Berto got himself in some hot water with a tweet!

http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylt=AuH7uCBU9PhPUf3x.bowR6qUxLYF?slug=ki-boxmailbag042010 Andre Berto is one of boxing’s good guys. He worked tirelessly to raise money for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. He’s a friendly presence on the social networking website Twitter, where he easily and frequently interacts with his fans. Berto has more than 9,900 followers and has made more than 5,500 tweets. And unlike some celebrities and/or prominent athletes, he doesn’t have a publicist tweeting for him. More From Kevin IoleTroubled Valero's sad saga Apr 20, 2010 Martinez takes the long road to ring glory Apr 18, 2010 ADVERTISEMENT Berto apologized for his inappropriate comment. (Jae C. Hong/AP Photo) But on Monday, Berto’s openness came back to haunt him. He was distressed when he learned that former lightweight champion Edwin Valero had committed suicide in his jail cell in Venezuela, a day after Valero was accused of murdering his wife, Jennifer Viera. On Monday morning, Berto wrote the following on Twitter: “R.I.P to Edwin Valero after killing his wife yesterday he just killed himself in jail today. WOW women are a boy RIP E.V.” The backlash against Berto, the World Boxing Council welterweight champion, was fast and furious and it wasn’t long before he deleted the tweet and offered condolences to Valero and Viera and their families. His comment was clearly in outrageously bad taste, particularly when referring to a murder victim. Give Berto credit, though, for understanding that. His mother and sisters were angry at him, but he realized he had gone over the edge. He spoke to Yahoo! Sports by telephone late Monday afternoon and said at the time he made the post, he had problems with his girlfriend and had just broken up. “The comment was made, pretty much, in kind of the heat of a personal frustration for myself and what I was going through in my personal life with my girlfriend,” Berto said. “That comment wasn’t directed toward Jennifer at all. It was said out of frustration and I didn’t mean it that way at all. It wasn’t intentional. “Everybody who knows me or who has been around me knows I have the utmost respect for women in general. That’s just me, that’s just my morals, that’s the way I was raised. This was a tragic situation. Someone got killed. Why would anyone make a derogatory comment?” Berto said he learned a deep lesson and will think before he writes in the future. He’s been a good ambassador for boxing and doesn’t deserve to be turned into a villain because of one clearly inappropriate, unacceptable comment. The Valero case is an epic tragedy and there are children aged 8 and 5 who are now orphaned because of it. Berto reflected poorly on himself by his words, but the pain was evident in his voice as he spoke and it’s obvious he gets it. He’s usually done the right thing at the right time in his life and here’s hoping he learns from this and will do the right thing again. With that, let’s hop into the mailbag where I’ll respond to your questions and comments about the Valero tragedy, the Sergio Martinez-Kelly Pavlik fight and other boxing topics.