Margarito being allowed to continue fighting, said “One of the serious problems of boxing is that despite the regulations, looking around him to cheat. This is a sport where he put out lives at risk every time we go up to fight, but Texas is still considering to allow a boxer back in the ring, even though he did something wrong.”
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