By Mark Vester
It seems the team of Felix "Tito" Trinidad is no longer interested in negotiating a possible rematch with Oscar De La Hoya on December 6 in Las Vegas. Felix Trinidad Sr. recently accused De La Hoya of using his son's name to place himself in a better position to negotiate a fight with WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto, who defends the title against Antonio Margarito on July 26 in Las Vegas.
A few weeks ago, Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, reached out to Trinidad's promoter Don King. He told King that De La Hoya was very interested in a rematch. Trinidad Sr. is not buying Schaefer's pitch and doesn't want to continue talks for a possible rematch, standing firm on the postition that the offer is nothing more than a ploy to use for De La Hoya's future negotiations with Cotto.
The fight obviously had a lot of issues to overcome and the biggest would be the agreed upon weight. Trinidad fights at light heavyweight and De La Hoya last fought at 150-pounds. De La Hoya will go as high as 154, and Trinidad will not go below 165. Trinidad would also want an even 50-50 split, something that De La Hoya will not agree to.
For the first time, Cotto has spoke out on the situation and said that he is not concerned with the possibility of Trinidad facing De La Hoya or Trinidad walking away from the bargaining table. He doesn't care about any of that. He is only focused on the fight with Margarito.
"I understand that this is a business. They [Team Trinidad] know the reasons why they are making the decisions they make. De La Hoya also knows the reasons for the things that he does. I will continue to do things our way [in the ring] and let my team handle the business end," Cotto told El Nuevo Dia. "The Trinidads know the reasons why they stopped talks for that fight."
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