By Bill "Two Scoops" Emes
Former champion Brandon Rios is not paying any attention to the past controversy connected to a video where he mocked the health of trainer Freddie Roach.
Back in 2010, in the build to Manny Pacquiao's fight with Antonio Margarito, a video surfaced where Rios, trainer Robert Garcia and Margarito were mocking Roach's physical mannersisms related to his battle with Parkinson's disease.
When Rios' fight with Pacquiao was first announced a few weeks ago, for November 23rd in Macau, Roach reflected on the video and said Pacquiao was going to punish Rios for his past deed.
For his part, Rios feels the entire controversy with the video is a closed chapter in his life.
"I was waiting for someone to bring that sh*t up. I was waiting for it. The video, it happened back in the day. I was immature and I took full credit for that, it was my fault. For me [there is no problem]. For Freddie, we seem cool. I said hello to him when I saw him out there [in China]. If he still feels something bad about it, that's on their part. For me, it happened, it's done, it's old news. I move on. I just can't concentrate on the old stuff. I'm not gonna apologize for something that I did because I already apologized. I already apologized once. I'm not going to keep repeating myself or f***king bow down and apologize every time I see him and say sorry," Rios said
