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1st of all Berto is still relatively inexperinced so he's going to struggle some with Southpaws as we all saw in the Collazo fight. However, thats not a big deal to me and is completely normal. I thought people were way too hard on Berto for taking this fight. He didnt fight Collazo but he tried hard to get a fight with both Cotto & Mosley and couldnt. I looked at it that the team felt that the kid shouldnt have back to back super tough fights unless it was for all the marbles against a top dog. Thats why they went for Urango.
My problem was that I forgot that Urango was a Southpaw. When they showed the Hatton highlights thats when I rembered that he was a lefty and I was 50/50 on the fight. I didnt think they should put him back in with a Southpaw so fast but I then realized that it would probably be a solid tuneup for Collazo if he cant get a big fight so I was ok with it.
This is the part where you guys should rip the trainer. Everyone is blaming the holding and stuff on Berto but if you watched the fight then it was quite obvious that the trainer had Berto moving the opposite way and he was telling Berto to hit and hold. It was there strategy to do both things and 1 compliments the other. After the fight they said that they moved the wrong way because of Urango's right hook. My question is then why would you even fight him? Why fight a Southpaw if youre not going to use him as a tuneup for Collazo? You wouldnt go that way against Collazo. Collazo is 10x more skilled than Urango but you saw Berto land a bunch against Collazo and didnt hold. The reason why he held this time is because he's already going the opposite way so if he doesnt hold after he throws a punch then he will be badly off balanced and wide open for a counter. It was just bad training. I dont care how good Urango's right hook is, you never ever move the opposite way. The bottom line is that there is no way that Berto could look good with that game plan. Anyone can see that. I mean they admitted that there plan was for them to move the opposite way and hold. How can you blame Berto?
My problem was that I forgot that Urango was a Southpaw. When they showed the Hatton highlights thats when I rembered that he was a lefty and I was 50/50 on the fight. I didnt think they should put him back in with a Southpaw so fast but I then realized that it would probably be a solid tuneup for Collazo if he cant get a big fight so I was ok with it.
This is the part where you guys should rip the trainer. Everyone is blaming the holding and stuff on Berto but if you watched the fight then it was quite obvious that the trainer had Berto moving the opposite way and he was telling Berto to hit and hold. It was there strategy to do both things and 1 compliments the other. After the fight they said that they moved the wrong way because of Urango's right hook. My question is then why would you even fight him? Why fight a Southpaw if youre not going to use him as a tuneup for Collazo? You wouldnt go that way against Collazo. Collazo is 10x more skilled than Urango but you saw Berto land a bunch against Collazo and didnt hold. The reason why he held this time is because he's already going the opposite way so if he doesnt hold after he throws a punch then he will be badly off balanced and wide open for a counter. It was just bad training. I dont care how good Urango's right hook is, you never ever move the opposite way. The bottom line is that there is no way that Berto could look good with that game plan. Anyone can see that. I mean they admitted that there plan was for them to move the opposite way and hold. How can you blame Berto?
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