subject: Has Margarito gone too far with his disrespectful insults toward Roach and his Parkinson's disease? [print this page] Has Margarito gone too far with his disrespectful insults toward Roach and his Parkinson's disease?
I can understand the mind games that boxer's will attempt to inflict on their opponent's, by the use of the media, news articles, the internet, but has Margarito taken it a little too far?
In a video that's already gone viral on the web, Antonio Margarito and his entourage are seen imitating Freddie Roach's debilitating disease, Parkinson's. It's absolutely disgusting how one human can just simply insult another human who is struggling from something debilitating as Parkinson's. By insulting Freddie Roach like this, he also inadvertently insults people who suffer from this disease, like Muhammed Ali, or even Michael J. Fox.
I'm sure the media (specifically HBO), will more than welcome this kind of drama, only to help with ratings and viewership, but should a line be drawn when something of this nature is crossed? What kind of message does this send out to the boxing world, to combat sports in general?
It's one thing to call someone mean and ugly (Chicago Bull's Joakim Noah on Celtics KG), but to actually try and get into someones head by completely trying to throw a verbal "low blow" is completely inhumane and disgusting. The boxing association should set the right example and give Margarito a massive fine for something like this, and it should be done immediately.
I can't wait to watch Pacquiao live on November 13th, when he stares down Margarito with an intent to injure. If the boxing world believes Antonio Margarito has paid his dues, they will all be sorely mistaken once the bell sounds off on Saturday night.
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