Pacquiao vs Margarito: Texas, Please Don’t Screw this Up -- 8CountNews

By Peter Czymbor, 8CountNews.com

When Manny Pacquiao vies for his 8th world title in his 8th weight division this weekend against Mexico’s Antonio Margarito, he’ll be doing it in Arlington, Texas and that states commission will be in charge. The WBC’s junior middleweight title will be on the line.

First off, the Texas commission and their appointment of officials for this bout.The referee will be Laurence Cole and the judges will be Gale Van Hoy, Juergen Langos and Glen Rick Crocker.

Two names standout on that list: referee Laurence Cole and Gale Van Hoy. A referee and judge respectively with absolutely terrible reputations.

Laurence Cole infamously told Mexican fighter Juan Manuel Marquez, during a fight against Filipino Jimrex Jaca, that he was ahead on the scorecards during a break in which a doctor was looking at a cut on Marquez caused by a head butt. This is despite it being against the rules for a fighter or anyone onhis team knowing the score during a fight during the bout. What Cole was saying to Marquez was that, if he wanted to, he could quit the fight at that point citing the cut caused by a head butt (not a punch) and go to the scorecards and win a technical decision.

Cole unfairly giving a Mexican fighter an advantage over a Filipino fighter in Texas. Please don’t do that this weekend Laurence.

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