Miguel Cotto Says: "I Am Not Felix Trinidad"

WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto has spoken out against some of critics who continue to compare him to another Puerto Rican great, Felix "Tito" Trinidad. Cotto wants to make it clear, for the last time, that he is not Trinidad in any way - inside or outside of the ring.

Some people have been critical of Cotto for not being a fan-friendly fighter on the streets - like Trinidad. Cotto likes to keep to himself and doesn't like the limelight, like Trinidad.

"You can not compare the way I am with Felix Trinidad. I am not him. Tito came to a place and greeted everyone and was very well liked. But, I am one of those guys who comes and and greets everyone. I get to a site and the less people who know me, the better I feel," Cotto told El Nuevo Dia. "I have always been accessible to the press in Puerto Rico."

"I'm not Felix Trinidad. Miguel Cotto is Miguel Cotto. I'm not going to change. If I were participating in a beauty contest, I should be waving and smiling all day. But I'm a boxer."

Miguel Cotto Sr. jumped to his son's defense.

"Your personality is your personality. People have to understand that, but they can not. People prefer to see Miguel laughing and talking to them, but he is not Tito," Cotto Sr. said. "That's his personality. If you want to see Miguel Cotto laughing, then tell him a good joke."

Cotto returns on November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas against Manny Pacquiao.

Source: http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=21525