It has come to light this season that NASCAR has been involved in the business of secretly fining drivers who stray from the company line. Criticizing penalties already levied or the latest in innovations can prove to be costly for the offending participants.The New York State Athletic Commission will allow boxer Antonio Margarito to fight against Miguel Cotto on Dec. 3 at Madison Square Garden, ending a drawn-out saga that orginally saw the NYSAC reject Margarito's application for a license a few weeks ago, then take a good part of Tuesday afternoon deliberating on whether or not to grant him a license.
Margarito had flown to New York on Monday to be examined by the commission's hand-picked eye specialist, Andrew Goldstein, at the request of the commission.
Margarito suffered serious eye injuries a year ago in his fight at Cowboys Stadium against Manny Pacquiao, including a broken orbital bone. He developed a cataract in his right eye and had it surgically removed, and an artificial lens implanted. Generally, the NYSAC does not allow a person to fight in the state with the types of injuries Margarito incurred.
The three-person commission had rejected Margarito's application for a boxing license several weeks ago, but Top Rank, the promoter for both Cotto and Margarito, sought an appeal. Margarito had gotten clearance to fight from his eye surgeon, Alan Crandall. But the commission wanted their own doctor to check Margarito out. He flew in on Monday and was examined by Goldstein.
Top Rank President Todd duBoef said afterwards, "I'm incredibly happy about the result, and that the commission was able to see that when the top medical evidence came in, that they were willing to consider it. That to me was incredible.
"But we had nothing to hide. That's what we were always saying. We've got nothing to hide, he's got nothing to hide and we wanted to be heard, not to go on deaf ears.
"It's an incredible fight for boxing. This whole show in New York has all come together and to see this thing possibly fade away was what was so disheartening."
The commission was more than an hour late for the meeting Tuesday and then deliberated for several hours before making its decision.
The statement by commissioner Edwin Torres, who was standing in for Melvina Latham, the chairman who had On a conference call with reporters ealrier Tuesday, Cotto, the WBA light middleweight champion, who has a large Puerto Rican following in the New York City area, dropped a bomb when he said he would not fight if the bout was moved from New York.
"I signed for this for New York," Cotto said when asked about the possibility of the fight moving elsewhere. "I didn't sign this fight for somewhere else. I'm going to fight in New York. I'm not going to fight in another place. I'm not going to present myself in any other state. New York State. If New York says and the medical people from the commission say that Margarito is not able to fight because of his eye, any commission has to respect that."
Thus, it appears that the HBO pay-per-view card will proceed as scheduled on Saturday, Dec. 3 at Madison Square Garden.
Margarito had flown to New York on Monday to be examined by the commission's hand-picked eye specialist, Andrew Goldstein, at the request of the commission.
Margarito suffered serious eye injuries a year ago in his fight at Cowboys Stadium against Manny Pacquiao, including a broken orbital bone. He developed a cataract in his right eye and had it surgically removed, and an artificial lens implanted. Generally, the NYSAC does not allow a person to fight in the state with the types of injuries Margarito incurred.
The three-person commission had rejected Margarito's application for a boxing license several weeks ago, but Top Rank, the promoter for both Cotto and Margarito, sought an appeal. Margarito had gotten clearance to fight from his eye surgeon, Alan Crandall. But the commission wanted their own doctor to check Margarito out. He flew in on Monday and was examined by Goldstein.
Top Rank President Todd duBoef said afterwards, "I'm incredibly happy about the result, and that the commission was able to see that when the top medical evidence came in, that they were willing to consider it. That to me was incredible.
"But we had nothing to hide. That's what we were always saying. We've got nothing to hide, he's got nothing to hide and we wanted to be heard, not to go on deaf ears.
"It's an incredible fight for boxing. This whole show in New York has all come together and to see this thing possibly fade away was what was so disheartening."
The commission was more than an hour late for the meeting Tuesday and then deliberated for several hours before making its decision.
The statement by commissioner Edwin Torres, who was standing in for Melvina Latham, the chairman who had On a conference call with reporters ealrier Tuesday, Cotto, the WBA light middleweight champion, who has a large Puerto Rican following in the New York City area, dropped a bomb when he said he would not fight if the bout was moved from New York.
"I signed for this for New York," Cotto said when asked about the possibility of the fight moving elsewhere. "I didn't sign this fight for somewhere else. I'm going to fight in New York. I'm not going to fight in another place. I'm not going to present myself in any other state. New York State. If New York says and the medical people from the commission say that Margarito is not able to fight because of his eye, any commission has to respect that."
Thus, it appears that the HBO pay-per-view card will proceed as scheduled on Saturday, Dec. 3 at Madison Square Garden.
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