Cotto Sr. Says it Was Evangelista's Idea To Move Camp
By Mark Vester
According to Miguel Cotto Sr, it was his brother, Evangelista Cotto, who came up with the idea to move his son's training camp from Puerto Rico to Florida. A few short months ago, Miguel Cotto and uncle/trainer Evangelista came to blows after a heated verbal confrontation during a training session in Puerto Rico. The two began to argue over the location of the training camp and the two began to fight when Miguel fired his uncle. Miguel wanted the camp to head to Florida and Evangelista wanted everything to stay in Puerto Rico.
Cotto Sr says the idea for a Florida camp was first presented by Evangelista. For reasons that were never really disclosed, Evangelista changed his mind on the Florida camp and wanted Miguel to train in Puerto Rico.
"I can't really say how things are between the two of them because Miguel's training began pretty quick after the incident occured. As far as the person who had the idea to go to Tampa, it was Evangelista. I don't know what happened in the end that made him [change his mind] and not want to accompany us. Everyone on the team, except for my brother, agreed that Miguel needed to move his camp to a new location," Cotto Sr told AOL Deportes.
Cotto is training in Tampa, Florida for his June 13 title defense against Joshua Clottey at New York's Madison Square Garden. Evangelista was replaced as trainer by Cotto team member Joe Santiago.
"We've always used Joe in one fashion or another. He has 13 or 14 years behind him in experience and we know what he is capable of doing. Many people don't know him, but he is very prepared and we trust the work that he does," Cotto Sr said.
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