By Rick Reeno
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - During the final press conference for Saturday's clash between Fernando Montiel and Nonito Donaire, Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum ripped into the upcoming welterweight fight between WBC champion Andre Berto and junior welterweight contender Victor Ortiz, which is scheduled to take place on April 16.
Arum questioned why Berto is fighting Ortiz, who is coming off a draw with Lamont Peterson, and not facing the winner of Saturday's welterweight rematch between unbeaten Mike Jones and Jesus Soto Karass.
"Why is Andre Berto fighting a 140-pound fighter, who had a draw with another 140-pound fighter? There is one thing that I'm sure of, that these two fighters, these two welterweights [Jones and Karass], if they fought Victor Ortiz, they would destroy him," Arum said. "Why is Andre Berto fighting Victor Ortiz and not fighting the winner of this fight? That's a question that we all should be asking. What the hell is going on here?
