By Mark Vester

With Floyd Mayweather Jr. announcing his retirement, several fighters are in position to get a career boost. One of them is undefeated welterweight prospect Andre Berto. Mayweather is the holder of the WBC welterweight title and it's expected that the WBC will vacate the title prior to Berto's upcoming bout with Miguel "Mikki" Angel Rodriguez.

Berto is ranked at number-one by the WBC and Rodriguez sits at number-two. Their bouts takes place on June 21 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis. HBO will televise.

The fight was scheduled to be a WBC eliminator and was later changed to a WBC-interim welterweight title bout. Mayweather would have been forced to face the winner within a small timeframe set down by the WBC or risk being stripped. Now it stands to become a bout with the top two contenders battling for the full title.

Since winning the title from Carlos Baldomir in 2006, Mayweather has not defended the belt against a ranked welterweight. Berto, one of the rising stars in the sport, may quickly become a major player by winning the full title.

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