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Talking about gloves DIB, did you hear the true story about a boxer and his handlers who over 25 years ago cheated an opponent in a fight.  Seems the fighter Ruis Resto, now in his 50's, was an accomplice to a fraud by using a pair of tainted gloves and hand wrappings that gave him the edge over his opponent Billy Collins Jr.[deceased].  Collins lost the fight and suffered one of the worse ring beatings in pugilistic history.  Resto's handlers were the master minds behind the crime but the young fighter was a part of it.  Why?  Greed.  Money bet on the fight.  Trainer [still alive]  and corner man [deceased]. 

All involved were barred from boxing for their lifetimes.  It ruined their careers and personal lives.  The investigator, who did a documentary, originally believed Resto was innocent as he claimed.   But after his research, ended up disclosing the truth that Resto was involved too.  All tried to sue the NY Boxing Commission.  The fight was held in Madison Square Garden.  No one from the Commission was present to observe the hand wrappings and gloves, as required.  So the guilty people blamed the Commission as culpable.  The Commission made them do it!   The courts have consistently thrown the cases out for years and years even the appeals.  Why?  You can't pass and enforce laws to make people have integrity and honesty.  Very sad case.  Moral odf story:  Once you go down that long grey road of hypocrisy, it gets harder and harder to tun back.

Carmine D.