forty vision six time world champion miguel cotto puts his w b zero junior middleweight title on the line as he faces u s olympian saddam l a the fight takes place saturday december nd it's at n times here at madison square garden and now let's go to the press conference this is such a classic event as one star says goodbye and another looks to try to fill the void that will be left welker you said about me go cotto that hasn't already been said two decades in boxing he is a st ballot hall of famer like i said he's a true legend  in puerto rico new york and beyond and a true credit to the sport of boxing he's a six time champion in four divisions the only puerto rican fighter who is a four division world champion and he's fought the very best he's competed against the very best and he's fought the likes of the may who has the resume to to possibly put on the upset so this is one fight one fight that is it's not a walk over for for me gayle cotto this is a  fighter in from eagle colorado who is who is willing to take those chances in order to become great i mean these are the types of fights that make you greats and this is the this is the perfect opportunity for of saddam ali to take advantage of so we know firsthand that beagle cotto has his hands full along with with his trainer freddie roach you know it's going to be a tough fight this this is story match up will take place on the network of champions you can catch the action live on h b o world championship boxing with the televised on the card that is just as exclusive as the main event beginning at ten pm eastern pacific time before before we get to the day as i also want to make an announcement concerning  cotto home of puerto rico as everyone knows the island has been absolutely devastated by hurricane maria and regardless of the spin coming out of washington the fact that the fact is that a majority of puerto ricans are still are still without basic human needs like clean drinking water and electricity so it is my pleasure that golden boy promotions and this was idea miguel cotto promotions will do everything we can to help out puerto rico and all our brothers and sisters there so i'm very happy to announce that that for every every taken that is that is bought a portion of those tickets sales will go to various charities that may go cotto and his promotional company will there comes a time in the fighters career when you get the opportunity to step up to a momentous challenge so tom ali is in that position now he is the current a international waterway champion and the decorated amateur boxer who was a junior olympic pal and under nineteen national champion as well as a two time new york golden glove and represented the united states of america in two thousand and eight in the beijing olympic games he has the pedigree he has the team he has the train there so it is my pleasure now to introduce to you the man who who has the strategy who has who gets his fighters ready he has an amazing train there i would like to introduce to you andrea andre for allowing us to participate we we wanted too show the world that saddam ali is that special athlete he is this special box we right at this point it's been written that he doesn't belong here he doesn't stand a chance we're going to show the world that he does he's coming when he's not just coming to be here it's not a money thing i told him if he didn't want to win a fight that we wouldn't fight it's not about anything other then becoming a world champion and we have a stirring test against us but we plan to ascend to that challenge and we will be victorious on december nd thank you all for coming out appreciate it thank you very much and thank you under now it is my pleasure to introduce to you former u s olympian current w b a international champion and local new york sensation  and when we did offer this fight he was the only one to step up to the plate and say yes he wants to there and be great i remember watching that he demonstrated yet alone the the abilities the speed the footwork that he possesses but the power that he that he showed that night was was incredible against a  it's a pleasure is going to be and i know i'm the underdog and i know a lot of the media are bad words on me but if you work hard you put your mind to it and you come much of best you never know what's going to come and like my coach was saying it's not about the money it's about opportunity it's about being the star and i know if i know if i want to win i have to come one hundred percent i have to fight smart car or house that has that tremendous power and you know that's why a lot of people think i'm going to be a walkover but i'm going to face mark that's most important thing is find small and i get hit with this shot and using all you abilities just speed your power footwork you've got to use that all at once man and honestly i'm blessed to be in this and it's opportunity it's called his last fight he's a legend and for me to be in this position it's a great opportunity for me of course it's not it's not easy walk through in life you've got to work off what you want and this is what i want and i'm going to shine and all the people that i don't think i'm going to do well oh don't think i'm going to shine working with miguel cotto team they are professional they obviously know what they're doing but most importantly you know they do it they do it for for the sport of boxing they they will help translate here he says good afternoon everybody thank you for being here st and foremost i want to thank all the board promotions the partnership we have robert for this great opportunity  and you know he plans on going out as a world champion but he has a tough tests in front of him with sight on molly and he knows that that's that's the beauty of  example that i saw with my children their children anymore the road dulls and said their life in order so that they could be educated the do what they want to do a lifetime necessary boxes because that was my trade but there is always education to do the things they want to do are for the youth this is the same thing i am i'm an example for them and i want them to follow their life but also use work career as an example of how to live moderately and honestly and do everything you can for for your ignored and they still have a big percentage of people starving not eighty not clean water no medication nothing at all so you do his efforts to raise funds and a portion will go to go to the hurricane victims of puerto rico by a hurricane maria basically this is exactly what he says he's very nostalgic i could always maybe in my wild mind see a little bit of water coming down his eyes because this is his life over twenty years and this is ending for everybody rico his family everybody a good career and a good example of being a good man so basically this is what it is so you couldn't ask for better world champ i mean he's done everything possible so so barry's art is what it's like  madison square garden so st of all you know he's holding a belt and if he wins what happens to that belt and well obviously if he wins he'll keep the belt but the i know him from the golden globe is here in new york city but but he is a tremendous fighter he did have a loss against what jesse vargas exactly what do you feel his chances are going against such as like most his coach his trainer andre brazil said listen if you're doing this for the money then don't do it are you doing this to win if you're not doing it or when i you know i don't want to take the fight but i again i enjoy that and but this is also real bittersweet moment for me because i've been covering mcgill cotto since well i started my show until now and everyone ran with it yes i've gone through so many of his fights and he's such he's such a gentleman that he's taken a portion of his money and donating absolute order rico for all the people that are suffering out there i mean what a champion a true true man it's going to be hard for somebody to ever fill his shoes so so in a way people and that's commendable really and of course to end this you know he is definitely on track for the hall of fame actually so we will be able to raise it to see and his legacy will continue