Is Berto ready for the Big Boys ?

I like Zab, I really do. I was rooting for him against Cotto believe it or not, but I've lost all faith in him, all the talks of him not focused, bullshit, that mufukka never focused. Once things start going sour for him in a fight he loses control and underperforms. I think Berto being the younger lion and stronger of the two would win a very convincing fight against Zab, not to mention Berto's got Judah-like handspeed with more power. we all gotta see how he is going to do against Clottey. I think Zab must try to KO him pretty quick or he will have hard time. I going with Zab UD and Clottey owning him at the later rounds

Let us see if Berto can get past Cintron!

I don't think he's ready for the top 3 or even 4 Welters out there yet (Cotto, Margarito, Williams, Mosley) I think he can get wins against Cintron, Judah, Collazo, and MAYBE Clottey, although I think Clottey might give him too much problems. Berto will keep developing into a very solid Welter, he's young and hasn't even peeked yet, he will dominate that division in over a year. Judah is very dangerous fighter but not consistant with his performance through out the round and losess focus easily. in the Cotto fight. Cotto was in trouble intell he hit Zab with a lowblow which is a bitchy move but it was good tactic. Then Zab became more inconsistant with his performance and even then he would cause trouble for 10sec of every round. Zab could destroy Berto or the other way round depends on him.

they were also further along in their careeer when they fought those names.

Berto fought Estrada and Cosme before he has 20 fights.. If that's not stepping it up I don't know what is. Estrada and Cosme are far better than Golden Johnson..Sebastian Lujuan..Manuel Gomez..and Alpnonso Gomez. Berto will be ready in a couple fights because the top guys are not defensive geniuses...They are ALL there to be hit and Andre has crazy power. Actually, I don't know if that's true. David Estrada beats Alphonso Gomez and Sebastian Lujan maybe two years ago, not the version that fought Berto. And Cosme Rivera is terrible... Finally, why are you bringing up those names? Those are guys Cotto and Margarito fought, yes? Why didn't you bring up the other names they fought between those? Like Williams, Judah, Mosley, etc? Silly argument.

I would love to see him fight Collazo next or the winner of Judah/Clottey. my exact thoughts, when i was thinking about this earlier. it be cool if he had more time to fight collazo on the undercard of this fight or someone close to him and then maybe the winner of each square off.

Berto fought Estrada and Cosme before he has 20 fights.. If that's not stepping it up I don't know what is. Estrada and Cosme are far better than Golden Johnson..Sebastian Lujuan..Manuel Gomez..and Alpnonso Gomez. Berto will be ready in a couple fights because the top guys are not defensive geniuses...They are ALL there to be hit and Andre has crazy power. Berto is on the same boat though.... his defense (and maybe his chin) will be his downfall.

Yeah bro, I agree. Tito put an irreversible ass whooping on Vargas. Who knows wtf they were thinking putting a puppy in with the big boys.

Yeah, he's ready but I don't know if he beats them. Physically, he's not going to get any better - he is what he is. And his height disadvantage is a problem; calling him 5'8 1/2 is being very generous. I'd put him in with a Baldomir too, or maybe a Collazo as some have mentioned. His best opponent is David Estrada and that's not saying much. He won a title prematurely but they still need to groom him. Jury's still out. They shouldn't make the mistakes made with Vargas & Reid.

He definitely has the potential for greatness but it's too early to tell. I'm just worried he'll get a beat down that'll cripple his career (especially now that he as a belt, ppl are going to want to fight him) I'd like for him to step it up but not TOO up. I'd say Collazzo would be good, then maybe a Judah.

I would love to see him fight Collazo next or the winner of Judah/Clottey.

Well he has no choice now. When you have a belt, it makes you more in demand. No way Floyd would have fought Baldomir if he wasn't a title holder. He has to step it up

Whats the rush??? Was Cotto fighting Hatton or Tszyu in 2005??? Berto has the misfortue of fighting in the best division in boxing, he is young and still learning if you can't see his potential then I don't know what to tell you. He looks like Meldrick Taylor to me at times, why throw him in with Chavez so quick.

I'm not sure, I'd like for him to step up his competition though.

Only way to know for sure is to have him step up his comp...time will tell.

That is an insult for Baldomir who fought long time to get a title fight against Zab Judah and a long streak of undeafted record. I think Baldomir is really good fight.