Some people close to the situation think that the ongoing blood feud between boxing trainers and brothers Robert and Danny Garcia cannnot be squashed.
They view it as an endless Cain versus Abel squabble, a fractious fraternal fight that will continue unabated for years if not decades.
Making it worse has been Robert's huge success, his making a small fortune in boxing while Danny has had to keep driving a Pepsi delivery truck while training fighters at night.
But Danny, who trained his brother when Robert was just age 13 and was an assistant to Papa Eduardo in the corner when Robert was IBF junior lightweight champion, says otherwise.
"Mainly, it's about my Mom and my Dad," Danny said. "My Mom would like to see things work out between me and Robert. It can happen."
Danny told me so, in a sincere manner on Wednesday afternoon before a Manhattan press conference for Saturday night's Vicious Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto WBC welterweight title bout. Ortiz-Berto takes place at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Connecticut.
Danny admitted that he never speaks to Robert, that their families steer clear of each other and that the whole telenovela style drama caused their parents to abandon hometown Oxnard, California, to relocate to Riverside.
Backdrop to the story is the bitter split and resulting rivalry between former Garden City, Kansas amateur hopefuls and both former pupils of Robert, Ortiz and newly crowned lightweight champion Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios.
When Ortiz separated from Robert, Danny went with Victor. The two fighters even now toil for bickering promoters, the outspoken Rios for Bob Arum's Top Rank and Ortiz for Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy outfit.
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