PROOF that Berto is ducking Mike Jones. See inside.

GDS15y ago

I've easily found two different articles, from two different websites, which prove Berto's been ducking from Mike Jones for quite some time. From http://www.boxingscene.com/dibella-responds-battles-arum-over-berto-vs-ortiz--36189; Feb 20, 2011. DiBella, who promotes Berto, issued his response and gave his take on the situation with Jones. He tells Arum that Jones’ co-promoter, Russell Peltz, turned the fight down two separate occasions. “And Mike Jones, and Arum knows this, and he can call Russell Peltz and he will verify. When we fought Carlos Quintana, we offered the fight to Russell Peltz and it was turned down. Before we fought Carlos Quintana, we offered the fight to Russell Peltz and he said ‘Mike Jones wasn’t ready.’ “Maybe Bob doesn’t know what happened with Russell so I’ll give him that benefit of the doubt. But you can ask Russell Peltz if he was offered the fight and turned it down twice.” From http://www.*********.com/Boxing/its-mike-jones-time-75529; Feb 14, 2011 Hard-hitting and unbeaten, Mike “M.J.” Jones (23-0, 18 KOs), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has matured into a force to be reckoned with in the welterweight division. He is highly ranked across the board (#2-WBO, #3-IBF and WBA, and #4-WBC), and poised to receive his first title shot. First, he needs to get past his rematch with fellow contender Jesus Soto-Karass (24-5-3, 16 KOs), who Jones narrowly defeated by majority decision last November 13 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The rematch will take place next Saturday, February 19 at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, and will be televised live on HBO’s Boxing After Dark. Their first fight, which took place in front of 42,000 fans on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao – Antonio Margarito, was scheduled for ten rounds, while the rematch is scheduled for twelve. Jones, who is the reigning NABO, NABA, and WBC Continental Americas champion, hopes to win in more impressively this time around. A more definitive victory over Soto-Karass in front of HBO brass would all but guarantee a title shot, and the big payday that goes with it. According to Jones’s co-manager, Doc Nowicki, they have already been contacted by WBC champion Andre Berto about a potential fight. “We got a call from Berto’s team. They said that if everything comes out like it was expected to in the first Soto-Karass fight, it could happen,” he said. What Team Berto implied was that Jones needs to win and look good doing it. A dominant performance by Jones would help sell the potential title bout. Mike Jones is co-managed by Doc Nowicki and Jim Williams, and he is promoted by Hall-of-Fame promoter Russell Peltz. Williams is a world-class cut man in his own right, and has been in the Jones corner, along with Nowicki, Peltz, and trainer Vaughn Jackson, from the beginning. :bottle:

Comments (7)

Power_VCT

Everybody's ducking Mike Jones (who)!

15y ago

GDS

I do put the blame on Cotto for a fight between him and Berto not fighting him too. But then again how much money is Berto demanding? We gotta be fair to Cotto since he's the bigger draw after all and Berto is paid a lot more than what his fan base warrants. Berto didn't demand anything because they didn't even sit down to neogiate. Cotto just said he didn't want to fight, then did and said nothing till months later, when Berto signed to fight Hernandez, after which he claimed that they didn't even bother trying to neogiate because they thought Berto would price himself out without trying to neogiate a reasonable price. Then after Berto beat Hernandez and was free and available to attempt to neogiate with, they went back to radio silence until they signed the Mayorga contract. Couldn't make this up if I tried.

15y ago

Iceta_Lives

Looking at your posts, you've been pretty fair on this. Anyways, you know it's true, because it hasn't, and will not be refuted. DiBella will present it as fact, and Arum will go around it with hot air spouting off opinions he wants you to believe are facts, but aren't. He won't deny DiBella comments at all because their true. And the second article features Jones team saying they were directly contacted by Berto's team about a upcoming fight shortly, if he actually beat Soto in a rematch, which he did. As far Berto saying he think Jones deserved a shot, of course he's going to say that when prior to the first Soto fight, the only people who knew about Jones were people who spend way too much time on this website (And Philadelphians). Instead of Jones, he would much rather face guys like Cotto or Pac. Too bad Arum won't give us those fights. I could post the damn article of Cotto saying he'd rather sit at home then fight Berto, from his own mouth, and people would deny it. I do put the blame on Cotto for a fight between him and Berto not fighting him too. But then again how much money is Berto demanding? We gotta be fair to Cotto since he's the bigger draw after all and Berto is paid a lot more than what his fan base warrants.

15y ago

onechance87

Berto sucks

15y ago

GDS

The thing is that Berto by the words out of his own mouth has said he doesn't want anything to do with Mike Jones. So how can we believe what Dibella is saying about how they offered Jones a fight is true. I mean, by Berto saying he personally thinks Jones doesn't deserve a shot at him is all the proof we need he's been ducking him. I'm not saying Jones can beat Berto and I think Arum is a cunt just like Dibella is saying. But Jones would present a live challenge for Berto I believe and he is better than Ortiz is by miles. Looking at your posts, you've been pretty fair on this. Anyways, you know it's true, because it hasn't, and will not be refuted. DiBella will present it as fact, and Arum will go around it with hot air spouting off opinions he wants you to believe are facts, but aren't. He won't deny DiBella comments at all because their true. And the second article features Jones team saying they were directly contacted by Berto's team about a upcoming fight shortly, if he actually beat Soto in a rematch, which he did. As far Berto saying he think Jones deserved a shot, of course he's going to say that when prior to the first Soto fight, the only people who knew about Jones were people who spend way too much time on this website (And Philadelphians). Instead of Jones, he would much rather face guys like Cotto or Pac. Too bad Arum won't give us those fights. I could post the damn article of Cotto saying he'd rather sit at home then fight Berto, from his own mouth, and people would deny it.

15y ago

Pullcounter7451

well... mike jones didn't really impress in either fight... I guess they should've chosen a different opponent than the unknockoutable soto-karass.

15y ago

Iceta_Lives

15y ago