By Rick Reeno
WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto is looking for a big fight, and he's ready to take some chances to get it. A few weeks back, Berto's promoter Lou DiBella advised BoxingScene.com that his fighter was willing to move down a couple of pounds to face any of top guys at 140-pounds.
The money at 147-pounds has dried up. Shane Mosley is taking some time off. Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao are interested in each other.
Berto watched Miguel Cotto's victory over Yuri Foreman to capture the WBA junior middleweight title this past Saturday at Yankee Stadium in New York. Cotto is not a big junior welterweight. Most of the top guys at 154-pounds will give him a lot of problems. Following the Foreman win, Cotto acknowledged the possibility of moving back to welterweight.
DiBella tells BoxingScene that Berto is willing to move up a few pounds to 154 - if a fight with Cotto is available.
"Andre Berto would move up to 154-pounds, for a fight with Miguel Cotto. Berto would move down a few pounds to fight any of the names at 140 and he would move up up a few pounds for a fight with Cotto," DiBella told BoxingScene.com.
