Trouble in Camp

Miguel Cotto's June 11 fight with Josh Clottey was always going to be hard, and this can't make things any easier:

Apparently, a disagreement over where Cotto would train for his June 13 fight with Joshua Clottey ignited the dispute. According to sources, Miguel wanted to train in Florida while Evangelista wanted to remain in Puerto Rico, where he has several other fighters that he trains. Whatever the cause for the dispute, Cotto fired his uncle and Evangelista responded by punching his nephew in the face and cutting his nose, according to media reports in Puerto Rico.

As the story goes, Miguel left the gym, but it didn't end there. Evangelista later showed up at his house, where Cotto-Cotto II took place with Evangelista throwing a cement brick at Miguel. It missed, but crashed through the window of his 2009 Jaguar. The men came to blows for a second time, this time with other family members there to try to break them up. Evangelista had to go to the hospital for treatment for an undisclosed injury.

Then again, sometimes spite makes people work harder than ever. Maybe a giant chip on his shoulder will make Miguel even more of a killer. If he wants to train in Florida, I'd suggest Dan Birmingham or Orlando Cuellar, but of course Cotto knows the available trainers a million times better than I do.