By Edward Chaykovsky
Former two-time champion Andre Berto (30-4, 23KOs) says he expected a lot more from Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) when they fought on September 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Mayweather took a few more risks but not many. It was billed as the final fight of his career and he announced his retirement following the match.
Because it was pushed as his last fight, and he was such a massive favorite to win, Berto expected him to go for a knockout as he promised in many of the pre-fight interviews.
He felt since Mayweather's fight with Manny Pacquiao was so highly criticized for lacking action, the unbeaten WBC/WBA welterweight champion was going to come prepared to leave boxing by making a statement.
"I was just really surprised, because I thought there would be more action. I thought it was going to be more. At the end of the day, when you're in there and talking that talk, saying this and that, you're TBE [The Best Ever] and your last fight - the last situation that he had [with Manny Pacquiao] was pretty disappointing so I thought he was going to come with it," Berto told Power 105.
"This your last fight, let's give these people something entertaining. I know you don't want to get clipped in the process but let's make it a little bit more exciting."
