Berto tuns down $750,000 for a unficiation bout against Hlatshwayo

[Iceta]

This is what I hate about boxing. Spoiled ass fools thinking they deserve to get paid millions when they haven't done ****. From Berto to JML to Williams(who can't draw ****).

What separates Williams from the other guys you mentioned though is he has actually proved himself.

[Spray_resistant]

Maybe when Berto rematches the best opponent he has fought to date and doesn't need a gift from the judges to win, then he can make outrageous financial demands. He should have just taken the fight and won another belt to give himself leverage down the road, ****** move

[Lokotron]

This was on Rafael's blog today. I don't know if this was $750,000 for the bout or just for Berto. So I guess HBO feels there overpaying Berto now and won't give him the big money, like he is trying to get

he should take the money because he looked like a girl in his last fight then when he fights mosley or clottey or a welterweight for his next fight he can demand a better purse and he can become a bigger name.

[Mr. Fantastic]

What separates Williams from the other guys you mentioned though is he has actually proved himself.

Only against Margarito?? Oh yea Phillips(who is old) & an inactive Winky. How many title defenses does Williams have?? Yea he has surely proven himself to be asking for millions....top it off, how many fans show up to his fights??

[Silencers]

I see 2 reasons why Berto turned it down.

1. Maybe he was hoping to get the Mosley fight by the end of the year because the Pavlik-Williams fight is still in the air and if that fight doesn't happen it frees up money from HBO which means he'll get a bigger payday.

2. He has become a little disillusioned about how much he's worth because of how much HBO has been paying him in his fights against lesser level of opposition.

[Iceta]

Only against Margarito?? Oh yea Phillips(who is old) & an inactive Winky. How many title defenses does Williams have?? Yea he has surely proven himself to be asking for millions....top it off, how many fans show up to his fights??

Is Margarito not that good in your book then Chicano?

[mercadojglb]

Berto should just fight Isaac and stop being a punk for not taking the fight. He is just going to waste time and then have to deal with rust just like Mosley when he was obssessed with Pacquiao.

[Mr. Fantastic]

Is Margarito not that good in your book then Chicano?

What he do with the Margs win?? He went on to lose the belt. Yea he got it back, but in the end....he still lost.

[Iceta]

What he do with the Margs win?? He went on to lose the belt. Yea he got it back, but in the end....he still lost.

You are starting to sound no different than a Cotto fan now. Just trying to recognize real.

[Mr. Fantastic]

You are starting to sound no different than a Cotto fan now. Just trying to recognize real.

I'm speaking my honest opinion. Seriously, don't you criticize Calzaghe for fighting out of their prime dudes in Hopkins & Jones but praise Williams for doing it to Winky and Phillips??

To me Williams just looks for the easiest way possible and if no one complies he cries that no one wants to fight him.

Anyways I'm done with this....its for another thread.