Pacquiao lacks defense, says Berto

I'm not exactly Berto's biggest fan or anything, but this was a very honest interview. Pac don't really block anything he just uses his in-and-out movement so well and has great legs and energy. I personally think Pac would rip Berto's head off but we'll see.

and now pacquiao ducks berto

Pac's defense isn't great but it's solid. He has pretty good upper body movement and moves around the ring well obviously with his excellent foot speed, but he brings the heat more than most fighters and leaves himself more open as he's throwing shots. So he can be tagged. That said, so far more proven punchers than Berto couldn't hurt him, and Berto does not have a good enough chin or good enough defense to handle Pac's firepower. He would probably get stopped by the middle rounds if he and Pac squared off. Pac D is underrated, he is not defensive fighter and it is not great. But, people on here make it seem like his D is none existent....

Pac's defense isn't great but it's solid. He has pretty good upper body movement and moves around the ring well obviously with his excellent foot speed, but he brings the heat more than most fighters and leaves himself more open as he's throwing shots. So he can be tagged. That said, so far more proven punchers than Berto couldn't hurt him, and Berto does not have a good enough chin or good enough defense to handle Pac's firepower. He would probably get stopped by the middle rounds if he and Pac squared off.

Ummm hes right.

I'd laugh if he knocked Pac out. It'd be oddly gratifying.

Berto makes good points. Cotto, Clottey were both able to hit Pacquiao at will. And there's nothing cool about taking punishment Are you serious or you must be joking right? How many rounds did Cotto and Clottey wins against Pac when you said they hit him at will? Or how about Oscar and Hatton?:nono:

Berto was correct on his assessment of Pacquiao but I don't think he has the tools necessary to beat Pacquiao. That being said, he's in a situation where he wants to shock the world so I'm not going to knock him.

berto's right to some extent. but yea, if its a war between those two, i def pick berto to go down first. sure hes just as fst as pac, but his workrate is shit compared to pacs. he cuts too much weight imo.......needs to focus on staying closer to WW limit in btw fights.......that way he would have more energy.

berto's right to some extent. but yea, if its a war between those two, i def pick berto to go down first. sure hes just as fst as pac, but his workrate is shit compared to pacs.

http://tsfiles.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pot-kettle-black.jpg :lol1: nice one.....Berto is NOT so good at all IMO :cool2:

Berto himself lacks defense.

PAC will make Berto complain about being hit in the back of the head.

he should fight bradley first or maybe clottey. before he even thinks about pac.

berto is a good fighter, but, nowhere on pacmans level IMO. he's looking for a payday as much as everyone else and I dont blame him.

Hitting PacMan isn't really that big of a problem as many fighters have shown. The main problem is preventing your dome piece from getting wrecked that is as many fighters shown.

Pac by TKO/KO. Nuff said.

Pacquiao lacks defense, says Berto MANILA, Philippines – Haitian-American Andre Berto, a willing challenger to 7-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, said the pound-for-pound king still needs improvement in the defense department. “I think that’s the thing with Manny Pacquiao that a lot of people really just don’t understand. Manny Pacquiao has a lot of energy, he has really great legs, but then again, you have to fight fire with fire,” Berto said in an exclusive interview with On The Ropes Boxing Radio as quoted by Geoffrey Ciani of The Mushroom Mag. “He lacks defense. He’s easy to hit, but he sets a pace that’s a little too much for his opponents and he’s incredibly strong, also, so he always tend (sic) to outwork and outpunch his opponents,” he noted. Berto defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight belt last April 12 with an 8th round technical knockout win over Carlos Quintana of Puerto Rico. He went on to say that he and Pacquiao would have an entertaining fight because he has the power and hand speed to match the Filipino boxing icon. “If I get in the position I know it will be an entertaining fight because I know I’ll be able to touch him whenever I wanted to touch him and get in there with some power and I think it will be able to stop a lot of that jumping around and stuff,” he stated. He even assured that he would put up a good fight against Pacquiao unlike what Ghanaian Joshua Clottey did last March 13 at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Pacquiao retained his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title via unanimous decision in the lopsided bout. “Unlike with Joshua Clottey and a lot of people, I would definitely let my hands go… and as the action gets turned up I get turned up,” remarked Berto. A boxing analyst earlier said that Pacquiao vs Berto is the most sensible fight because it would unify the WBC and WBO welterweight titles. The 31-year-old Pacquiao has 51 wins (38 knockouts), 3 losses and 2 draws while the 26-year-old Berto has a record of 26-0 (with 20 KOs). Future Hall of Famers Berto was supposed to fight American Shane Mosley in January but he pulled out of the bout after he lost some family members in the devastating Haiti earthquake. Mosley then chose to take on compatriot Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on May 1 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. When asked to choose between Mosley or Mayweather on whom he would like to fight, Berto said: “Oh man, it doesn’t matter, either one of them. I mean Floyd Mayweather, Shane Mosley, or (Manny) Pacquiao, you know it would just be an honor to be in the ring with those guys.” The Haitian-American regarded them as his idols and future Hall of Famers. “I grew up at the gym watching these guys and mimicking a lot of these guys, so I’d be honored just to be in the same ring with them so it doesn’t matter at all,” he added. Mayweather-Mosley picks Berto, meantime, shared his fight prediction for the “Who R U Picking?” main event. “Realistically, I think Floyd is going to outpoint him. I see that at the beginning of the fight, Shane Mosley is going to be there and he’s going to impose his will, he’s going to impose his strength and the speed, but I think after a couple of rounds Floyd will pretty much figure him out once Shane slows down a little,” he said. Pacquiao’s sparring mate, Shawn Porter of the US, meantime, went with Mosley. “You can't count Mayweather out but I think Mosley will pull out the win,” he told Ryan Burton of BoxingScene.com. Porter scored a 1st round KO victory over Colombian Raul Pinzon Friday (Saturday in Manila) in Maryland. Just like Porter, Pacquiao earlier picked Mosley to prevail over Mayweather Berto is right on his statement but he forgot about his own defense when CQ land some power shot in his face..... if only CQ has the power to KO Berto, that happens in the middle of the fight coz berto eats some left straight from the lefty CQ. Well if Pac is the one to connect that kind of shot, Bang another RH fal like a log to see....

fyi berto beat bradley in the amatuers, not that that means anything today I know that and he also beat Dirrell... Like you said it means nothing at all... As of right now Bradley is just a better fighter than Berto.

Pac's a better fighter. I'd bet he'd beat Berto. But I wouldn't bet my house on it. Call me crazy, but I have my suspicions about Pac's chin. I'm just not sure if he can take a average or better yet above average number of punches from a Welterweight. I can count the times Clottey landed on two hands (near literally), but Pac's face showed a surprising amount of damage. Pac would be at a hand speed, size, and perhaps power disadvantage vs Berto. Again, I'd figure Pac would take Berto out, but it would interesting to see Pac take a full power uppercut from Berto. Pac would win, but it would be more of a fight than Pac vs Clottey or Cotto. But I think Pac should face Bradley outta anyone else out there beside Floyd. Did i wake up in the twilight zone? Am i reading correctly here that Pac would be at a hand speed and power disadvantage against Andre Berto? Wow i've seen it all now. It's not even debatable that Pac has him beat in those categories. A shot Cotto hits harder than Berto and there is no way that Berto lasts as long as Cotto did against Pac. Pac would take him out in no longer than 5 rounds and i'm not even exaggerating. Berto has been dropped by waaay less competition. I would even venture to say a shot Cotto right now beats Berto. Berto is real easy to hit and he doesn't have a good chin, his power is good but not on the level of a Cotto, Mosley or Pac. I don't think people realized that despite Cotto losing in devastating fashion he did hit Manny with some real hard shots and theirs no way Berto hits as hard as Cotto shot or not. Berto is a major work in progress. His best bet is to fight Clottey right now and as bad as Clottey performed in his last fight i can seriously see Clottey winning that fight. Berto can be real good in the future but needs a lot of work right now.