BoxingScene.com spoke to 10 of the sport's insiders concerning whom they believe will win Saturday night's welterweight clash between WBC king Andre Berto and rising southpaw, former junior welterweight, Victor Ortiz, that is slated for the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.
During a quick break at last weekend's 'Action Heroes' card at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, I ran into good friend and welterweight hopeful Rashad Holloway. It had been a while since Holloway and I touched bases and a lot has been going on with him. Holloway was in town to check out his stablemate Paulie Malignaggi, who went on to defeat Jose Miguel Cotto over ten rounds, and gave me and update on everything with his life.
By Thomas Gerbasi - Andre Berto has been to the well before. He’s been in fights where everything didn’t go exactly as planned, and where the guys that were expected to fall down didn’t. But when you ask him about it, he doesn’t get defensive, like his opponent this Saturday night, Victor Ortiz, has been in recent weeks. In fact, the WBC welterweight champion laughs at it these days, or more accurately, laughs at his reaction to waking up in the middle of a dogfight. “You start to speak to yourself in the ring,” Berto chuckles, but what that response reveals is what happened after his most notable gut checks – he rose off the canvas to beat Cosme Rivera in 2007, and then survived a spirited effort from Luis Collazo in 2009 to pound out a close decision win. Ortiz, perhaps even more notably, came up short in his 2009 bout with Marcos Maidana and then allowed a winnable fight against Lamont Peterson last year to turn into a draw thanks for his inability to live up to his nickname “Vicious.” This contrast has been a persistent theme in the lead-up to Saturday’s HBO main event at Foxwoods in Connecticut, and when asked about it, Berto doesn’t shy away from addressing the issue.
The weights are in for Saturday's WBC welterweight showdown. The undefeated champion Andre Berto (27-0, 21KOs) came in at a ripped and ready 145.5-pounds, while the challenger Victor Ortiz (28-2-2, 22KOs) was also in great shape, as he moves up in weight and comes in as the bigger man at 146-pounds. The fight takes place in the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut. HBO will televise the fight.
The weights are in for Saturday's WBC welterweight showdown. The undefeated champion Andre Berto (27-0, 21KOs) came in at a ripped and ready 145.5-pounds, while the challenger Victor Ortiz (28-2-2, 22KOs) was also in great shape, as he moves up in weight and comes in as the bigger man at 146-pounds. The fight takes place in the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut. HBO will televise the fight.
So the acrimony between Danny and Robert continues.
To hear the Vicious Victor Ortiz camp tell it, there's only one cinch with a fight involving undefeated WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto.
Junior welterweight contender, Lamont Peterson, is picking WBC welterweight king Andre Berto to be successful in Saturday night's defense of his belt against rising, former junior welterweight, Victor Ortiz, adding that he believes the champion will win by knockout.
Hard-hitting welterweight Thomas Dulorme (10-0 and 9 knockouts) will look to impress on Saturday, when he faces Dominican boxer Harrison Cuello on the Andre Berto-Victor Ortiz undercard at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut. Dulorme is considered to be one of the top prospects in the world. Last year Cuello upset former champion Stevie Forbes.
NEW YORK, NY – World Boxing Council (WBC) # 5 rated “Vicious” Victor Ortiz plans to go full throttle in order to knockout WBC Welterweight World Champion and unbeaten star Andre Berto in their highly-anticipated 12-round “East-West Showdown” on April 16 at the MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut.