Andre Berto: record, next fight and profile →
According to promoter Lou DiBella, the venue for the Sept. 24 IBF welterweight title fight between incumbent champ Jan Zaveck and his client, Andre Berto, has been finalized to take place at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Miss.
A few weeks ago trainer/manager Kevin Cunningham advised BoxingScene.com that his prized pupil Devon Alexander would move up to the welterweight division for his next fight. The former St. Louis policeman has now revealed to BoxingScene his full plan for the former IBF/WBC junior welterweight champion.
Ljubljana (Slovenia) - Dejan Zavec (aka Jan Zaveck) has spoken out about September’s bout against Andre Berto at his official press conference. “I am going to the United States to win!” was the clear message from the IBF World Champion.
Newly crowned EU jr welterweight champ Vittorio Oi will have to give ex-ruler Ville Piispanen a rematch. Oi won a controversial technical decision the first time around but Piispanen and his promoter Pekka Maeki protested to the EBU and while Oi is allowed a voluntary defense he will have to make his first mandatory defense against Piispanen.
The welterweight champion of the International Boxing Federation [IBF], Jan Zaveck (31-1, 18 KOs), is focused on derailing Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KOs) for a second time. Zaveck will fight for the first time in the United States on September 3, facing Berto in an HBO televised main event. It will be Berto's first fight since losing his undefeated record, and his WBC title, to Victor Ortiz in April.
Former welterweight champion Andre Berto could return on September 3 against IBF beltholder Jan Zaveck. Berto (27-1, 21KOs) vs. Zaveck (31-1, 18KOs) would be televised by HBO. Zaveck's sole loss came in 2008, by way of a close split decision to Rafal Jackiewicz, which Zaveck later avenged in 2010. Berto would return for the first time since suffering the sole blemish on his record, which came in April when he dropped a twelve round unanimous decision to Victor Ortiz.
BoxingScene.com caught up to former WBC welterweight titlist Andre Berto, who has just returned from an 18-day vacation that covered trips to the Indonesia and the Philippines.
A few days ago, the internet was buzzing after former welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-1, 20KOs) posted several statements which, at least to most readers, hinted at the possibility of Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22KOs) using performance enhancing drugs for their April fight. Ortiz, who moved up from junior welterweight, appeared to be the bigger and stronger man in the fight and won a twelve round unanimous decision to capture Berto's WBC title.
On Wednesday, former WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto caught many off guard by appearing to accuse his recent conqueror Victor Ortiz of using some type of Performance Enhancing Drugs prior to their raucous April bout. In a fight that saw each man hit the canvas twice, Ortiz would walk away with a close unanimous decision that obviously still has Berto reeling a bit.
BoxingScene.com has been advised that junior welterweight Breidis Prescott (24-2, 19KOs) is willing to move up in weight to face former WBC welterweight Andre Berto (27-1, 21KOs). Berto is planning to return in the fall. The probable opponent is IBF 147-pound champion Jan Zaveck - if the IBF approves the fight and the two camps reach an agreement. If Berto doesn't secure Zaveck, Prescott wants to fight him.