Assault In The Ring

Discussion in 'Boxing/MMA Talk' started by Garnett, Aug 7, 2009.

  1. Garnett

    Garnett Gritt Tuff

    Has anyone seen this documentary on HBO? I had not heard the story before but it was captivating.

    For those who haven't seen it and plan to, stop reading, spoilers below:









    - Tough veteran Luis Resto (like 19-6 or so) fights up-and-coming 14-0 Billy Collins Jr. in Madison Square Garden. He's probably going to lose to Collins.
    - Billy Collins face looks like hamburger meat (literally... far worse than Rocky at the end of the original) by the time the fight is half over. But, Billy goes the distance.
    -After the fight, his dad (cornerman) notices that Luis Resto's glove had no padding, grabs his glove and doesn't let go until the officials can get there. Eventually, Resto and his trainer "Panama" Lewis" actually spend 2 and a half years in prison even though they claim they did nothing wrong. Panama blamed it conveniently on the cut man who had died a few months after the fight.
    - Collins, Jr.'s life is destroyed... turns into a loser shortly after the fight and basically kills himself in a car wreck.
    -Documentary maker gets Resto eventually to admit that, not only was there no padding in the gloves, but, that Panama had put a plaster cast on his damn hand!!! So, he was hitting this dude with freaking bricks, and no padding!!!
    -Panama Lewis bet a bunch of cocaine money on this fight, and he was manipulating Resto. Resto was just a weak man who was afraid to say no. You could tell that, even as a 50+ year old man, he was just weak and scared to death of confrontation... kind of ironic for a top level fighter.
     
  2. hermhater

    hermhater Guest

    Interesting read Garnett...

    What a hecked up situation...
     
  3. Daddy Primetime42

    Daddy Primetime42 TheNationWillRiseAgain

    Margarito did the same to miguel Cotto he punished him until he gave up. Cotto has alot heart and came back with a victory and now has big fight coming up. I thought the pacman will win this. But thinking about it seeing the hard punches he took from Margarito that night Pacquiao's will not affect him, unless Cotto is touched up already. Anyways thats an interesting story and wil be looking for it in the future.
     
  4. Garnett

    Garnett Gritt Tuff

    Margarito had only been using the cast on his wraps, the padding was full for his gloves. The gloves Resto used had the padding removed. They showed them on the documentary, there was an incision in the glove and it was half the size of it's normal regulation size. On top of that, Resto now asserts that Panama Lewis and another (now deceased) cornerman did a plaster wrap as well as spiking his water bottle with someone PED. There was a meeting before the Collins/Resto fight where Panama and his other cornerman made a deal to bet a ton of money on Resto and he assured the "drug dealer" he was betting with he'd make sure Resto won. This was a really sad and interesting documentary.

    The head trainer, Panama Lewis had been accused of spiking another one of his fighters water bottles in the past. They showed the clip of the other fight where Panama asked for a special bottle "the one he mixed" to be given in between rounds after a cornerman picked up a regular water bottle.

    Cotto/Pac will be a great fight. Cotto is tough, but I always root for Pacman.
     
  5. Daddy Primetime42

    Daddy Primetime42 TheNationWillRiseAgain

    I see, thanx. Yeah im a huge Pacman fan also but Cotto is tough.