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i'm don lemon. i will see you in a bit. top of the hour, don lemon here are the headlines on cnn, a major tornado outbreak in the plain states tonight. one smacked in to a hospital in preston, iowa but did not cause structural damage. all 200 people who live in a small town of thurman have been evacuated. this is cherokee, oklahoma you are looking at one of dozens tornados reported across the region. 5 million people are in the high-risk area. other news, the sdret service is caught in the middle of a prostitution scandal. the agency questioned 11 agents and put them on administrative leave. they were relieved of duty and spent packing from colombia on thursday after they allegedly brought hookers back to a hotel. they were doing security prep ahead of president obama's arrival on thursday. there former bee gee robin gib
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gibb is gravely ill in a london hospital the '70s hop star lapsed in to a mow coma. he has been balgt cole lan and liver cancer. the family is keeping vigil at thaz his bedside. those are the headlines this hour. now we move to the world of boxing where on may 5th, undefeated superstar floyd mayweather will return to battle miguel from p pr, a four time title holder in his own rite cnn will bring you 24/seven an all access look at the lives of bth men as their date in the ring draws closer. the first round starts right now.
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the following a is presentation of hbo sports. >> i'm going to tell the fans this, if floyd money may weather is not on 24/7 don't bother watching. when i'm on 24/7 it is you must watch with tv. my boyfriend 50 going to tell you. what do you think. >> absolutely. you see the ratings drop as soon as you are gone. >> what would the "outdoor gps" 24/7 be without me? what would the show be without me? >> if you were in my shows and producing this 24/7. >> if i was in your shoes and i was producing 24/7, i'd let
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miguel get ten minutes on the show and i would give floyd the maywefrs an 50 cent, ellerbee, the g unit we are going to the rap studio. we run the show. we is the show. let us take over. it is called a takeover. the money team takeover, 24/7. >> you'll excuse miguel cotta for not talking back. he's just here to the fight.
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do it. that's right. >> i don't need to talk about floyd, you know. he's the kind of guy who always needs someone's attention. i'm a quiet goi, but i'm always thinking. i'm preparing myself for the event i'm going to face. >> that event scheduled for may 5th in las vegas. a meeting of two of boxing's signature names of the past decade. cotta is training for floyd mayweather in orlando, florida. the committed circle of confidants closely observing the 31-year-old and his trainer in action. >> love challenging situations in life and this fight for me is
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the best opportunity i can have to prove and show to the world what miguel cotta is made of. >> it's been a little more than four months since miguel cotta set foot in a boxing ring. on a night that may have been the most emotional of his professional career. in new york's madison square garden, cotta was fighting antonio mar gurito. in a rematch, he stopped him after 11 punishing rounds. the first loss of cotta's pro career. as time passed cotta and much of the boxing world thought that he had fought with hand wraps illegally ploes loaded with plaster. it led to a rematch and an opportunity for cotta to meet his own brand of personal justice in new york. >> revenge or repeat?
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>> hard right hand by cotta. >> he is doing a serious operation on margeito's face right now. >> if every punch had vengeance, it kept margurito in the safest place. >> this is something he never did in the first fight. >> if you compare this fight with the first fight, the first, six, seven rounds was the same but enough energy to keep fighting. that was the difference for this fight. >> margurito's punches don't have the same sledge hammer impact they had in las vegas. >> in their first encounter cotta gradually succumb to his opponent's assault, but on this night the story would have a much different ending, one ultimately determined by margurito's badly battered right eye. >> i hit him with a lot of punches his eye had a lot of
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swelling. i knew this fight was meant to be for me. >> stop it. >> it's over. it's over! and revenge is sweet. >> i just stand in front of him to enjoy the moment and let them know how happy and now good i feel. after my first loss with margurilto, it look a lot of things, trust in myself. i feel great and a lot more confidence than before. margurlito, closed with the rest of my life last year.
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>> 2000 miles away in las vegas, nevada's chinatown district, a sign was recently erected above a previous ly unmarked store shelf. >> a man's not a man if he is don't speak for himself. a man's not a man if he doesn't shoot for the stars. >> inside the club little has changed. they are the same faces, attitude, and expectations as ever. with the club's name sake in training for miguel cotta. >> protected by my team, respected by my scene reflected as a king. >> the money team is in full affect. money power respect. ♪ >> lifestyle, flashy, flamboyant. you know how it is, 24/7, 365.
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>> hustle hustle. >> the sweat and strain may seem like a routine site here but it once appeared that floyd mayweather would be in a position to train for may 5th fight following charges for a domestic battery understand dent he was supposed to serve a 90-day jail sentence in january. with a may 5th date already booked, the judge agreed to postpone the sentence to begin june 1st. >> i'm thankful the judge didn't stop me from making a living. boxing is what i do. boxing is what i love. june 1st is any ordinary day. i'm not worried about it. i don't even think about it. it is what it is. i take the good with the good, the bad with the bad. can't nothing stop me. >> while impending incarceration doesn't appear to be phasing the fighter there are friends to confide in, like best friend 50
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cent who himself spent time behind bars years ago. >> you know what it is, this time period, when you say the 90 days or whatever, whatever amount of days it is. one day is two days too many to spend without being able to the get up, go and move as you please. i think he's not going to actually think about that part. how uncomfort able it can be. it is almost like wait until your father gets home. the waiting is worse than the whupping if you get it. the interesting part is what you are going to see from floyd following that. that will be a theraputic process 0 of him going back. and thinking about his life for a longer period of time. >> the mayweather's chief
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adviser leonard ellerbee, it was placed less in legalities than the desire to put the episode behind it. >> all ung do is respect a man not wanting to put his kid through a difficult proegs. i have the advantage of knowing what the facts are in this case and the public doesn't have that information. so i know he stepped up, you know and he did what he needed to do to protect his family. >> at least for the moment, clark county detention center seems a world away but the focus instead squarely on coe toe, the bout will be fought at 154 pound limit, a weight he fought only once before, five year ago. >> i could careless about what the weight is. i know that miguel cotta is a quiet guy, but he's in there to
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miguel cotta's house it is well before sunrise and yet everyone is inside is awake. an early-morning training session at nearby cocoa beach awaits and no resident has been spared the pre-dawn wakeup call from pedro diaz. >> 4:30 in the morning, we are just getting up. >> it's like 4:45 in the morning and he came in like a revolutionary.
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this is the second camp together for cotta and his 47-year-old cuban trainer. following their successful debut collaboration for the margarito rematch last december. >> i think what the people see comes. it is the mastermind behind the plan for this fight. he was responsible for making me look, the better i look. >> diaz was the lone new member of a well-entrenched team before
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he was hired for the margarito bout but he realized the imfact the 2008 defeat had on his fighter. act the 2008 defeat had on his fighter. pact the 2008 defeat had on his fighter. >> the task ahead for fighter and trainer is hardly less formidable, but for diaz, confidence is an unmoveable asset.
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♪ >> it's been more than month since floyd mayweather began to train for the may 5th bout. the pace has been character ibsicily unrelenting. >> of course right now in the training camp we are boxing nonstop. when we get in the ring it is called the dog house. if you look at the ring, it's always surrounded by a bunch of people. that's the dog house. when you go to a dog fight and you watch pit bulls fight -- i don't want to get in trouble by, what's the people, pea tachlt i don't want to get in trouble with the pe ta people. >> animal rights. >> i don't give a [ bleep ] i
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wear mink rocks, i am going to wear chinchilla and mink coats. those people who say you can't wear animal fur, they are the same people eating chicken and cows. so what are they talking about? >> workouts last roughly three hours. occasionally surplus energy is burnt off with others venturing in to the ring whether they are ready or not. >> 11. he said you can't show him nothing he ain't seen. >> hold 0 up. hold up. you the new kid. >> yeah. >> you get in the dog house today. >> he's hiding. >> put him in the doug house. put him in the dog house.g hous. put him in the dog house. >> fight him square.
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>> the last time mayweather was in the dog house for real was september when he faced victor ortiz. typical of mayweather affairs, the lead up to the bout was filled with no shortage of mutual disparagement between the two camps. ♪ >> right before i got out of the ring, he said something to him. i said he trying to make sure he can't feed your kids. >> mayweather wasted no time administering a forceful dose of punishment to his underdog opponent. by the fourth round, ortiz's right eye had begun to swell. >> i seen ortiz's eyes was slowly closing. i seen blood. so i said let's go for the kill and that's wa we did.
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>> ortiz's response was as unexpected as it was flagrant, a leaping head butt on the ropes. followed by an apology in the form of a kiss. >> can't make love to my nephew, i guess. >> he is going to penalize ortiz for butting. >> he know he did wrong. he did wrong and since he did wrong, well, i mean he got what he was asking for. >> defend yourself at all times. >> ortiz is apologizing. and mayweather was i punching. >> it is like this, you violate and we'll demonstrate. he violate sod i had to demonstrate. >> after the fight, mayweather demonstrated a lack of interest
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in the line of questions. >> taking advantage of -- >> you never give me a fair shake because i'm going to let you talk to victor ortiz. >> what are you talking about. >> you never give me a fair shake. hbo needs to fire you. you don't know what you are talking about. >> i wish i was 50 years younger and i'd kick your ass. >> you know, you could put ten larry merchants in the ring with floyd mayweather and they could all be 21 and they will all come up short. my mentality is this, i could care less if he is going to be around for my next fight i am not doing an interview any way. i'm going to the back and get the check and hang out with my boy 50 and do what we do. [ chanting ]
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like floyd mayweather, miguel cotta sur rouchbds himself with those closest to him in the weeks before a fight. even scenes from days and nights in orlando tend to be of the quieter variety.
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>> it's love and i have a lot of love inside my house. i can't ask for more. >> on this evening, the fighter unwinds with miss wife melissa, their three children and the family dogs. all in town from puerto rico for a visit. >> someone i love in the best way n the most clear way are the kids and they know i love them in the same way. having her here when melissa is here make me feel good, you know. >> cotta's family has long been embedded in the fabric of his boxing career. from the influence of his late
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father to the visible presence of his wife, both in training camps and ring side at his fights. for melissa cotta getting up-close view of the victory over marge rhee ito made the everyoning as cathartic for her as it was for her husband.
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>> while training session at the mayweather boxing club are consistently defined by the maxims of hard work and dedication, surprises nonetheless, seem to inevitably crop up. where is he? >> outside. let him in. >> today the unexpected arrives in the form of floyd mayweather, senior, making an unannounced visit to for the first time since a nasty confrontation with his son last summer. >> we don't want nobody in the way interfering when we are working. >> doesn't make a difference. >> we don't want anybody in the way while we are working. >> you couldn't fight worth [ bleep ] you couldn't fight worth [ bleep ]. >> you will get your ass whupped.
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>> you guys shouldn't do this. >> floyd, senior said today he planned to drive a froend he gym and wait in his car. but after encouraged to come inside by a member of his son's team he is happy to be greeted with open arms from the group. sgchlt. >> how are you doing? you all right? good. >> reunion by the heavy bag shows father and son at least begun the process of moving on. >> you know, most time people come back to you, a, they look for somebody to say they are sorry or mad at me for what i did, or i'm sorry what i did, whatever it is. i never got none of that from him. he, you know, came and hugged
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me. it might be his way with of showing passion, it might be his way. it's not my way with. >> hard work, dedication. >> hard work. >> dedication. >> at the end of the day he's still my son any way. still my blood. i do think of him every day, but i live and let live. all i do is i tend to my own business and leave everybody's business alone. i think that's the best thing for me to do. >> for today and perhaps beyond, peace reigns in the gym in las vegas's chinatown district. a backdrop, with an x on the calendar now just 21 days away.
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>> may 5th is just another day for me. you know, i don't live that far from the strip. only thing i'm going to do is get one of my toys, drive ten miles down the street, and give the fans what they want to see. i'm going to chop his ass up and there are two ways he can go. he can fall on his face, or back or wave the white flag but that's three ways now. >> this is the last chapter of his career. he never faced a guy like miguel cotta. he will see on may 5th. ♪ >> the story of every fighter's career is drive bin a wide range
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of factors. fury, family and faith among them. every bout they approach is a product of those dynamics. every bout an opportunity to add to their story. >> welcome to the dog house. >> i don't know what cotta got to be honest but i will find out, because he's fighting the best fighter in the world. >> i'm a winner. i'm a winner. on may 5th, i will win!
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>> may 5th, las vegas, nevada, and on hbo pay per view, the boxing world celebrates cinco de mayo when one of the greatest, pure boxers who ever lived gets in the ring with one of the best fighters of this era, floyd mayweather and miguel cotta face off, but first they face off, right here, right now. floyd, miguel. >> welcome. let's jump right in. floyd has said many times, 42 have tried and 42 have failed. how do you beat floyd mayweather? >> we are going to be the first one. >> how's miguel going to fight do you think?
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>> i don't know. i don't know. but he must know that i'm not like no otherer fighter. i can give it, and i can take it. >> why will he be the 43rd? >> i have been there before. i know what it takes. we chose miguel cotta because he's solid. we want top competition. he's one of the best fighters out there. i mean, i look at miguel cotta as an undefeated fighter because he faced pacquiao, but it wasn't drained. he wasn't hydrated and he was a guy that was cheating. i want him to be comfortable and feel good when we meet and go to this battle. i don't want no excuses i'm going to the go out and be the same floyd may wempl i know what
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it takes. >> you mean you are moving up to junior middle weight to fight where he is most comfort canable. >> yes. >> nice watch on, too. cartier. i see. you got good taste. >> why is that important to you? why is that important to you. last time you noticed my shoes. >> last time you had on pradas. i have my pradas on this time. >> why is that something -- is that part of the money may mayweather persona. >> no, out here in live, i notice nice things. >> the reason i ask is because you have mentioned before this is public persona like a wwe fight. >> it is not that. when there's lights, camera, action, it's time to give the fans entertainment. the fans want to be entertained. when i'm home, i'm like anyone
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else, normal, spend time with my children. of course i'm always watching sports. actually right now, hey, i got to check on the gachlt what do we have on the game? come on, let me check on the gachlt i got to check on a score. i have a game i bet on a game. >> i bet 100,000 on ohio for the first half. hopefully i will pull it through. >> what do you think about all of this, about floyd's public image and the $100,000 bets on games. >> he has what he has. he worked for that. he can do whatever he wants. >> he does work for it. and for all of the stuff he talks his message is always hard work. how do you beat a guy who's not only as talented as floyd is but seems to work harder than everybody else? >> working harder than him. >> do you get the sense that he is working harder than you?
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>> what do you think of his fight with victor ortiz? >> i think the experience of victor can kill him. if he made a mistake to give a head butt to floyd, he says sorry with one time is enough. you know. >> not hugging and kissing him. >> yeah. one time is enough. >> and then ortiz gave the box, he didn't put his hand up and floyd hit him. >> is floyd still in his prime?
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>> never saw floyd mayweather going down. he always stays. >> you are a good boxer punchering every knows, but it is hard to imagine you outboxing floids mayweather in the middle of the ring. most people think that cotta will have to go back to the guy that throws a hard left hook to the body and more of an animal to beat floyd. isn't that what you have to do? >> beating a boxer, like floyd with all of his abilitity, all of his skills, you have to be ready for everything. >> i got to check the game. got to watch my money. >> we have up 26. so up 11. got to be up by 4. >> so your shun good. >> so far. >> ohio state playing
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northwestern right now. we should be okay. >> you have to win by four points or more, right? >> four more points. right now my team is up 32-21. so i'm 11 points with 3:41 in the first half. if they win by four it is a push i'm going to get my money back. if they win by five i win. i bet 100k, i win like, 86,000. so i walk away with $86,000. >> what do you think about that $100,000 bet. >> if he lived in vegas he would do the same thing. >> is it dangerous to live in vegas? >> no. not at all. >> let's get back to what we are talking about, boxing. >> miguel. every fight at your level is a big fight now. but the last fight you had against margarito. >> it was the biggest. >> was a special kind of big fight, right because it was revenge and it was the whole
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thing. what does this fight mean to you and your career and your life right now? >> well, you mentioned marge trie rh margarito's fight. at this was my time of revenge and for me to show people what happened. when i -- i don't mean to cut him off. what do you think, do you think he loaded the gloves. do you honestly think -- >> i don't know. i didn't feel anything but my face at the end. >> i have never seen a fight eers face look like that. >> but you were offended as a boxing fan, it seems like that he was cheated. >> if you turn the tables and i
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done the same thing antonio margarito done i think i would be out of the sport of boxing. i truly believe so. am i happy that able to come back to the sport. yes, so he can get his revenge but should he have been banned for life because that is not right what happened. >> in a way it seems like someone trying to be fair this guy got cheated but as floyd mayweather you must think this could have been an undefeated opponent for real. >> i look at miguel cotta as an undefeated fighter. i look at him as an undefeated fighter. >> you were saying what this fight means to you now at this point in your career after margarito. >> it means you know what it means to the whole world, being the first guy, beating the guy
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>> you are the biggest pay per view star. then there is pacquiao and then it is him. why is he the third biggest pay per view star in the sport? >> well, miguel cotta, he's like floyd mayweather, he earned it the hard way. not fighting fighters in catch weights. he didn't take piggyback off of
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the floyd mayweather name. he didn't do. that he earned it like i did it. >> how did pacquiao piggyback on your name. >> like floyd mayweather is scared. floyd mayweather is a chicken which doesn't bother me because i'm happy and i'm comfortable. >> from the way you are talking and the way you talk generally seems you make your decisions on who you fight strictly business. you make business decisions on who you fight. on the other hand, you have to be aware of your legacy in the sport. you are one of the gratest fighters of all time. >> i'm okay. i don't know where you are going okay but i'm okay with my legacy. with or without pacquiao, with or without cotta, floyd mayweather is okay with what i do in the sport. >> i don't mean to make it about pack owe but as you are sitting here as the osgloent he's a champion. >> for sure. >> i'm the pay per view
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champion. he's the champ. >> you must get the pacquiao, pacquiao with him. but do you find it disrespectful to you who is here, as he says as the champ. >> all people talk about is games with floyd mayweather and pacquiao. but first of all, miguel cotta has to fight on may 5th. that is what will happen next. >> kind of hard to work up anger toward that guy, you know? >> no. he's a quiet killer. >> don't let him fool you. >> don't let minimum fool you. miguel cotta coming to fight. >> your prediction? >> tune in. i can't say what is going to happen. just tune in. may 5th. you got the superweight championship versus the pay per view king. may 5th blockbuster,
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blockbuster. >> is there anything that tough said to floyd that you want to say now. >> no. i'm just going to be prepared enough for floyd and i'm going to work really hard. >> same question to you. >> i have been here so many times. i have been here so many times. i'm glad that miguel cotta stepped up and took the test. i commend you on that. you always conduct yourself like a true champion. and may 5th, let's give everybody what they want to see. >> which is? >> fighters. present a real fight. that's all. >> yeah. >> see you may 5th. >> see you may 5th. >> see you.
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