According to Lance Pugmire of LaTimes.com, Antonio Margarito's trainer, Javier Capetillo, is taking full blame for the hand-wrap controversy that occurred on January 24 before Margarito's fight with Shane Mosley. "I don't want this young man to have problems. I'm here to cover any responsibility. I take full responsibility. I committed this innocent mistake," Capetillo would admit during today's hearing before the California State Athletic Commission. Commission board members, who doubt Capetillo's story about making a mistake, have decided to revoke both his and Margarito's licenses for a minimum of one year.
Prior to Capetillo taking full repsonsibility, CSAC inspector Mike Bray revealed that he discovered "a white substance smeared across the pad, like a cast plaster." He continued, "There was a blood stain on the corner of the pad; [it was] moist and dirty looking with a white substance smeared across the pad, like a cast plaster." CSAC inspector Che Guevara testified that the pad inside Margarito's hand wraps was "not hard as a rock, but firm and hard." Capetillo revealed that he accidentally pulled the insert from his training bag and placed it in Margarito's wraps.