Damn, the HBO crew totally **** blocked Berto from a Pac fight.

[Beater_of_ass]

Larry Merchant was working hard trying to make Pac-Jmm and even his next fight Saul Alvarez! Guess they are helping bob Arum avoid African Americans by trying to say on national tv that its not worth the money.....bull****, Pac vs Berto would be the biggest fight of his career.

I love how Manny is "ducking" black fighters. He's out there trying to get the best one in the world and its his b*tch ass who is running. Who else is an actual elite fighter? Berto? Firstly he's not even African American he's BLACK and from Haiti you ignorant assh*les. Would you call Casamayor Afro-American even though he was born in Cuba, or Gamboa, or Caballero. I can keep going, this ****** ******* PC crap is completely idiotic and your skin color doesn't have **** to do with his talent. The only people who worry about him fighting any race are black people as 90% of the time they are the most racist people in the US. Get over it, no matter your skin color Manny will kick your ass he doesn't discriminate, if anything he's letting "african-americans" save face. He's already beat the living hell out of Mexicans and a beat down on a PR, be happy he hasn't done it to Berto the African-American with Haitian parents, however that works.

[Ray*]

Does Berto impress you with the opposition he has been fighting? Clearly HBO Announcers aren't impressed by his cherry-picking.

HBO are his cherrypickers mate!!!

[tdubb]

I guess they want Pacquiao to go after an older fighter who is two divisions lower than him. At least Steward said the fight should happen at 140. JMM is a great fighter. But if anybody who thinks it's better than a Berto-Pacquiao fight is bugging. It's all about the benjamins for HBO rather than what the fans want. Shame.

You seriously think Berto stands a chance against Pacquaio?

How's this dude gonna sell tickets and PPVs? He couldnt attract flys to shyt.

Has he beaten anyone worthy to fight Pac? You think Hernandez, Collazo, Urango, and Steve Forbes is enough for Pacquaio?

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Pac-Man should really kick Berto's ass if they fight, that's first-off.



BUT, Berto is young/prime, has some ability/quality, is undefeated, wants to test himself. I wouldn't object too hard to him as an opponent if Pacquiao won't go down in weight for JMM and won't go up for Martinez.

[Ray*]

Hand speed doesn't make up for lack of defense. It helps him win rounds and keep Pacquiao a little bit honest, but it's the only reason I give him until the 6th, if not, he'd get the Hatton treatment.

He has no authoritative jab or the counter punching ability needed to keep Pacquiao at bay.

Not only that, but Berto's stamina is terrible, it's part of the reason why he holds so much. Pacquiao fights at an insane pace and will get hims gassed after a few rounds. He gets KTFO and put on a highlight reel after that.

Well said, I swear Berto gets destroyed by Pac..He Has a great uppercut but apart from that i really dont see anything that he brings to the table that would trouble Pac.

[MJ406]

collazo ducked? wow you really are a ****ing idiot.

I've read a source where Collazo priced himself out of a rematch

i think berto vs manny is equally as good as manny vs marquez for their own reasons.

Berto being undefeated is the best thing he has going for him. JMM at least had 2 competitive fights vs Pacquiao in the past

i really dont see anything that he brings to the table that would trouble Pac.

yeah I don't think Berto is all that great either ... once Pacquiao starts landing consistently .. it'll end pretty quick

and outside of the hardcore boxing fans, Andre Berto isn't well known at all so if Pac wrecks him who'll it really impress/surprise?

to the outsiders it'll just look like Pac took on somebody who despite being undefeated was very untested at the Elite level (which is true regarding Berto)

[savorduhflavor]

Hand speed doesn't make up for lack of defense. It helps him win rounds and keep Pacquiao a little bit honest, but it's the only reason I give him until the 6th, if not, he'd get the Hatton treatment.

He has no authoritative jab or the counter punching ability needed to keep Pacquiao at bay.

Not only that, but Berto's stamina is terrible, it's part of the reason why he holds so much. Pacquiao fights at an insane pace and will get hims gassed after a few rounds. He gets KTFO and put on a highlight reel after that.

He also has atrocious timing which kind of negates his hand speed.

Berto in a firefight with Pac....he's getting slaughtered. Berto's hand speed is only a weapon when he's dictating the pace....he wouldn't get to do that against Pac.

[Carpe Diem]

Berto is another hypejob waiting to be expose with his weak chin. He has enough speed and punching power to give Manny a good run, but not enough to defeat Manny. His style still suit Manny's style, and not to mention he doesn't use his footwork, head movement, ect.

[Gino Ros]

merchant is an ass.

he ignores what berto did, and he starts talking about saul alvarez.

seriously?

[Bastian Loc]

Berto is a sack of shit.

He's such a **** he probably really thinks that he can go from Freddy Hernandez to Manny Pacquiao.

Sad bastard.