I don't claim to be an expert but does anyone else think this is horrible mittwork by Berto and he really needs to find a better trainer?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuHfLqVkmp4&feature=g-all-u&context=G279cea0FAAAAAAAABAA
Berto's upper body look to heavily set. Too much muscle in the arms, looking more like a fighter that is supposed to be aggressive, except he isn't. He is more of a slickster.
Nothing Berto does is slick.
It's an open media workout, when will you guys learn not to judge something based on a snippet of video? hahaha
You use the mitts for many different things, not just to "look impressive".
Looks to me like he's not working hard enough. Maybe he's holding back to keep secrets.....if that's the hardest he's working on the mitts he's gonna get outworked again.
it's an open workout so I don't think he was going full steam
Berto's upper body look to heavily set. Too much muscle in the arms, looking more like a fighter that is supposed to be aggressive, except he isn't. He is more of a slickster.
Bro there's nothing slick about Berto. Absolutely nothing.
He does... In the Zaveck fight, it looked as if they made it a point not to let himself get backed up.
His footwork is still terrible. He's going to be trying to back Ortiz up while off balance, mummy stiff, squaring up, etc. leaving himself open for counter shots. Berto could be stronger than Ortiz (though its debatable), but his balance and stamina will eventually give out to Ortiz' balance and stamina (helping Ortiz be the ring general). Those muscles will help him in the strength battle early, but they'll eventually betray him in a war in the trenches. We could be seeing another fight where Berto is against the ropes and taking a pounding, while acting like he's setting a trap, but he's just really trying to stall.
Berto and his trainer have been together for years, having thousands of rounds of mitt session under their belts, but they don't seem to have much chemistry.
Lets see, I'm still on the fence with this, though I'm slightly leaning towards Berto. His trainer seems young too.
He's not pressing that hard, but everyone does it there own way. Looks like he's trying to be a cutie in there, but you can tell it's just not his style or way to fight like that.
Looks like someone who's planning to stand his ground against Ortiz and not get pushed into the ropes.
He does... In the Zaveck fight, it looked as if they made it a point not to let himself get backed up.
His footwork is still terrible. He's going to be trying to back Ortiz up while off balance, mummy stiff, squaring up, etc. leaving himself open for counter shots. Berto could be stronger than Ortiz (though its debatable), but his balance and stamina will eventually give out to Ortiz' balance and stamina (helping Ortiz be the ring general). Those muscles will help him in the strength battle early, but they'll eventually betray him in a war in the trenches. We could be seeing another fight where Berto is against the ropes and taking a pounding, while acting like he's setting a trap, but he's just really trying to stall.
Berto and his trainer have been together for years, having thousands of rounds of mitt session under their belts, but they don't seem to have much chemistry.
It's actually the first time I've seen Berto on mitts. It wasn't awful, but it could have been better. He really just needs another trainer to have better camps and to maximize his skills.
Looks to me like he's not working hard enough. Maybe he's holding back to keep secrets.....if that's the hardest he's working on the mitts he's gonna get outworked again.
Its hard gauge how Berto will preform watching that vid. But I wouldn't say he looks horrible but he doesn't look all that impressive. I'm glad this was posted because I just read a bs article by Doug Fischer on how great Berto looked hitting the mitts. Part of it is that Berto's trainer isn't that good. I was thought he did a ****ty job as trainer in the first fight. But on a side not I've seen amateurs hit the mitts just as good as that.