By Chris LaBate
Only a few days after promoters Bob Arum and Lou DiBella traded words on BoxingScene.com , over the welterweight bout between WBC champion Andre Berto and challenger Victor Ortiz - the Top Rank CEO, Arum, fired a counter-attack on the Berto-Ortiz bout. Berto-Ortiz takes place on April 16 as the HBO televised co-feature to Amir Khan defense of the WBA junior welterweight title against Paul McCloskey.
Arum blasted back after unbeaten welterweight Mike Jones (24-0, 18KOs) won his rematch with Jesus Soto Karass at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Arum feels Berto (27-0, 21KOs) should step up to the plate and face Jones.
"You saw a real welterweight tonight in Mike Jones. When you people are tired of watching Andre Berto fight busboys like [Freddy] Hernandez and junior welterweights who's only distinction is quitting in a fight, then maybe we can test Andre Berto and see if he can really fight when he fights a real Philadelphia welterweight like Mike Jones," Arum said.
"That challenge is out there. If you want to keep seeing nonsense, that's okay too. But if you want to see Berto, who makes more per fight than everyone on the card tonight [the entire Nonito Doniare-Fernando Montiel card], then you will register the way you should register."
