I wouldnt mind seeing Berto fight Cintron later in 09....Lefty

I saw the fight between Berto and Collazo this past Sat on HBO and aside from bob papa's ill commentary I think the fight was a great show for Berto. Collazo is a tough customer and heis style and South paw Stance would give anyone trouble at 147. With that being said the question that was raised before fight night is Andre Berto ready for the elite of Welter Weight Div? Well I will answer it this way Berto has one of the Alphabet Belts his record is 24-0 with 19 KO's. He stepped uop in class with wins over Forbes and Collazo. many here thought Collazo would beat Berto. Me myself I was not a true believer but after seeing him hurt early and hang on to bang it out for the next 11 rounds I will say this. I think berto is deserving of mention with top WW's. I think his next test will be one that will push him over the edge. At 24 he has the skill and and grit to get in there with top guys and win. One thing he needs to work on is stamina. i don't know if it was the body work of Collazo or just the lack of endurance but he looked very tired in rounds mainly round 10. I thought he could have really taken advantage of Collazo when he had his hands at his side but due to lack of energy or just not placing his shots correctly he was unable to rack up points the way he really should have if he had been a little bit fresher. I thought he listened to his corner at times but needed to listen a little bit more. He mixing up his punches well and threw some body shots but when he saw they were working he should have put more work in. he got to Collazo's body in round 7 and 8 but after that he wasn't going down staris as much and allowed Collazo to regain his energy for rounds 10 and 11 but when it counted Berto stepped up his game or as he put it showed him his beast. He took round 12 and pulled out a close victory on the cards. A case could be made for Collazo to have gotten the W but when the fight is as close as this was you can't complain about a 114-113 score card. The 116-111 was ludacris but I saw it much the same way 114-113 for Berto. The old saying is you have to beat the champion to be the champion. Collazo out worked him but the harder cleaner blows were defintely landed by Berto. In closing I would state this as I titled it in the thread. I wouldn't mind seeing Berto take on a Kermit Cintron in his next fight. I know Cintron is still ranked pretty high on the alphabets charts and if Cintron wins his next fight I think a match between these two would be good for Berto Cintron and the public. It seems to me Berto will get in the ring with just about anybody and I commend him for that. I also commend him for his class and style in the post fight interview. he knew it was a close fight and he was happy to get the win. he gave Collazo his due credit and tol dhim he would defintely give him a rematch. he said that the fans want to see fight like this one and seeing young get in the ring and fight is what they want then he was ready to give it to them. he even said he is a fan before a boxer. He just got another fan added to his fan base.