Berto Makes Good Impression on HBO

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This past Saturday night, undefeated welterweight prospect Andre Berto (16-0, 14KOs) made a big impression on HBO with his six-round destruction of veteran fighter Miguel Figueroa. The bout was televised as the chief support to Jermain Taylor's middleweight title defense in Little Rock, Ark. [details]

[Soldier01]

I need to see this guy with a better opponent & not anyone like that Kid Miguel he was fighting for me to get a real opinion of this guy. He looked quick,accurate & had power but then again Miguel stood right in front of him & was obviously not the same caliber fighter that Berto is at the moment.

I give props to Figueroa...he stood in the there & took berto's best shots and didn't go down.

[realheavyhands]

extremley fast combos exactly like a mini holyfield

[bishop2006]

I need to see this guy with a better opponent & not anyone like that Kid Miguel he was fighting for me to get a real opinion of this guy. He looked quick,accurate & had power but then again Miguel stood right in front of him & was obviously not the same caliber fighter that Berto is at the moment.

I give props to Figueroa...he stood in the there & took berto's best shots and didn't go down.

Figueroa was a good experienced test,his only tko loss came to Joel Casamayor,hes been around,its good 2 get experienced men on ur record

[LoftyDog]

He looked pretty good during the fight. Definately a prospect to keep an eye on.

[ßringer]

His combinations are extremely quick and fluent, he lands power shots like it's nothing. Hooks, uppercuts, straight right hands, he's a damn good fighter. I just don't know if he has what it takes to be champion or not as he's never went past 6 rounds, I don't know if he'd have the conditioning to stand in there with champions though, not yet anyway.

[VanesBoxing]

Berto looked real good. Entertaining fighting style, great prospect.

[Del Coqui]

Berto has a great offense, no doubt about that, seems to do everything right, however, I'm a bit concerned about his deffense either he felt Figueroa's power and thought he couldn't hurt him, which is not good or simply needs to work a bit harder at his D. He was getting tagged too much IMO, good thing Figueroa can't punch.

[Mr. Ryan]

extremley fast combos exactly like a mini holyfield

I always likened him to Sugar Shane Mosley.

[grayfist]

Berto has the style that's difficult not to like. He stalks and bombs. He's got power in both hands (he dropped Figueroa in the third with a left to the shoulder-- that ref Cole oddly disallowed-- while taking out most of his previous opponents with his ferocious right) and uses them extensively. He can fight boxers as has been shown in his meetings with Tubbs and Prieto. He gets to them and finish them early, no sweat. But, he also relishes the idea of slugging in a phonebooth (though there's none of those anymore. Phone booths, I mean) and has shown that he has talent for it.

It's good to have an eye out for him. He just might prove to be a real deal; at this stage he looks it.

Figueroa was a step up from Sammy Sparkman, Roberto Valenzuela and James Crayton, but by no means a leap. I'm looking forward to Berto facing tougher ones soon.