Pacquiao unloads on Margarito’s claims

Associated Press

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.

Manny Pacquiao believes in forgiveness. He also isn’t forgetting why Antonio Margarito needs it.

Pacquiao said he just doesn’t believe his next opponent was unaware he was wearing illegal hand wraps before a fight nearly two years ago. Though he agrees Margarito deserves a second chance in boxing, Pacquiao isn’t buying Margarito’s defense and the passionate arguments of Bob Arum, who promotes both fighters.

“Of course, I believe he knew,” Pacquiao said. “He’s the one who wraps his hands. He’s just making some alibi for some reason. What do you think? My belief is you [would] know that.”

Pacquiao wants somebody watching Margarito’s hands getting wrapped before they meet in Texas.