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Voodoo, like Andre Berto?!!! ANDRE BERTO HAITIAN VOODOO SCANDAL by Zeferino Jackson Much has been said about Manny Pacquiao’s meteoric rise to stardom and unique successes in dominating champions in multiple weight classes. The awe generated by his victories was such that fellow boxer and hopefully future opponent Floyd Mayweather accused him of being an abuser of illegal performance enhancing drugs. It should be noted that Pacquiao has never been found guilty of using banned substances. However, Mayweather’s insistence for additional blood and urine testing has shed light on the fact that some performance enhancers are virtually undetectable. Such is the case with the Mexican performance enhancers that some insiders speculate that Israel Vazquez and Michael Vick may be abusing. This lack of detectability may be something that the 26-year-old WBC welterweight champion, Andre Berto, is all too familiar with. Berto, a Haitian American, was recently featured on an HBO special in which video of his recent trip to Haiti and his humanitarian efforts were displayed for all to see. However, Haitian locals have a different take on Berto’s recent visit, his real purpose and his use of performance enhancers not easily obtainable in the United States. During my recent trip to Haiti, I was able to speak to the highly regarded voodoo priestess and humaniitarian, Marie Demonier, before departing to the Dominican Republic to cover the abuses suffered by the baseball players of that impoverished country. Demonier had this to say regarding Berto: “A lot of the people come here to help for the much problem we had because of the earthquake. Some of the people come because of the good heart but some for other reason. Berto is a good fighter but he has not given the thanks to Haiti for his power. Some say the Berto come back to Haiti to retrieve the sacred juju buried for him many years ago. Here in Haiti, everybody know that the juju give Berto the strength and without it he lose his championship. When the earthquake come, the ground open up and people start to fear for Berto’s juju including him. The spirits told me that the earthquake destroyed the juju. He will soon lose now. I heard that he went to a witchdoctor for replace the juju but juju cannot be replace.” According to sources, Berto did not react calmly to the news regarding his “juju” and took to partying with fellow humanitarians in order to calm his frustration. One partier, Jean Esteban Dure also known as “Massisi” had this to say about Berto: “Yes, Berto and his brother help out the people and pick the dead body but we think right now around eight girls may be pregnant. Luckily the man can’t be pregnant or I might have baby too. A lot of these people come and pick the body by day and have long party with American beers and sex party all the night. They hire me to dance on the pole because people like my rhythm and sexy motion. I hear the Berto lost him juju and he will lose soon.” According to this information, it is very possible that Berto has been benefiting from performance enhancing voodoo and therefore cheating his way to the top. Hopefully Floyd Mayweather Jr and the appropriate boxing commissions will look into this in an effort to level the playing field for all combatants and clean up the sport.