Looking at the Lopez fight I don't think you can risk Berto with anyone even close to decent he might lose to a journeyman. So who will Haymon get to beat him? The Ortiz rematch, Maidana, Errol Spence might be ready by the end of the year.
I agree it's 50/50 since almost anyone with a decent punch can T/KO Khan even this faded(I bet due a little to being non PED induced now) Berto lol. I mean am I the only one who likes watching Khan fight people with a decent punch just hoping he gets clipped lol. You could put the shittiest guy in the world with punching power in there with Khan and I'd call it a 50/50 fight and be watching and waiting til the last second of the fight lol.
Berto is tough and he is the type of gatekeeper that Khan should be walking through to prove himself as a top level fighter at 147.
The thing I like about guys like Berto and Ortiz is that they have nothing to lose at this point in their careers so anything can happen in their fights.
Khan's attitude of 'they are not on my level' is total BS - he should be willing to fight these guys instead of only calling out Floyd or Manny.
Spence would be a great idea....That will be similar to the Guerrero vs Thurman fight where Berto will get a lot of money, and lose every round.
Spence would murder Berto.
I don't see why Thurman would want that fight. Not only are they longtime friends, but Thurman has already defeated two fighters that whooped Berto in Guerrero and JSK. So fighting Andre Berto would be a big step back in his career.
The only possible and semi-intriguing match up would be a rematch with Ortiz, they could throw that on a double header NBC card and it'd get good ratings.
See their no real upside to berto or lopez a rematch makes 100% sense for haymon can double dip from that well, then whoever wins depending on how impressive they look will get fed to thurman. Impressive win = Thurman fight, Just a win = Spence.
reaosn being a impressive win means their be some hype behind the winner riding that impressive win and means theirs still alot of fight left in the winner so over match em against thurman, gives thurman a known name and a forsure win.
a regular win means, the winner has lost a step and does not have hype to make a major fight but is jsut right to test a upcoming fighter like spence and be a winnable fight if spence is too be a great fighter.