Video Hype: Margarito "Apologizes" to Freddie Roach

I think people here know that I am no fan of Margarito and I have been adamant about boycotting this fight from the beginning… however, after listening to Margarito’s version of the events, I went back to the original video and if you listen closely you can definitely hear Margarito saying “ay que miedo” (“oh, I’m so scared”) … On the other hand, the face and hand gestures also suggest something else is going on…

 Obviously, Rios’ performance is completely beyond defense… it also seems like that’s not the first time he’s “entertained” the Garcia Gym with his impression of Roach because it’s actually Garcia the one who puts Rios up to it, like if he had seen it before and found it hilarious.

Here’s what Rios had to say, per FanHouse’s Lem Satterfield:

It was mainly meant for his camp and our camp. We didn’t mean for it to be brought out to the whole world where everybody has taken it differently. It was a bad video and it just came out in the wrong way.

Translation: “We didn’t mean for everyone to think we were doing exactly what we were doing.”

Now that they’ve done semi-apologies, it’s probably best to just stop talking about it, because they’re just making it worse every time they do. I guess he’s saying he thought Elie Seckbach was going to take the video over to the Wild Card and play it for them but nobody else on earth. This is the worst talking in circles I can remember. My God.

One more from FanHouse, as Roach has publicly accepted Garcia’s apology:

But, you know, after I got off of the phone with Robert, he had apologized sincerely. He brought up how I have treated him when he comes to my [Wild Card Boxing Club] gym and how I’ve given him sparring partners. He said how if he wins this fight, he’s not the greatest trainer.

Robert said that I would still be the greatest trainer because I’ve had so many world champions. I felt like it was a very sincere apology. You know what? I’m a forgiving person and, you know, I think that they realize that they went a little bit too far. I was upset but I’m not anymore.

Good. Now we can stop talking about it.

Garcia must now know….that Manny will do what Freddie can’t.

I think that the reason that it was taken down to begin with was not to protect Margarito but to protect the people behind the editing of the video and its affiliates. If it was taken the wrong way then those that created the video would be and could be seen as potential instigators of this entire circus. Let the fighters fight and lets see what happens. Personally I think that if Pacquiao gets careless or slows down even for a one or two rounds he’s getting knocked out. Hard to believe but that just my opinion. Margarito has something like 28 knockouts and he is the bigger guy. The odds started at 6 to 1 but personally i think it should be more like 2 1/2 to 1. Cant wait!

Capetillo has “apologized” for his role in the Margarito hand wrap scandal:

http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2496/capetillo_breaks_silence_apologizes_for_handwrap_scandal/

"I knew we were in deep s__t, and we couldn’t tell anyone. It was too late to pull out of the fight. But I want to make it clear that I did not plan what happened. Maybe I was feeling the pressure of the fight and not paying attention to what I was doing when I reached into my bag and grabbed the training gauze, but I didn’t do it on purpose.

"I made a mistake. I wasn’t trying to hide anything. I just screwed up, and I did it in front of Mosley’s trainer and the commissioners…I confessed to the commission after the fight. I took responsibility for my actions and I think I’ve been punished as if Tony had fought with the gauze."

If there’s ever been a worse apology. He also went on to say that Margo never fought with illegal hand wraps, and that he thinks Margo will beat the crap out of Pacquiao.