Lou DiBella: "The Andre Berto Era Begins Saturday Night"

[JakeNDaBox]

Maybe now he will fight SOMEONE with a pulse.JESUS ,this kid wastes SLOT after SLOT on HBO fighting DEAD MEN-now he gets a shot at a belt against ANOTHER GUY I NEVER HEARD OF. With all the elite talent in this division leave it to DIBELLA to get his kid a title shot AGAINST ANOTHER BUM on HBO( AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO STILL BELIEVE DIBELLA DOESN'T HAVE ANY PULL WITH HBO,LETS SEE ANOTHER FIGHTER GET ON HBO ALMOST 10 TIMES AND STILL NEVER FACE SOMEONE IN THE TOP 15).MOSLY and JUDAH,LOU everyone knows JUDAH is no longer **** he's never BEATEN an elite fighter except SPINKS-but he still lost the first fight to SPINKS-that was his ONLY win over a GOOD HIGH CLASS opponent.TZU KO'D HIM IN 2,COTTO kod him in 11,MAYWEATHER and BALDIMIR beat him.My point is if they REALLY have so much confidence in BERTO(they prbably do just NONE in his CHIN)why are the big fights LOU DIBELLAS future star are being discussed to take part in are against a 37 yar old fighter and a a fighter NO LONGER in the top ten who loses everytime he steps up. What about PAUL WILLIAMS ,ANTONIO MARGIRITO,KERMIT CINTRON .The truth is BERTO was dropped and hurt against COSME RIVERA (a carrear journey man)and dropped twice and a hair bredth from his fight being stopped in the ameuteurs.His CHIN IS A BIG PROBLEM,and DIBELLA DOES NOT want BERTO to fce PUNCHERS AND THATS THE TRIPLE TRUTH ,RUTH.

Trying to sift through this - if you're strictly discussing Berto here, then this is his 5th HBO fight. David Estrada was regarded as a Top 10-15 fighter when Berto faced him on HBO last year.

On Zab, such a fight becomes bigger and well within reach should he get past Clottey in August. The point being that Andre is ready for the winner of that fight, not just specifically Zab Judah, win lose or draw.

[Hitman932]

the andre berto era with be short lived and fraught with great peril.

that about sums it up.

[warp1432]

burner... hes had 21 FIGHTS.... 21!!!!!


WTF!!!!


you dont just take a guy with 20 fights and throw him in there with shane mosley... you develop him, and theyve been doing an EXCELLENT job

You at least step him up to a decent contender in the division. Not someone who lost to Carlos Baldomir. The best name on his resume is David Estrada, which is good, but he needs to step up now.

[supremelygifted]

burner... hes had 21 FIGHTS.... 21!!!!!


WTF!!!!


you dont just take a guy with 20 fights and throw him in there with shane mosley... you develop him, and theyve been doing an EXCELLENT job

I understand that. I also know Berto is one of your top 5 Favorite fighters. Do you honestly believe he's the number Welterweight in the world though ? This is what pisses me off about how these guys get titles. This is also why we have so many damn champions! How can the WBC justify this guy with only like 21 fights and NO ONE in the REAL top 10 on his record as their number one contender? From my understanding, a guy can only get ranked if he pays the organization's sanctioning fee. My point is this, if this guy isn't ready to be thrown in with Mosley,Cotto and the others why is he being handed a title? Kind of make everyone hating on Floyd and Calzaghe look like hypocrites don't it?

[Tha_Greatest]

By Jake Donovan - It began as simply his first HBO Boxing After Dark headliner. Sure, undefeated welterweight contender Andre Berto had already appeared on the network several times before (this will be his 5th fight on the self-proclaimed Network of Champions). But this weekend was to belong to him, the last fight of the developmental stage before the 2004 Olympian seeks bigger game. [details]

saturday passed and now its a month later or so and still nobody cares bout bert, berto era my ass

[Hitman932]

saturday passed and now its a month later or so and still nobody cares bout bert, berto era my ass

It's been 13 days

Either way Berto era is a joke