Andre Berto is likely fighting Mayweather because he holds the WBA interim belt. He defended that belt this year against Josesito Lopez.
The thing is Berto was mysteriously given the WBA interim belt in Feburary 2015 as told by their rankings. Berto fought nobody for the interim belt, it just appears in the records and he skips over the rest of the guys.
Josesito Lopez wasn't in the rankings for the WBA in December 2014. Suddenly with no WBA ranked fighter beat, he is placed at #7 in January 2015 for their Welterweight rankings.
March 3rd, 2015 comes by and #7 Josesito Lopez fights Andre Berto for the interim WBA title, which likely justifies Berto being able to fight Mayweather in legal terms.
Check the records for yourself here: http://www.wbanews.com/wba-ranking#.VcHbLKhViJQ
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