The hype of fight week began with WBO Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto's media day at the Trinity Gym in NYC. Cotto will be defending his title at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Cotto is a great guy and one of my favorites to shoot, this will be the eighth time I'm assigned to cover one of his fights.
Ran into a few problems as I only had an hour to do the shoot, and had to be back on the road by 2pm. The media workout was scheduled to start at 1pm, but Cotto was uncharacteristically late, and didn't arrive until 1:30. By the time he got going, I had about 15 minutes to snap away, which was basically stretching and jumping rope. Not a good start to the week for me, but did the smart thing, however boring, didn't mess around and captured the safe images.
June 9, 2009; New York, NY; WBO Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto gets loose before his media workout at the Trinity Boxing Club in NYC.
June 9, 2009; New York, NY; WBO Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto is focused during his media workout at the Trinity Boxing Club in NYC.
June 9, 2009; New York, NY; WBO Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto greets members of the press before his media workout at the Trinity Boxing Club in NYC.
Side Note: The Trinity Boxing Club is a fantastic gym to shoot at, and one of my favorites. I did a shoot for a featherweight contender a few years back and loved the place. It's full of inspirational quotes, and old fight gear to set the tone...
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