Comments Thread For: Öner Responds To DiBella's Dismissal Of Berto-Aydin

[JakeNDaBox]

Yesterday promoter Lou DiBella told boxingscene.com that HBO would not be interested in a WBC welterweight championship fight between unbeaten champions Andre Berto and Selcuk Aydin, which was ordered by the WBC.

Aydin’s promoter, Ahmet Öner of Arena Box had plenty to say on the subject.

“I talked to HBO and I heard that DiBella doesn’t want Berto to face Aydin and is working on other opponents. But in boxing you can’t always get what you want. We are talking about a mandatory fight here. The WBC has ordered the fight and the reigning and defending champion should respect this decision.

“Of course, I understand that as a promoter DiBella is looking to protect his fighter and give him an easy win against an opponent with a good reputation. But this is not a problem of HBO being interested in the fight or not. It’s not my problem that Berto isn’t big enough of a star in the US that the general interest in his fights depends on the opponents. If Berto alone isn’t interesting enough for HBO we can easily do the fight in Turkey. Nobody cares about Berto there but TV and fans care enough about Selcuk Aydin to pay good money for the fight." [Click Here To Read More]

[Elotero]

Yesterday promoter Lou DiBella told boxingscene.com that HBO would not be interested in a WBC welterweight championship fight between unbeaten champions Andre Berto and Selcuk Aydin, which was ordered by the WBC.

Aydin’s promoter, Ahmet Öner of Arena Box had plenty to say on the subject.

“I talked to HBO and I heard that DiBella doesn’t want Berto to face Aydin and is working on other opponents. But in boxing you can’t always get what you want. We are talking about a mandatory fight here. The WBC has ordered the fight and the reigning and defending champion should respect this decision.

“Of course, I understand that as a promoter DiBella is looking to protect his fighter and give him an easy win against an opponent with a good reputation. But this is not a problem of HBO being interested in the fight or not. It’s not my problem that Berto isn’t big enough of a star in the US that the general interest in his fights depends on the opponents. If Berto alone isn’t interesting enough for HBO we can easily do the fight in Turkey. Nobody cares about Berto there but TV and fans care enough about Selcuk Aydin to pay good money for the fight." [Click Here To Read More]

Didnt think he beat Said Oali either..

On another note.. isnt his moniker Mini Tyson or something? Thats exactly how you know a guy is garbage. There has NEVER been anyone nicknamed "Tyson" worth a damn. "Tyson" Rangel, Twin Tyson Couser, Tyson Marquez... all garbage.

[cleaner147]

thanks for posting

[El 7 Mares V.2]

Ahmet Öner just pwned the s hit out of Berto and DiBella.

[ChampBox@PR]

Good stuff. Berto needs to man up or leave the belt.

Berto is gettin ****ing anoying

[cleaner147]

Didnt think he beat Said Oali either..

On another note.. isnt his moniker Mini Tyson or something? Thats exactly how you know a guy is garbage. There has NEVER been anyone nicknamed "Tyson" worth a damn. "Tyson" Rangel, Twin Tyson Couser, Tyson Marquez... all garbage.

Ruslan "White Tyson" Chagaev

Aydin is a good boxer and well-known in Turkey, your post is garbage

[ADozenArrows]

Strip the "champ" Berto, and let Aydin fight for the vacant title. For some reason these HBO fairies feel that mandatories aren't necessary. These "champs" are not Floyd Mayweather and need to stop pretending to be.

Berto fight your goddamn mandatory. No one wants to see Berto-Kotelnik.

[Illdil]

Either berto gives collazo the rematch he rightfully deserves or he can fight cotto at 147 or 154 either will get to see berto tested to the fullest..in a way this is all horse **** cuz if he doesn't wana give collazo a rematch u think he'll fight cotto and risk losing hes belt and hes undefeated record cuz if he fights someone like those two he has a huge chance of loosing cuz to me berto still has not done nothing since the collazo fight and im still waiting for this guy to take some serious fights but i dont see nothing happening for him in the future looks like he has it on auto pilot rather than Manuel

[King Ju-Ju]

wow, dude just ****ed on berto. its kinda true though.

[GatecrasherUA]

Aydin was schooled by 140-pounder Jo Jo Dan, but his scumbag promoter Oner is running his mouth about Berto avoiding him. Aydin is heavy-punching, yet still piece-of-**** class fighter, who doesn't belong in one ring with Berto.