Miguel Cotto addressed Sergio Martinez's smack talk in a sit down with the press in typical Cotto fashion-stoically, without saying a whole lot. When asked if Martinez's constant barbs are bothering him, Cotto was blunt and straightforward.
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"No, no. He understands the business, he's going to continue trash talking," Cotto said. It's a mild response to some pretty personal attacks lobbed by the Argentine. Martinez has called him a "little girl," compared him to Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, and vowed to knock him out in five rounds.
Throughout, Cotto has denied Martinez's accusations of behaving rudely toward him and staffers at a Mexican television station and allowed his trainer to do his talking for him. Freddie Roach has responded to "Maravilla" often, and chucked insults of his own.
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"This guy's a solid soccer player and a secondary fighter. He's a good athlete, but he's not a great fighter," Roach said of Sergio before issuing a prediction. "Yeah, we'll knock him out in eight."
Cotto's career was revitalized by Roach, who signed on to train him for the Delvin Rodriguez fight in which the Puerto Rican star looked to be in vintage form. He pummeled Rodriguez to the body and eventually finished him with a vicious left hook to the jaw.
In his media session Cotto was also asked if he thinks Marcos Maidana can beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. While "Money" is famously undefeted in his illustrious career, Cotto was one of the few opponents able to give Floyd fits. He took several rounds from the pound-for-pound champion, and even broke through his notorious defense to bloody Mayweather's nose.
Cotto said he didn't know if Maidana was capable of the upset, but offered a single piece of advice to him. "He cant follow Mayweather's game. That's the way to beat him."
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