By Mark Vester

Felix Trinidad Sr., trainer of former three-division champion Felix "Tito" Trinidad, was not pleased with the way Miguel Cotto's corner was run last Saturday night in Las Vegas. Cotto's new trainer Joe Santiago is taking a lot of heat for the beating Cotto took at the hands of Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand. Trinidad Sr. agrees with some of the harsh talk on Santiago.

"The performance of the corner was not good," said Trinidad Sr. to El Nuevo Dia. "Joe Santiago tells him to go for one more round when Cotto couldn't change the pace of the fight. What more could Cotto prove at the time?"

"If you have a fighter who no longer has the potential to win, who does not have the strength to land a knockout blow, you must stop the fight. If not, the fighter will continue to receive unnecessary punches. If it was his decision (Santiago), that's wrong."

Trinidad Sr. doesn't blame the inexperience of Santiago. He says the relationship between Santiago and Cotto is too friendly. Trinidad feels that Santiago allows Cotto to play the role as the boss, when the trainer is the one who needs to be the boss of the corner.

"As a fighter you can not ask to stop the fight," Trinidad Sr. said. "You need a corner who knows that, who has the knowledge to stop it and doesn't let their fighter take anymore punishment. That led to Cotto fighting several more rounds, because the boss in the corner is Cotto. A person can not be the pitcher and the catcher at the same time."

Trinidad says Cotto made a mistake by parting ways with ex-trainer/uncle Evangelista Cotto.

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