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A story has been circulating which claims that Coach Freddie Roach is pushing the winner of the Amir Khan-Timothy Bradley 140-pound unification to take on Manny Pacquiao, next. Roach is the head trainer for Pacquiao and Khan. The story is a sick joke.
MASHANTUCKET, Connecticut - Victor Ortiz won a unanimous decision over Andre Berto in a bout where many thought he would never make it to the final bell. Instead, the fight was battle of power punches as both men went down twice and the fight became a serious contender for "Fight of The Year" honors.
MAHANTUCKET, Connecticut - Emanuel Steward wasn't just raving about the ferocity displayed by "Vicious" Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto on the HBO airwaves Saturday night.
A young Puerto Rican flyweight named Jonathan Gonzalez is young pro with one fight under his belt, but he must be feeling like a heavyweight right now. A standout amateur, teenager Gonzalez hooked up with Puerto Rico Best promoter Peter Rivera, and Rivera in turn hooked the 112-pounder up with Bob Arum and Top Rank.
MASHANTUCKET, Connecticut— Promoter Lou DiBella, who works with Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s manager, Al Haymon - has told me and other scribes that the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. is nearby and will attend the Foxwoods show to watch WBC welterweght champion Andre Berto defend his belt against Victor Ortiz. Haymon also handles the career of Berto.
So the acrimony between Danny and Robert continues.
It was formally announced Thursday by Top Rank that junior middleweight contender Kermit Cintron was joining their ranks. I rang Arum in Puerto Rico, where his marvelous little champ Juan Manuel Lopez fights Saturday night, to ask about plans for the James Prince handled Cintron. (Prince being the Houston Rap-A-Lot music mogul who used to manage Floyd Mayweather Jr. before they had a money dispute.)
Some people close to the situation think that the ongoing blood feud between boxing trainers and brothers Robert and Danny Garcia can not be squashed.
To hear the Vicious Victor Ortiz camp tell it, there's only one cinch with a fight involving undefeated WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto.
He's no casual observer. When Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield of San Francisco, California speaks about the lightning speed and the brutal power of Manny Pacquiao, he speaks from first hand knowledge.