Cotto is going to court!! next week

[-Antonio-]

like he owns the event... he won't be able to.

I don't see why not. Maybe if it were closer to the fight it'd be a problem, but they haven't even had the press conference to announce the fight yet.

[Libido Sanchez]

I didn't understand everything in the article clearly and I went through everything fast cause I really don't got that much time right now. But here is a rough translation (any fluent Spanish cats, please correct any errors... and apologies in advance if anything is wrong)...



Miguel Cotto allegedly hit his uncle/trainer Evangelista Cotto in the middle of a street fight taking place at the Bairoa de Caguas gym, which included his father, who tried to break up the altercation and was also injured (lesions).

The case is to be reviewed next week. [NOTE: didn't understand this paragraph too well]

Evangelista suffered a serious wound on his nose, which was allegedly fractured, and although he was able to throw a pair of punches, they weren't enough against the fury of his nephew, who is much younger and stronger and has 27 KOs in his glorious career.

Not deterred, Evangelista allegedly armed himself with a bat and broke the windows of the champions luxurious Jaguar, according to a source.

Cotto, who is to defend his title on June 13 in New York against Joshua Clottey and who plans on training in Tampa, Florida, left after the brawl to some of his apartments. Evangelista followed him, once again re-starting the dispute, which had been predicted for years due to prolonged conflicts between the two in the past, some of which were denied and others confirmed with the notion that "these kind of things happen even in the best families."

"At some point the cup had to overflow. They've had a series of altercations and discussions which seemed to bridge the gap, but there always remained something in the air. They practically don't speak to each other and everything they did in the last fight was for the steps (???). Two macho dudes in the same cave can't exist and what happened today (yesterday) was a long time coming," said a source.

According to the informant, Evangelista fell to the "canvas" practically knocked out, bleeding profusely from the nose and thanks to the intervention of the other boxers and people in the gym, the situation was somewhat controlled. But the adrenaline was pumping and Evangelista, after walking away from his nephew, allegedly went at him from behind.

"It appears that Miguel no longer wants him at his side and since he became champion again, he wants to continue on his own. Those two guys practically can't stand looking at each other. Miguel's father was there and he tried to intervene. It's a real sad situation not just for the family but for all of boxing. And on top of all that, this happened during Holy Week."