The executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission Keith Kizer says the trainer of Juan Manuel Marquez, Ignacio Beristain, did nothing illegal when he inserted a ?string? into a gaping wound on the right eyelid suffered by Marquez in the ninth roundof his WBC super featherweight title fight against Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao last March 15 in Las Vegas.
Kizer was responding to a question from Viva Sports/Manila Standard based on an article by Thomas Hauser, which was carried by ESPN.
In the article Hauser posed the question ?what was going on when referee Kenny Bayless? back was turned?? stating that ?a horrible , gaping wound on his (Marquez?s) right eyelid was sustained in Round 9 and was so deep that it filleted open.?
Hauser claimed that Marquez?s trainer Nacho Beristain could be seen on television ?packing what appeared to be a long yellow string soaked in an undetermined liquid solution into the wound, covering the cut with Vaseline and sending Marquez out for the next round with the string still inside the wound.?
He said this appeared to happen after rounds 9 and 11 while the HBO telecast he claimed was ?inconclusive regarding what happened in round 10.?
The award-winning journalist noted that in Nevada ?its illegal to apply any medication ? except coagulants, Avetine, thrombin and epinephrine to a cut during a fight. It?s also illegal to place a foreign object inside a cut and leave it there during a round. But the ring physician assigned to Marquez?s corner appeared not to notice ? or maybe he noticed and just didn?t care.?
In his initial response to our questions Kizer said he was not aware of the Hauser article but after Viva Sports/Manila Standard emailed him a copy the NSAC executive director responded promptly.
Kizer said that Hauser hadn?t even spoken to him about the issue but explained that ?the ?string? was used in place of Q-tips that are prepared with epinephrine/Vaseline. The corner felt that by wedging the string into the wound they obtained better hemostatis.?
Kizer added ?our doctors did not think it was very helpful and do not see it becoming standard among cut men as it offers no new advantage.
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