Why does Andre Berto seek opponents from a smaller weight division?

[THE REED]

Dude no disrespect to you, but these fighters have to man up and quit hiding behind their promoters skirt.

I say this because even though I hated this guy, Marco Antonio Barrera had every opportunity to hide behind his promoter, a sanctioning body (via b.s. mandatory) and every other excuse in the book, but he said fvkk all of that and fought the best opponents possible.

More boxers need to man up and put their pants on. What Berto is doing is disgraceful.

I'm with you and I agree.

I think Martinez needs MAJOR props for willing to fight Williams immediately after Pavlik.

He just won the MW championship, and Pavlik chose not to exercise his rematch clause, which basically means, Martinez could sit on his titles and start defending against mandatories meanwhile making championship money on HBO.

But he isn't... he is going to fight Paul Williams. Credit to Martinez for it.

[Pin Galarga]

Well everytime He has gone against a top ranked Welter He has problems. I thought He lost the fight against Collazo and HE got lucky that Indio didn't show.
Who else, they didn't even try to remake the Mosley fight.
They have a long list of welterweights, but they are not looking for one. They are looking for a bigger name, but smaller size man.

[-EX-]

I think its management, not him...but he better fight some real comp starting next year...

I doubt we'll see anything this year...

[joelab75]

Berto is not that good. i doubt he can beat Cotto. even if Cotto had been to a lot of wars. i still think Cotto will beat him at this point. i dont see him beating Mosley either.

[P-Killer]

Boxing is all about footwork.

The greats like Manny, Mayweather, Duran, SRL, SRR, ALi have great footwork.

Berto does not and will be beaten by guys like Cotto, Mosely and Williams.

Berto has never impressed me and I never saw him becoming better to be great. Infact I don't think he is that good either.

[Fearless Angel]

Why is Andre Berto looking for a fight with Andreas Kotelnik or Marcos Maidana?

Why not another welterweight like Brooks, Clottey or perhaps Zaveck or Senchenko? Why in the name of heaven is he ducking his mandatory, Selsuk Aydin, who really isn't very good?

In the past Berto has fought boxers from the super lightweight division, such as Urango and Forbes. It's definitely become a pattern with Andre.

Where's the option all of the above?

[Darkstar]

Not to mention hes a huge welter. Ive seen on HBO where he weighs in at 147 and comes into the ring at 161. Just makes it that much worse.

[Toda Caine]

yeah but fantasy fights don't count. I say strip him of the title if he fights guys at a lower weight.

I also think he should be stripped. There is no reason he shouldn't be facing a credible opponent at 147lbs.

[Vasyl’s dad]

Hes a Haymon guy. What do Haymon fighters do?

Fight guys from lower divisions.

[JK1700]

They are protecting his 0. But sooner or later he will have to fight a really top class opponent. DiBella doesnt want him to fight Aydin because he isnt a big name but if the guy is your manditory you should fight him regardless.