Video: Margarito in Hot Water over Parkinson's Flap

Antonio Margarito can't stay out of trouble these days.

The boxer, who allegedly had illegal hand wraps in boxing match two years ago, is seen in a video apparently mocking Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach, who has Parkinson's disease.

Days before his highly-anticipated boxing match, Margarito's camp is backtracking.

"This was nothing to do with the disease that Freddie Roach has. We know it's something that we don't wish nobody," Margarito trainer Robert García said Wednesday.

The video interview, posted by Elie Seckbach of FanHouse, recently raced across the Internet. It seemingly shows Margarito and Brandon Rios — both of whom are trained by García — appear to mock Roach's Parkinson's affliction.

In the video, Margarito appears to make a twisted face and raise a shaking hand for the camera before it pans to Rios, who also makes faces and stutters while saying Pacquiao's name.

The video has since been edited to remove Rios and make it appear as though Margarito is doing a scared impression of Roach, who has routinely questioned Margarito's integrity following the hand-wrapping scandal nearly two years ago.

(The video below is believed to be the unedited version).

García also takes part in the mockery by seemingly holding up a thick chunk of metal and telling Roach he'd better watch as Margarito's hands are wrapped so that it doesn't end up under the tape.

When Roach was at the podium Wednesday, he didn't acknowledge what García said or even refer to the video. After the formal program was completed, though, Roach said he wasn't buying García's apology.

"They're so disrespectful to me and the hand pad issues. ... It's like a slap in the face, like 'we got caught with something, but we're still here fighting. ' I think it shows his true character. I don't think they are a good group of people," Roach said. "I'm not going to bother Manny Pacquiao with that. Manny doesn't hate anybody and so forth, but I do hate those guys."

Pacquiao said he hadn't seen the video.

Roach does plan to make sure Margarito is being watched when his hands are wrapped before Saturday night's bout.

"I will watch him. I asked the (Texas) commission to have a person from my camp in their training room from start to finish, and they can do the same with me," Roach said, adding that his request was approved. "I don't trust those guys. He'll do anything to win. He's done it before. He's a cheater."

The bout will be Pacquiao's second at Cowboys Stadium, where more than 50,000 fans are expected to attend along with an expected pay-per-view audience of 1 million or more.

In March at the $1.2 billion showplace, Pacquiao dominated Joshua Clottey from the opening bell to retain his welterweight title with an unanimous decision.

Pacquiao has since been elected a congressman in his native Philippines, a job that initially seemed to be affecting his training for this fight. He even missed a day of workouts.

"Everything is back to normal," Roach said, declaring Pacquiao ready for the fight. "It was never physical. It was all mental. His mental focus wasn't there."

Margarito, the former welterweight champion, was approved to fight in Texas after being denied a license in California and having another application in Nevada tabled.

Promoter Bob Arum again Wednesday applauded the decision by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and defended Margarito. Both Pacquiao and Margarito fight under Arum's Top Rank banner.

"When other people in boxing, some other commissions feasted on innuendoes, lies and smears, this commission read the record, read every scrap from the California hearing to the appeals," Arum said. "For 18 months (Margarito) has gone through hell, but he's taken it like a man, he's accepted it and believe me on Saturday night he will give you the fight of his life."

Margarito hasn't fought in the United States since January 2009, when a plaster-like substance was found in his hand wraps before a fight against Shane Mosley in Los Angeles.

Margarito's license along with that of his former trainer, Javier Capetillo, were revoked for at least one year by the California State Athletic Commission, a decision that was upheld by other states.

Margarito has repeatedly said he wasn't aware of the substance found in his hand wraps.

"I wrap guys every day," Roach said. "Believe me, if I put a rock in their hand, they would know it."

In his only fight since, Margarito won an unanimous decision over Roberto Garcia in Mexico in May.

While García acknowledged that they were making fun of Roach in the video, he insisted that Rios didn't even know about the Parkinson's disease that affects Pacquiao's trainer. García said the video was made about five weeks ago.

"He didn't even know Freddie had a disease," García said. "He thought it was from 13 losses that Freddie Roach had when he was a professional boxer."

Roach said Margarito and García have been nice to him in the past.

"But they stooped kind of low this time," Roach said. "They showed their true colors."

The Associated Press contributed to this report. AP Sports Writer Dave Skretta in New York reported.