Antonio Margarito comeback

On March 13 in Dallas, Texas, disgraced welterweight Antonio Margarito could return to the ring to fight Carson Jones in a welterweight bout.

You might remember Margarito being suspended for using illegal pads on his hands. The illegal pads were discovered prior to his bout with Shane Mosley last January. Mosley went on to win via KO in the late rounds.

Margarito was on top of the world after being Miguel Cotto in the summer of 2008. Margarito did a very bad thing and he let lots of people down. He was a popular figure with plenty of big wins to his name, but now we all must wonder what he did to deserve those wins.

I guess Margarito deserves a chance to continue with his boxing career, but the argument can be made that he should have been banned for life. What are your thoughts.

- Felix

Prep Scores, Jan. 30

Boys Basketball
Cliff 64, Hot Springs 38
Eldorado 57, Hobbs 51
Escalante 73, Dulce 56
Gallup Catholic 70, Alamo-Navajo 53
Grants 92, Moriarty 63
Hope Christian 67, Sandia Prep 57
Magdalena 58, Menaul 34
Melrose 78, Gateway Christian 51
Pojoaque 54, Raton 26
Tatum 39, Floyd 36
Texico 74, Tucumcari 47
Tularosa 74, Cloudcroft 36
West Mesa 69, Gallup 61
Girls Basketball
Albuquerque High 52, Santa Fe 38
Clovis 71, Goddard 17
Floyd 49, Tatum 37
Gallup 47, Piedra Vista 31
Hope Christian 58, Laguna-Acoma 23
Lovington 82, Ruidoso 39
Magdalena 69, Menaul 36
Melrose 66, Gateway Christian 35
Texico 69, Tucumcari 40

Prep Hoops Scores, Jan. 29

Boys Basketball
Albuquerque Academy 63, Belen 52
Aztec 43, Farmington 34
Bernalillo 100, Taos 98, 4OT
Carlsbad 57, Goddard 53
Chaparral 78, Deming 65
Cliff 81, Quemado 54
Coronado 70, Monte del Sol 39
Des Moines 81, Wagon Mound 67
Desert Academy 48, Jemez Valley 41
Espanola Valley 65, Los Alamos 52
Gallup Catholic 66, Pine Hill 33
Hagerman 80, Loving 53
Hobbs 82, Artesia 65
Lordsburg 74, Cobre 37
Lovington 52, Ruidoso 37
Manzano 56, Eldorado 47
Mayfield 59, Alamogordo 47
Mesa Vista 66, Pecos 52
Mesilla Valley Christian 71, Cloudcroft 22
NMMI 53, Dexter 37
Piedra Vista 40, Durango, Colo. 38
Santa Fe Indian 75, Robertson 61
Santa Teresa 47, Silver 30
St. Pius 58, Capital 37
Tularosa 90, Capitan 25
Valencia 57, Socorro 51
Volcano Vista 60, Del Norte 45

Girls Basketball
Albuquerque Academy 60, Belen 58
Carlsbad 57, Goddard 53
Cleveland 55, Rio Rancho 30
Del Norte 37, Albuquerque High 32
Deming 62, Chaparral 34
Desert Academy 59, Jemez Valley 58
Gallup 80, West Mesa 44
Hagerman 50, Loving 34
Las Cruces 65, Gadsden 42
Piedra Vista 46, Durango, Colo. 44
Rio Grande 66, Highland 55
Sandia 58, La Cueva 44
Silver 53, Santa Teresa 43
Socorro 64, Valencia 42
Valley 66, Santa Fe 32

Prep Hoops Scores, Jan. 26

Belen 57, Moriarty 49
Bloomfield 72, Tohatchi 57
Bosque School 70, Jemez Valley 26
Capital 71, Taos 60
Clovis 78, Artesia 43
Deming 38, EP Cathedral, Texas 15
Eldorado 80, Los Lunas 42
Farmington 50, Kirtland Central 44
Fort Sumner 73, Dora 57
Gallup 49, Cibola 47
Grants 61, Valencia 53
Hagerman 74, Gateway Christian 50
Highland 70, Valley 68
Hobbs 80, Goddard 41
La Cueva 80, Santa Fe 39
Lordsburg 70, Cloudcroft 54
Los Alamos 67, Bernalillo 35
Lovington 44, Portales 33
Manzano 81, Rio Grande 51
Mayfield 50, Las Cruces High 38
McCurdy 53, Monte del Sol 51
Melrose 46, Floyd 30
Menaul 83, Tohajilee 52
Mesilla Valley Christian 63, Tularosa 54
Newcomb 54, Zuni 50
Piedra Vista 64, Aztec 48
Roswell 53, Carlsbad 51
Sandia 53, Albuquerque High 51
Sandia Prep 68, Laguna-Acoma 21
Santa Teresa 60, Socorro 47
St. Pius 65, Del Norte 35
Tatum 48, Jal 41
Thoreau 92, Cuba 52
Girls Basketbal
Clovis JV 47, Clovis Christian 34
Dora 45, Fort Sumner 38
Eldorado 56, Los Lunas 14
Floyd 68, Melrose 45
Hagerman 56, Gateway Christian 24
Hope Christian 64, Sandia Prep 25
Las Cruces High 50, Mayfield 38
Mesa Vista 66, Coronado 33
Moriarty 38, Belen 30
Rio Grande 75, Manzano 35
Roswell 47, Carlsbad 20
Silver 58, Hatch Valley 48
Tatum 43, Jal 37
Thoreau 70, Cuba 53
Tohajilee 47, Menaul 43

Pro fighters Abie Han and David Rodriguez update

Looks like junior middleweight Abie Han and heavyweight David Rodriguez, both of El Paso, will fight next month in Cancun, Mexico.

Both fighters train in Las Cruces.

- Felix

Prospect Danny Garcia added to El Paso card

Looks like Philadelphia junior welterweight prospect Danny Garcia will be on the Feb. 26 card at the Don Haskins Center as part of the ESPN2 broadcast of the Miguel Roman/Antonio Escalante main event.

Garcia is 15-0 with 10 knockouts. He'll take on 25-3 Ashley Theopane in a scheduled 8-rounder.

- Felix

Sunland Park Racetrack top perfomers so far

It's been an interesting few weeks so far at the annual Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Trainer Todd Fincher has been one of the top trainers so far, he's won four stakes this months and could finish the meet as one of the top two or three money makers at this point.

Justin Evans came from Turf Paradise and Cantebury Stakes and has proven to be a formidable trainer in his own right.

Horse wise, First Moonflash ended his quarter horse career with a big win in the Championship at Sunland Park. Grand Slam Andre ended his 2-year-old campaign with a very good looking win in the Riley Allison Futurity.

Las Cruces owned horse Outlaw Avenue could be a horse to keep an eye out on for the future. He debuted earlier this month at 6 1/2 furlongs and won. He will run again Friday, Jan. 29. He's super fast and could be tough.

Jockey wise, Luis Contreras, Martin Bourdieu and Isaias Enriquez have come up big at various times, while Ajejandro Medellin continues to be a force on quarter horses and thoroughbreds.

- Felix