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The interview is in Spanish but I've taken the liberty of translating the whole thing. No google translator or anything, just a pure meticulous process. Anyway, here's the clip and the transcript. In the video, Cotto talks about his upcoming fight with Margarito, tidbits surrounding their first fight, the handwrap scandal, and the new fight in general...
Keep in mind, the interview with Cotto was conducted a few hours AFTER Margarito had been interviewed in that same room so you'll see some interesting dialogue pertaining to that in how one of the DJ's happened to take a liking towards Margarito. If I receive enough replies and green K, I'd be happy to translate the Margarito interview as well. Here you go, my boxingscene brothers. Enjoy!
PS: I've also taken the liberty of making some time marks whenever something noteworthy happens just so you can see the reactions when something happens or is said.
Transcript:
DJ#1: “My partners, my brothers…he is…Miguel Cotto!”
*Everybody cheers*
DJ#1: “This is my friend!”
Cotto: “Thank you for inviting me.”
DJ#1: “Take a picture of him with me! Take a picture! This is the man! Not
Margarito! Margarito with that wig he has on!”
Cotto: “Eric...(can’t understand what he says)”
DJ#2: “Can I get a picture with you too, Miguel?”
Cotto: “I’ll think about it. You’re gonna’ have to convince me before the show’s
over.”
~o~ Talking non-sense ~o~
DJ#1: “How are you, Miguel?”
Cotto: “I’m fine.”
DJ#1: “Were you listening to the interview on the way to the station?”
Cotto: “I listened to some of it.”
DJ#1: “Well, it wasn’t exactly an interview. It was more like promotion in
Margarito’s favor.”
*People start laughing* 1:06
1:13
DJ#1: “What do you think about Antonio Margarito? They’re saying that you know,
you’re crossing your fingers to beat him, that you’re still hurt over the loss…”
Cotto: “I’ve always been respectful, always professional in handling these affairs.
I’ve never made accusations or anything of the sort when asked about the controversy surrounding the incident when Margarito beat me in July 2008 even though…I have this…”
*Shows his cellphone to DJ#2* 1:38
DJ#1: “What do you have there, Miguel?”
DJ#2: “It’s a picture.”
Cotto: “That’s a picture taken shortly after they declared him the winner in that
fight.”
DJ#2: “Here we see that he had his gloves off, they took the picture, and we see…is that plaster?”
Cotto: “That’s a picture of the bandages which should only have gauze on them. Wraps should not break and there we see it’s broken.”
Female DJ: “He [Margarito] said that those things [wraps] lose color over time.”
Cotto: “If you were to tell me that about the red spot, I’d believe you. The red spot could be color that seeped from the glove onto the bandages, but that broken spot in the wraps doesn’t make sense.”
DJ#2: “Well, it looks like a cast that’s broken.”
Cotto: “When you use gauze, you use it for the sole purpose of protecting your knuckles and one inch below your knuckles. You cannot place it on top of the knuckles. That is not permitted.”
DJ#2: “That looks like a crack in Aragon.”
*Cotto laughs* 2:38
Cotto: “These are the same wraps that were confiscated from him in the Mosley fight. When you look at both of them, they have that same red spot in that same area.”
DJ#2: “So they’re the same wraps he used…”
Cotto: “…He’s the only one that can come forward and say that. Nobody knows for sure.”
Female DJ: “He [Margarito] says that he didn’t feel any of your punches, that he, uhh…”
DJ#2: “He pretty much said that your punches are weak. He said that he must’ve had plaster of paris on his chin apparently because he couldn’t even get hurt upstairs with your punches.”
Cotto: “His face told a different story. You could see the damage I inflicted with legal punches…”
DJ#2: “Without plaster…”
Cotto: “No plaster…”
Female DJ: “Clean fight…”
DJ#1: “So…Margarito’s a dirty fighter?”
*Cotto holds his cellphone up* 3:15
Cotto: “The picture speaks for itself. I don’t have to say anything. The picture says it all.”
DJ#1: “But Eric [DJ#2] was defending him when he [Margarito] was here earlier. He was all like, ‘Poor Margarito, he didn’t know anything and they suspended him for a whole year.’”
*People start laughing at DJ#2*
DJ#1: “They suspended him for a year, right? Who did they ban? Was it Robert…?”
Cotto: “It was…umm…Capetillo. Javier Capetillo. He’s the one who wrapped his hands. We are all boxers. We all know what’s being put in our hands. Every boxer knows what’s being put in their hands because you have to feel if the wraps are tight and compact or if they’re loose. When they tested his wraps, they determined it had traces of what’s related or found in Gibson board [?]—
DJ#1: “Cement 3500…”
~o~From 3:58-4:18 discussing pictures of the wraps and contained evidence…nothing noteworthy is said here~o~
DJ#1: “So tell is, Miguel…how the handwrap issue going to be handled now?”
Cotto: “Bryan can explain it better.”
DJ#1: “Let’s ask Bryan…Bryan, come over here. Who’s going to be handling—
*Miguel reaches over to slap Bryan across the face, people laugh* 4:28
DJ#1: “Don’t slap the poor kid…”
Bryan: “The commission in New York will keep Cotto’s and Margarito’s gloves and wraps in a briefcase. They won’t have access to them until the day of the fight.”
DJ#2: “Who’s going to keep watch during the handwrapping process?”
Cotto: “We’ll send somebody from my team. Last time when I fought Margarito, and I’m not blaming anyone in particular, this is everyone’s fault on my team, is that, since nobody from Margarito’s team came to our dressing room, we didn’t bother going to Margarito’s dressing room to watch his hands being wrapped and…they took advantage of that.”
DJ#1: “Well, highly unlikely that’ll happen again. If he does try it again, keep a look out for a cement bag or something in the dressing room.”
*People laugh* 5:33-5:51
Bryan: “There’s a video on youtube called Cotto vs. Margarito called ‘Must-see’ where Francisco Espinoza, Margarito’s cutman, is asking Margarito ‘How’s the punch?’. Why would a cutman be asking Margarito how the punch is? Just something to think about.”
DJ#1: “You have to be careful, Cotto. You don’t want something like that to happen again. If that happens, I’ll jump in there and beat Margarito myself.”
Cotto: “Don’t get together with Eric [DJ#2].”
DJ#1: “I don’t plan on that.”
DJ#2: “Why are you picking on ME, Margar—I mean, Miguel?!”
*People start laughing out loud at how Eric confused Cotto with Margarito* 6:42
DJ#1: “He called you Margarito!”
Cotto: “He didn’t finish the name, but he almost did.”
DJ#1 (addressing DJ#2): “You know what? I heard you were carrying around a big yellow folder titled ‘Margarito promotions’.”
DJ#2: “What the hell are you doing saying those things on the air? I’m not rooting for Margarito! You’re going to get me in trouble!”
*Clip ends*
Keep in mind, the interview with Cotto was conducted a few hours AFTER Margarito had been interviewed in that same room so you'll see some interesting dialogue pertaining to that in how one of the DJ's happened to take a liking towards Margarito. If I receive enough replies and green K, I'd be happy to translate the Margarito interview as well. Here you go, my boxingscene brothers. Enjoy!
PS: I've also taken the liberty of making some time marks whenever something noteworthy happens just so you can see the reactions when something happens or is said.
Transcript:
DJ#1: “My partners, my brothers…he is…Miguel Cotto!”
*Everybody cheers*
DJ#1: “This is my friend!”
Cotto: “Thank you for inviting me.”
DJ#1: “Take a picture of him with me! Take a picture! This is the man! Not
Margarito! Margarito with that wig he has on!”
Cotto: “Eric...(can’t understand what he says)”
DJ#2: “Can I get a picture with you too, Miguel?”
Cotto: “I’ll think about it. You’re gonna’ have to convince me before the show’s
over.”
~o~ Talking non-sense ~o~
DJ#1: “How are you, Miguel?”
Cotto: “I’m fine.”
DJ#1: “Were you listening to the interview on the way to the station?”
Cotto: “I listened to some of it.”
DJ#1: “Well, it wasn’t exactly an interview. It was more like promotion in
Margarito’s favor.”
*People start laughing* 1:06
1:13
DJ#1: “What do you think about Antonio Margarito? They’re saying that you know,
you’re crossing your fingers to beat him, that you’re still hurt over the loss…”
Cotto: “I’ve always been respectful, always professional in handling these affairs.
I’ve never made accusations or anything of the sort when asked about the controversy surrounding the incident when Margarito beat me in July 2008 even though…I have this…”
*Shows his cellphone to DJ#2* 1:38
DJ#1: “What do you have there, Miguel?”
DJ#2: “It’s a picture.”
Cotto: “That’s a picture taken shortly after they declared him the winner in that
fight.”
DJ#2: “Here we see that he had his gloves off, they took the picture, and we see…is that plaster?”
Cotto: “That’s a picture of the bandages which should only have gauze on them. Wraps should not break and there we see it’s broken.”
Female DJ: “He [Margarito] said that those things [wraps] lose color over time.”
Cotto: “If you were to tell me that about the red spot, I’d believe you. The red spot could be color that seeped from the glove onto the bandages, but that broken spot in the wraps doesn’t make sense.”
DJ#2: “Well, it looks like a cast that’s broken.”
Cotto: “When you use gauze, you use it for the sole purpose of protecting your knuckles and one inch below your knuckles. You cannot place it on top of the knuckles. That is not permitted.”
DJ#2: “That looks like a crack in Aragon.”
*Cotto laughs* 2:38
Cotto: “These are the same wraps that were confiscated from him in the Mosley fight. When you look at both of them, they have that same red spot in that same area.”
DJ#2: “So they’re the same wraps he used…”
Cotto: “…He’s the only one that can come forward and say that. Nobody knows for sure.”
Female DJ: “He [Margarito] says that he didn’t feel any of your punches, that he, uhh…”
DJ#2: “He pretty much said that your punches are weak. He said that he must’ve had plaster of paris on his chin apparently because he couldn’t even get hurt upstairs with your punches.”
Cotto: “His face told a different story. You could see the damage I inflicted with legal punches…”
DJ#2: “Without plaster…”
Cotto: “No plaster…”
Female DJ: “Clean fight…”
DJ#1: “So…Margarito’s a dirty fighter?”
*Cotto holds his cellphone up* 3:15
Cotto: “The picture speaks for itself. I don’t have to say anything. The picture says it all.”
DJ#1: “But Eric [DJ#2] was defending him when he [Margarito] was here earlier. He was all like, ‘Poor Margarito, he didn’t know anything and they suspended him for a whole year.’”
*People start laughing at DJ#2*
DJ#1: “They suspended him for a year, right? Who did they ban? Was it Robert…?”
Cotto: “It was…umm…Capetillo. Javier Capetillo. He’s the one who wrapped his hands. We are all boxers. We all know what’s being put in our hands. Every boxer knows what’s being put in their hands because you have to feel if the wraps are tight and compact or if they’re loose. When they tested his wraps, they determined it had traces of what’s related or found in Gibson board [?]—
DJ#1: “Cement 3500…”
~o~From 3:58-4:18 discussing pictures of the wraps and contained evidence…nothing noteworthy is said here~o~
DJ#1: “So tell is, Miguel…how the handwrap issue going to be handled now?”
Cotto: “Bryan can explain it better.”
DJ#1: “Let’s ask Bryan…Bryan, come over here. Who’s going to be handling—
*Miguel reaches over to slap Bryan across the face, people laugh* 4:28
DJ#1: “Don’t slap the poor kid…”
Bryan: “The commission in New York will keep Cotto’s and Margarito’s gloves and wraps in a briefcase. They won’t have access to them until the day of the fight.”
DJ#2: “Who’s going to keep watch during the handwrapping process?”
Cotto: “We’ll send somebody from my team. Last time when I fought Margarito, and I’m not blaming anyone in particular, this is everyone’s fault on my team, is that, since nobody from Margarito’s team came to our dressing room, we didn’t bother going to Margarito’s dressing room to watch his hands being wrapped and…they took advantage of that.”
DJ#1: “Well, highly unlikely that’ll happen again. If he does try it again, keep a look out for a cement bag or something in the dressing room.”
*People laugh* 5:33-5:51
Bryan: “There’s a video on youtube called Cotto vs. Margarito called ‘Must-see’ where Francisco Espinoza, Margarito’s cutman, is asking Margarito ‘How’s the punch?’. Why would a cutman be asking Margarito how the punch is? Just something to think about.”
DJ#1: “You have to be careful, Cotto. You don’t want something like that to happen again. If that happens, I’ll jump in there and beat Margarito myself.”
Cotto: “Don’t get together with Eric [DJ#2].”
DJ#1: “I don’t plan on that.”
DJ#2: “Why are you picking on ME, Margar—I mean, Miguel?!”
*People start laughing out loud at how Eric confused Cotto with Margarito* 6:42
DJ#1: “He called you Margarito!”
Cotto: “He didn’t finish the name, but he almost did.”
DJ#1 (addressing DJ#2): “You know what? I heard you were carrying around a big yellow folder titled ‘Margarito promotions’.”
DJ#2: “What the hell are you doing saying those things on the air? I’m not rooting for Margarito! You’re going to get me in trouble!”
*Clip ends*
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