That's so dumb that they're paying Berto over a Million dollars on a tune up fight!!! They might as well should have paid Bradley 1.25 Mill for fighting Abregu...what would you rather watch? Cuz if money is the issue then scratch the Berto/Hernandez fight and make Ortiz/Koltelnik happen...
HBO is doing a disservice to the sport with these kind of fight paydays. The only thing they are managing to do is set a bad precedent for future fighters to follow.
You only have to look as far as the Angulo incident to see where this is headed. The guy was given a gift, as far as money, HBO dates, and opportunity, yet he turned it down. Why, because he wanted more.
Ortiz/Kotelnik
it's a no brainer, I haven't checked on the Berto HBO ratings lately but I'm pretty sure he does horrible numbers and is not a draw by any means...they need to fire the people at HBO handling boxing (I'm looking at you Ross Greenburg)
Then HBO hires someone who wants to go in a new direction where boxing has no role in HBO's programming schedule. I'll take the devil I know...
Ortiz/Kotelnik
it's a no brainer, I haven't checked on the Berto HBO ratings lately but I'm pretty sure he does horrible numbers and is not a draw by any means...they need to fire the people at HBO handling boxing (I'm looking at you Ross Greenburg)