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>> Announcer: THE FOLLOWING IS
A PRESENTATION OF HBO SPORTS.
>> MOVE OVER, TITO TRINIDAD!
THERE IS A NEW SUPERSTAR IN
PUERTO RICO.
>> LOTS IN THE CROWD STANDING AS
COTTO CONTINUES THE VICIOUS
ASSAULT.
HE DOESN'T WANT ANY MORE, OR SO
IT APPEARS.
AND THEY STOPPED THE FIGHT.
BIG LEFT HAND BY COTTO!
>> STILL UNDEFEATED,
MIGUEL ANGEL COTTO!
>> IT'S LIKE HITTING A BRICK
WALL THAT CONTINUES TO CLOSE IN.
>> THEY DON'T GET THE BETTER OF
IT HERE.
>> MIGUEL COTTO GETTING BEATEN
UP.
HE'S EXHAUSTED.
IT'S ALMOST OVER.
AND COTTO GOES TO THE KNEE.
AND COTTO IS GOING TO THROW IN
THE TOWEL.
AN EPIC FIGHT WITH AN EPIC
CONCLUSION.
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>> MIGUEL COTTO HAS MADE EVERY
EFFORT IN THE BUILD UP TO THIS
FIGHT TO KEEP SAYING, "THIS
ISN'T ABOUT ALL THAT OTHER
STUFF.
IT'S JUST ABOUT, WE ARE GOING TO
FIGHT."
>> COTTO GOES TO THE BODY!
THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF
MIGUEL COTTO'S CAREER.
>> YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO RETIRE
AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IF YOU'RE UP FOR IT.
WE'D ALL LIKE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> ONE MORE IN DECEMBER.
THAT WILL BE ALL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO, I'M A JIM LAMPLEY.
WELCOME TO
"MIGUEL COTTO: A RETROSPECTIVE."
IN OUR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES OF
BOXING COVERAGE ON HBO, IT'S
BEEN OUR PRIVILEGE TO COVER
HUNDREDS OF FIGHTERS.
BUT ONLY A GENEROUS HANDFUL OF
THEM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF
THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS UNTIL
THE MOMENT OF THEIR ULTIMATE
DEPARTURE FROM THE SPORT, THEIR
RETIREMENTS.
WITH MIGUEL COTTO HAVING
ANNOUNCED HIS DECEMBER 2 FIGHT
WILL BE HIS LAST, HE JOINS THE
RANKS OF FIGHTERS WHOSE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN BOXING HAVE
BEEN SPECIAL FOR FANS, SPECIAL
FOR THE SPORT ITSELF, AND
SPECIAL FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE
WORKED WITH THEM AT THE NETWORK
WHERE HE'S MADE HIS HOME.
SOON, I WILL BE JOINED HERE ON
THE SITE BY MIGUEL.
AS WE EMBARK ON A JOURNEY
THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE CAREER,
BUT WE TAKE YOU BACK TO HIS
ENTRY INTO PROFESSIONAL BOXING
AFTER THE SYDNEY OLYMPICS IN
2000, BEGINNING IN 2001, A
CAREER THAT BEGAN WITH ALL THE
FANFARE YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR A
DECORATED PUERTO RICAN AMATEUR
MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS HIS
PROFESSIONAL DESTINY.
>> NOW LET'S GET READY TO WATCH
THE HOTTEST YOUNG PRODUCTS
PACKED IN BOXING, MEDICAL MIGUE.
AMONG THEM, WILFREDO GOMEZ, TITO
TRINIDAD, TWO AND MORTALS.
IS COTTO HEADING TOWARD THAT
LIST?
>> THAT'S THE IDEA.
THAT'S THE HOST.
A VERY HIGH STANDARD TO MEET.
>> BOXING IS ONE OF THE MOST
SOUGHT AFTER SPORTS FOR THE
PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO.
THEY HAVE A SPECIAL INTEREST AND
A PASSION FOR IT.
I'VE HEARD OF THE FIRST TIME OF
MIGUEL COTTO BACK WHEN HE WAS
AMATEUR BOXING AND REPRESENTED
PUERTO RICO IN THE OLYMPICS.
THERE WERE A LOT OF EXPECTATIONS
WITH HIM.
IN THE EARLY 2000s, TITO
TRINIDAD STILL COMMENTED THE
SCENE READ TRINIDAD WAS A
PERSON.
TRINIDAD WOULD BE LOOKING
AROUND, SHAKING HANDS, TAKING
PICTURES.
AND MIGUEL IS A SERIOUS PERSON.
"I'M HERE TO DO MY JOB."
AT FIRST, THEY DID NOT RESPECT
THAT.
THEY THOUGHT HE HAD TO BE LIKE
TRINIDAD.
BUT IN TIME, THEY CAME TO HOW
MIGUEL IS, THEY UNDERSTOOD.
MIGUEL PREFERRED TO SPEAK MORE
WITH ACTIONS AND WORDS.
>> HAS A KNOCKDOWN!
COTTO STRETCHES HIS RECORD TO
15-0.
>> SIGNATURE PUNCH WAS THAT LEFT
HOOK TO THE BODY.
THAT WAS BREAD AND BUTTER FOR
MIGUEL.
>> ANOTHER FISHES BODY SHOT.
>> THEY SAY DON'T FALL IN LOVE
WITH A FIGHTER.
>> HOW COULD YOU NOT FALL IN
LOVE WITH --
>> THIS AND IS THE FIGHT.
>> MOVE OVER, TITO TRINIDAD!
THERE IS A NEW SUPERSTAR IN
PUERTO RICO.
>> WHILE COTTO EXPLOITS IN THE
RING ESTABLISHED HIS
-- MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
>> OF THE HOMETOWN PUERTO RICO,
BUT HIS HOME PORT IS
NEW YORK CITY.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY IMAGO COTTO
FRONT.
>> IN 2005, HE BEGAN AN ALMOST
ANNUAL TRADITION FIGHTING ON THE
EVE OF THE PUERTO RICAN PARADE,
MUCH TO IMPASSIONED NEW YORK,
NEW YORK, AUDIENCES.
>> TRINIDAD, GOMEZ, BUT MIGUEL
TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
YOU JUST WANTED TO BE PART OF
THAT DIVISION.
>> IN 2007,
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN PLAYED
HOST OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
TALENT OF COTTO'S CAREER AT THAT
POINT, WHEN HE SQUARED UP
AGAINST SHANE MOSLEY FOR A
WELTERWEIGHT TITLE.
>> COTTO HAS ENERGY.
WHAT A VICIOUS STRUGGLE.
MIGUEL COTTO REMAINS UNBEATEN.
>> NOW WE WELCOME THE GO COTTO
TO THIS SET, WHICH HAS BEEN
DESIGNED, MIGUEL, TO COMMEMORATE
SOME OF THE BEST AND WORST
MOMENTS OF YOUR BOXING CAREER.
NO GREAT BOXING CAREER COMES
WITHOUT HAVING BOTH.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE VERY
BEGINNING.
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED BOXING?
>> I WAS A LITTLE -- NOT A
LITTLE, A LOT OVERWEIGHT WHEN I
WAS 11.
MY BROTHERS, THEY WERE BOXERS AT
THE TIME.
I DECIDE TO START BOXING JUST TO
LOSE WEIGHT.
>> DID YOU REALIZE AT THE TIME
HOW DEEPLY INVOLVING AN
OBSESSION THIS WOULD BECOME?
>> I MADE BOXING MY LIFE AND MY
CAREER.
>> EARLY IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL
CAREER, YOU SUFFERED AN ACCIDENT
FOR WHICH I BELIEVE YOU STILL
HAVE A TITANIUM ROD AND YOUR
SHOULDER.
WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WAS ITS
EFFECT OF YOUR CAREER ON THAT
TIME?
>> I WAS DRIVING FROM MY HOUSE
TO THE TRACK FOR MY MORNING
WORKOUT.
I FALL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.
MY CAR IMPACTED THE DIVISION
WALL AND I BROKE MY RIGHT
HUMERUS IN THREE PARTS.
THE DOCTORS TOLD ME THAT I HAD
TO TAKE A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF,
TO RETURN TO BOXING.
BUT 6-7 MONTHS I RETURNED TO
BOXING AGAIN.
>> IN THE EARLY PORTION OF YOUR
CAREER, YOU WERE CONSTANTLY
BEING COMPARED TO TITO.
DO YOU THINK IT TOOK
PUERTO RICAN FANS A LITTLE WHILE
TO ACCEPT AND ADJUST TO THE FACT
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TITO'S
BUBBLY, OUTGOING, VIBRANT
PERSONALITY?
>> PEOPLE SOMETIMES THEY DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND.
BUT I AM WHO I AM.
I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE, YOU
KNOW?
I'M JUST GOING TO BE MIGUEL
EVERY TIME.
>> YOU HAD SEVERAL FIGHTS BEFORE
YOUR FIRST APPEARED IN
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
ULTIMATELY, THAT BECAME, AS WE
MENTIONED, IT KIND OF RITUAL FOR
YOU TO COME BACK TO
NEW YORK CITY, AT LEAST ONCE A
YEAR.
WERE YOU SURPRISED AT THE
EMOTIONAL LIFT THAT YOU GOT FROM
FIGHTING IN THAT ARENA?
>> IF YOU TALK ABOUT BOXING AT
THE GARDEN, AT SOME POINT YOU
HAVE TO ADD MIGUEL COTTO TO THAT
CONVERSATION.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MADE ME GO
COTTO THE BOXER HE IS RIGHT NOW.
>> SO IT'S POETIC GIVEN WHAT THE
GARDEN MEANT TO YOU, THAT WE ARE
BACK THERE DECEMBER 32011 FOR
WHAT MOST OF THE WORLD SAW
AS A DEEPLY IMPORTANT REVENGE
FIGHT FOR YOU AGAINST ANTONIO
MARGARITO.
WAS IT EXTRA MEANINGFUL THAT
THAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE YOUR
CROWD AT THE GARDEN?
>> ALL I WANT FOR THIS FIGHT,
THIS OPPORTUNITY, WAS SHOW TO
THE PEOPLE WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT
REALLY HAPPENED IN OUR FIRST
FIGHT.
THEY COULDN'T HAVE MADE A BETTER
PLACE TO MAKE THIS FIGHT.
>> SO WHO WAS MY GO COTTO
HEADING INTO THE MARGARITO
FIGHT?
HE WAS DESCENDING THE
POUND-FOR-POUND RANKING.
ONE REASON PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE
THE FIGHT IT WAS THE BEST 2147
POUNDERS IN THE WORLD.
YOU KNEW KNOWING THEIR STYLES IT
HAD TO BE A GREAT FIGHT.
>> HE'S A MUCH MORE CRISP AIR
PUNCH BECAUSE COTTO WAS THIS
PROUD, UNDEFEATED CHAMPION.
HE STARTED THE FIGHT OUT
CLASSING MARGARITO.
BUT AROUND THE 5TH-6TH ROUND,
SUDDENLY EVERY TIME MARGARITO
TOUCHED COTTO, IT WAS LEAVING A
MARK.
IT WAS SPOOKY.
>> WE KNOW COTTO IS HEAVY-HANDED
AND WE SEE HIM LANDING THESE
TITANIC SHOTS.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO FAZE
MARGARITO AT ALL.
>> THE HAIR-RAISING PART, I
THINK, REALLY, WAS THAT SPEED
COMING COTTO EVENTUALLY MELTS.
>> HE HAD ENOUGH.
HE ACTUALLY IS.
AND COTTO WAS SUCH A PROUD
CHAMPION.
ESPECIALLY IN UNDEFEATED
CHAMPION.
>> AND COTTO IS GOING TO THROW
IN THE TITLE.
>> YOU DON'T EXPECT THEM TO GO
OUT LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE TO SEPARATE HIM FROM
HIS SENSES.
BUT COTTO'S SPIRIT WAS BROKEN BY
MARGARITO.
IN A WAY, IT WAS HARD TO WATCH.
BUT IN THE WAY, YOU COULDN'T
LOOK AWAY.
COTTO WAS NOT THE SAME FIGHTER
AFTER THE MARGARITO LOSS.
A LOT WHAT MADE COTTO SUCH AN
EXCELLENT FIGHTER WAS HIS PRIDE
AND HIS DETERMINATION.
THAT WAS STRICT FROM HIM.
>> MANNY LANDED A LITTLE RIGHT
HOOK AND FOLLOWS UP BY KNOCKING
COTTO DOWN.
SECOND LOSS OF COTTO'S CAREER.
>> IT WAS CAREER -- AFTER THE
FACT, WHEN YOU FOUND OUT THAT
MARGARITO HAD HAND WRAPS THAT
WERE DIPPED IN SOMETHING,
SUDDENLY THE COTTO FIGHT MADE SO
MUCH SENSE.
>> IS PROBABLY THE RECEPTION
THAT COTTO WAS ILLEGALLY
VIOLATED IN LAS VEGAS THREE
YEARS AGO.
THEY WANT A FORM OF BLOOD
REVENGE TONIGHT.
>> THE REMATCH WAS ABOUT
MARGARITO GETTING HIS
COMEUPPANCE.
IN BOXING, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
GET PUNISHED BY GETTING STRUCK
OUT OR DUMPED ON.
YOU ARE GOING TO GET PHYSICALLY
PUNISHED.
>> HARD RIGHT HAND BY COTTO.
>> A SERIOUS OPERATION ON
MARGARITO'S FACE RIGHT NOW.
>> ANOTHER GOOD COMBINATION BY
COTTO.
HE'S FIGHTING A FAR DIFFERENT
FIGHT THAN HE WAS FIGHTING IN
ROUND 9 IN THE FIRST FIGHT.
>> HE'S FIGHTING LIKE HE DOESN'T
HAVE THE SAME FEAR OF
MARGARITO'S PUNCHES IN THE FIRST
FIGHT.
>> IT'S OVER!
IT'S OVER!
>> I'M SURE THE WIN WAS VERY
GRATIFYING FOR COTTO, BECAUSE
AGAIN, HE GOT REVENGE.
HE AVENGED NOT ONLY THE LOSS FOR
THE INJUSTICE.
WHATEVER THIS SAYS ABOUT THE
HUMAN CONDITION, THERE'S
SOMETHING VERY SATISFYING ABOUT
THAT, I THINK.
>> JUST TO MAKE CLEAR, THE WORLD
KNOWS IN HIS NEXT RING
APPEARANCE AFTER HE FOUGHT YOU,
MARGARITO ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE
RING WITH ILLEGAL HAND RIGHT
AGAINST SHANE MOSLEY IN
LOS ANGELES.
WAS PREVENTED TO DO SO BY
SHAYNE'S TRAINER, AND WHEN HE
CAME INTO THE RING, HE WAS A
PAPER TIGER.
RAPPED ON UP IN THE OPENING BELL
AND KNOCKED HIM OFF.
BASED ON ALL THAT, DO YOU
BELIEVE ANTONIO MARGARITO USED
ILLEGAL HAND WRAPS AGAINST YOU?
>> 100%.
>> SO YOU KNEW YOUR CAREER HAD
PROBABLY BEEN COMPROMISED BY AN
ILLEGAL ACT WHEN YOU ARE GOING
ON THE FIGHT MANNY PACQUIAO AND
FLOYD MAYWEATHER, THE TWO BEST
FIGHTERS IN THE SPORT AT THAT
TIME?
>> PROBABLY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE JUST TO
DO MY BEST EVERY DAY AND I NEVER
STOP DOING THAT.
>> THIS WAS SO PERSONAL AND SUCH
A CRIME AGAINST YOU THAT WE
ASSUME THERE IS AN ENORMOUS
FEELING OF REVENGE AND CATHARSIS
WHEN YOU KNOCK HIM OUT IN
NEW YORK IN 2011.
>> IT WAS JUST SATISFYING.
THE MOST SATISFYING MOMENT IN MY
CAREER.
>> YOU WERE ABLE TO BE SO...
CALM.
AND UNAFFECTED BY THIS
PARTICULAR INJUSTICE.
WHAT HAPPENED AGAINST MARGARITO?
YOU HAVE A VERY CLOSE FAMILY.
THEY ARE ALWAYS RINGSIDE.
A BIG PART OF YOUR CAREER.
HOW DID MELISSA AND THE CHILDREN
FEEL ABOUT IT?
>> I NEVER TALK TO THEM ABOUT
BOXING.
I HAVE A RULE WITH MYSELF.
BOXING IS MY WORK.
I NEVER SIT WITH THEM AND TALK
ABOUT THE FIGHT, YOU KNOW?
BUT I KNOW THEY ENJOY TO SEE ME.
>> I KNOW OF NO FIGHTER WHOSE
FAMILY HAS BEEN MORE
DEMONSTRATIVELY SUPPORTIVE AND
MORE CONSTANT AT RINGSIDE THAN
YOURS.
WE ASK THEM TO TALK TO US ABOUT
WHAT YOU MEANT TO THEM.
>> MY FATHER HAS BEEN A FIGHTER
ALL MY LIFE.
HE'S BEEN FIGHTING FOR 16 YEARS.
AND I'M 16 YEARS OLD.
I REMEMBER GOING TO THE TRACK.
WAKING UP IN THE MORNING, GOING
RUNNING.
THE THING THAT MOST REMINDS ME
OF IT IS THE BIRDS IN THE
MORNING AND THE BREEZE.
WHEN WE WENT THERE, IT WAS
CALLED.
THE BIRDS WERE, LIKE, TRIPPING.
HE'S PRACTICALLY MY IDOL.
I WANT TO FOLLOW HIM.
>> AS A CHILD, I USED TO WANT TO
BE A BOXER TOO, LIKE MY FATHER.
AND HAVE PICTURES OF ME DRESSED
UP AS A BOXER OR A GYM, TRYING
THE GLOVES, ALL THAT STUFF.
>> PRACTICING AND TRAINING A
LOT.
WE WENT TO THIS PLACE TO MAKE IT
FUN FOR US BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE
HIM FOR SO LONG.
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE,
OH, TRAVELING, AND ALL OTHER
THINGS.
THEY DON'T KNOW THE SACRIFICES,
THE HARD STUFF BEHIND ALL OF IT.
>> AND I KNOW IT'S HARDER FOR
HIM THAN IT IS FOR US.
BUT THE SACRIFICES ARE NECESSARY
BECAUSE IT'S HIS JOB.
IT'S THE THING THAT HE LOVES.
>> I DON'T LIKE GOING TO THE
FIGHTS.
FOR ME, I WISH MY DAD WAS
INVINCIBLE.
I DON'T WANT TO WATCH HIM, LIKE,
HURT HIMSELF.
BUT I LOVE MY DAD AND I WANT TO
SUPPORT HIM AND I WANT TO BE
THERE ALWAYS.
>> THAT'S PART OF IT.
HE LOVES IT, BUT HE'S DOING IT
FOR US, FOR HIS FAMILY.
WE WANT TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT
HIM.
>> WHEN THE FIGHT STARTS, WE
ALWAYS WANT IT TO END, LIKE,
REALLY, REALLY FAST.
IT'S A GREAT MOMENT WHEN HE
WINS.
IT'S A PROUD MOMENT, BUT IT'S A
BITTERSWEET MOMENT BECAUSE WE
DON'T WANT THE FIGHTS TO KEEP
GOING.
>> THE THING THAT HE HAS TAUGHT
ME, TO BELIEVE IN WHAT I DO.
TO DO WHAT I LOVE.
AND DO IT NO MATTER WHAT.
>> HE HAS TAUGHT ME TO BE
STRONG.
TO ALWAYS BE SOMEONE.
>> I'M PROUD OF MY DAD.
DOES EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES FOR
US, AND IT'S A LEGACY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME THAT
HE'S VERY FAMOUS.
ALL THAT MATTERS TO ME IS THAT
HE'S HERE AND HE'S WELL WITH US.
>> THESE TEARS.
THESE ARE TEARS WHICH REFLECT
THE DEPTH OF WHAT YOU FEEL,
WATCHING THEM SAY WHAT THEY SAID
ABOUT YOU, RIGHT?
>> I CAME FROM THE BEST COUPLE
IN THE WORLD.
MY MOM AND MY DAD.
THEY SHOWED ME THE WAY YOU HAVE
TO BE FROM MY PARENTS.
THINGS YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO
DO FOR THEM.
I'VE BEEN A BOXER FOR...
20 SOMETHING YEARS OF MY LIFE.
I AM NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY OTHER
BIRTHDAY AWAY FROM THEM, AND ANY
OTHER DATE AWAY FROM THEM
BECAUSE ALL I WANT TO DO IS BE
THERE FOR THEM AND IT'S MY TURN
TO SHOW THEM WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO
FOR YOUR FAMILY.
>> THIS DECISION THAT YOU ARE
MAKING, TO RETIRE FROM BOXING.
HAVE YOU IN YOUR PRIVATE, QUIET
MOMENTS DISCUSS THAT IN YOUR
CONSCIENCE WITH YOUR FATHER?
>> HE PASSED AWAY IN JANUARY 3RD
2010.
HE'S ALWAYS BY MY SIDE.
HE'S ALWAYS LETTING ME KNOW WHAT
I HAVE TO DO.
HE'S ALWAYS ON MY MIND.
THE BEST THING I EVER HAD IN
LIFE WAS HIM.
>> I THINK YOU CAN REST ASSURED
THAT YOUR FATHER REMAINS VERY
PROUD OF YOU IN PERPETUITY.
I HAVE AN EMOTIONAL SENSE IN
THESE LAST FEW YEARS OF YOUR
CAREER, YOUR FAMILY EXPANDED BY
ONE BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE
RELATIONSHIP YOU'VE SHOWN WITH
FREDDIE ROACH.
ISN'T THIS THE CLOSEST
RELATIONSHIP YOU'VE HAD WITH A
TRAINER AND WHAT DOES FREDDIE
MEAN TO YOU?
>> I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED A
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MYSELF AND
A TRAINER AS THE ONE I HAVE WITH
FREDDIE TODAY.
>> HOW I FEEL ABOUT MIGUEL, ALLL
ALL OF A SUDDEN, I GET A PHONE
CALL.
"FREDDIE, I'VE GOT THREE FIGHTS
LEFT IN ME.
CAN YOU HELP ME"?
IS THIS REALLY YOU?
I'D LOVE TO HELP YOU.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT RUN FOR US.
THE LAST 4-5 FIGHTS.
IT'S GOOD BETWEEN ME AND MIGUEL.
WE GET ALONG WELL.
HE WORKS HARD.
I LIKE WHEN YOU WORK HARD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T EXPECT TO
SEE US CLICK TOGETHER RIGHT
AWAY.
AND WE DID.
MIGUEL, HE WAS ALWAYS A GREAT
FATHER, SOLID GUY, GREAT
PUNCHER, GOOD LEFT HOOK TO THE
BODY.
WHEN WE GET TO THE OTHER AND
THAT, THE THING I BROUGHT BACK
IS A LEFT HOOK, OF COURSE.
TO ME, THAT'S HIS BEST WEAPON.
>> IT'S TIME FOR THE MAIN EVENT.
I GOT CAUGHT AGAIN SERGIO
MARTINEZ!
>> I THOUGHT MARTINEZ WAS A
GREAT FIGHTER FOR US.
>> MARTINEZ BADLY HURT, AND LEFT
HEALTH.
>> MADISON SQUARE GARDEN PUTTING
HIM DOWN HEAVY LIKE THAT, I DID
NOT EXPECT THE GAL TAKING TO
HEART, HIS LEFT HOOK WAS BACK.
>> THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF MICHAEL
COTTO'S CAREER.
>> THEY'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SIX
FIGHTS IN ALL.
AND EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE
PREPARING FOR A COTTO'S FINAL
BOUT WITH SADAM ALI, THE BOND
BETWEEN FIGHTER AND TRAINER WILL
INDOOR.
>> THIS IS A BIG FIGHT FOR US.
THE LAST TIME WE ARE GOING TO
SEE HIM ON A BIG SCREEN TV.
DISAPPOINTED IN SOME WAYS?
YES.
I WILL MISS HIM.
WE WILL REMAIN FRIENDS FOREVER.
THE
YOU WANT TO SPEND MORE TIMEH
HIS FAMILY, BE A BETTER FATHER,
BE CLOSER WITH THEM.
I'M REALLY HAPPY BECAUSE I'M
GLAD HE'S DECIDING WHEN TO SAY
IT'S OVER.
NOT SOME COMMISSIONER.
NOT SOME DOCTOR.
HE'S GOING OUT THE WAY HE WANTS
TO GO OUT.
AND I LOVE THAT.
HE IS A GREAT FIGHTER.
HE'S LIKE, THIS NICE GUY DEEP
DOWN INSIDE.
HE'S A REALLY GOOD MY CARING
PERSON.
PEOPLE SAY, LIKE, I'VE NEVER
HEARD HIM SMILE IN MY LIFE.
AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE PICTURES
WITH YOU AND HIM TOGETHER AND
YOU GUYS ARE SMILING THE WHOLE
TIME.
I SAY IT, I'M GLAD I CAN BRING
THAT OUT OF HIM.
>> NOW WE ARE JOINED ON THE SET
BY THE MOST DECORATED TRAINER IN
BOXING, SEVEN-TIME TRAINER OF
THE YEAR, FREDDIE ROACH.
HE, YOU HAVE TRAINED AGAINST
MEGA COTTO.
YOU TOOK MANNY PACQUIAO THROUGH
HIS VICTORY AGAINST HIM.
WHAT ARE YOUR IMPRESSIONS ABOUT
MIGUEL AFTER THAT FIGHT?
>> HE WAS A VERY GOOD FIGHTER.
I THINK THAT HE MADE A FEW
MISTAKES WITH PACQUIAO.
HE WENT TO THE ROPES A LITTLE
BIT TOO MUCH IN THE FIGHT.
HE DIDN'T USE HIS LEFT HOOK
QUITE AS MUCH.
WHAT I NEED TO DO, I KNEW.
I SAID, WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THEM
OFF THE ROPES AND WE'VE GOT TO
GET THE LEFT HOOK BACK.
WE STARTED WORKING ON THAT RIGHT
AWAY.
>> MIGUEL, YOU HAVE BEEN TRAINED
BY A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY, YOU
HAD BEEN TRAINED BY A FRIEND,
YOU HAD BEEN TRAINED BY THE VERY
GREAT MANUAL STEWARD.
WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO CHOOSE TO
CALL FREDDIE UP?
>> IT WAS AFTER...
TWO DEFEATS IN A ROW.
MAYWEATHER AND TROUT.
WE WERE ASKING OURSELVES IF I
HAD SOMETHING LEFT OF ME IN
BOXING.
AND WE DECIDED TO CALL FREDDIE.
HE'S MY SAVIOR.
HE WAS THE ONE WHO PUT MIGUEL ON
TRACK AGAIN.
I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS THE BEST
DECISION I'VE EVER MADE IN MY
CAREER.
>> AS A PERSON WHO HAS CHOSEN TO
RETIRE AFTER THIS NEXT FIGHT,
YOU ARE FORGOING THE POSSIBILITY
OF A REMATCH AGAINST CANEL
ALVAREZ.
ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED, FREDDIE,
THAT YOU WILL NOT BE HAVING A
REMATCH AGAINST CANEL?
>> IN A LOT OF WAYS, YES, I
THOUGHT WE WON THE FIRST FIGHT.
I THOUGHT WE OUT POINTED HIM.
>> AND MIGUEL, IS IT
DISAPPOINTING WITHOUT SETTLING
THAT ISSUE WITH CANELO?
>> I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO
AFTER DECEMBER 2ND.
>> THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
MIGUEL COTTO'S LAST PROFESSIONAL
OPPONENT WAS OFFERED TO SEVERAL
BIG-NAME FIGHTERS.
AND SEVERAL TURNED IT DOWN.
SO YOU WIND UP WITH THE MATCH UP
AGAINST SADAM A LEAD.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF SADAM ALI?
>> I THINK HE'S DEFINITELY A
CHALLENGE.
I DON'T LIKE TO MIX GENERATIONS
TOO MUCH LIKE THAT.
HE IS A LOT YOUNGER.
HAS A LOT MORE FIRE.
WE WILL HAVE TO BE OUR BEST TO
BEAT HIM, I FEEL LIKE.
>> PEOPLE KNOW WHAT FREDDIE AND
ME IS CAPABLE OF.
AND WE HAVE BEEN TAKING
SADAM ALI IN A SERIOUS WAY, YOU
KNOW?
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THINGS THE
BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT ON
DECEMBER 2ND THE BEST WAY
POSSIBLE.
>> THANKS, GUYS, FOR ALL THESE
INSIGHTS.
GREAT PROFESSIONAL PRIZE
FIGHTERS MAKE A DEEP BOND WITH
THEIR AUDIENCE BECAUSE THEY TAKE
RISKS TEMP PLEASE THEM.
BECAUSE THEY WORK THE BEST
THEY COULD BE.
THEY VERY WELL MIGHT BEAT THEM
AS WELL.
AMONG THE GREATEST OF THOSE
FIGHTERS, THERE IS A DEEPER
IMPRESSION THAT IS MADE.
BECAUSE THROUGHOUT ALL OF THEIR
WORK INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE
RING, THEY ARE ABLE TO PROJECT
THEIR FUNDAMENTAL HUMANITY.
AND THERE IS NO BETTER EXAMPLE
OF THAT IN OUR SPORT THAN
MIGUEL COTTO.
SO WITH AN EYE TOWARDS WHAT IT'S
GOING TO BE LIKE TO MISS HIM
WHEN HE'S GONE, LET'S TAKE A
LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOMENTS THAT
HAVE MADE HIS CAREER SO
MEMORABLE.
>> YOU ARE GOING TO SEE MIGUEL
COTTO CONTINUE TO POLISH HIS
IMAGE AS THE BEST YOUNG FIGHTER
IN THE SPORT.
>> THAT WAS JUST A PERFECTLY
THROWN COMBINATION.
SET UP MANY TIMES, MIGUEL COTTO
DOESN'T JUST BEAT YOU, HE BEATS
YOU OFF.
COTTO ALWAYS FIGHTS BACK.
HE DOESN'T WANT ANYMORE.
AND ARTHUR McKENNEY STOPS THE
FIGHT.
A CELEBRATION TIME FOR
MIGUEL COTTO!
>> COTTO SHOWING YOU HIS
ENORMOUS COURAGE.
>> COTTO HAS NOTHING LEFT.
>> DOES COTTO STILL REALLY WANT
TO FIGHT?
>> THIS IS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT.
HE'S MAKING PUERTO RICO PROUD.
>> MEXICO-PUERTO RICO, THE TWO
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WORLD.
COTTO COMES BACK WITH THE BODY.
THAT WAS THE PUNCH THAT ONCE
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>> COTTO BEATING THE HELL OUT OF
HIM.
>> REVENGE IS SWEET!
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MIGUEL COTTO.
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>> THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN MIGUEL
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>> NEXT SATURDAY, DON'T MISS
WHAT MIGUEL COTTO SAYS IS HIS
LAST FIGHT.
HE SQUARES OFF AGAINST SADAM ALI
LIVE ON HBO.
>> Announcer: THIS HAS BEEN A
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