Comments Thread For: Berto: I Want To Test Pacquiao's Rep as Being The Best

[Al_Jones718]

funny berto wants to test pac's rep, when us boxing fans want him to test his own rep and face a real opponent, his best opposition so far was collazo and he barely, barely one that fight.. i would have liked to see a rematch, but berto was just fed bums after.

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

Pacq aint fighting berto and neither is cotto. This guy is not even that good but yet the tr top dawgs will avoid him. Then so called fans shyt on him fr not taking on the best when the so called best are clearly avoiding him for fights like ssm, vanes, foreman, jennings, margarito, etc........

[myCoCainE]

Pacquiao needs this fight to silence those who say he only fights washed up fighters (Mosley). Pacquiao is a household name now. He could sell a fight fighting an amputated dog with no teeth.

[blind4]

Berto Wants a Paycheck just like everyone else, hell i even fight Paquiao for that Paycheck LoL

[Catrin]

berto needs to chill the *** out! first he disses shane, now his takin shots at PACMAN!!! relax dude, berto vs mosley sounds good! get pass mosley than talk ****! regardless of you being undefeated PACMAN will EAT you ALIVE HAITIAN BOY!!! viva mexico! War TERRIBLE good luck in TIJUANA!

[speedgsx98]

The only reason Mosley makes sense is for comparison for negotiations for a future Mayweather fight. If Manny can stop Shane or sell more PPV's than Floyd vs. Shane did, it will help in the negotiations.

Berto is the fight I want to see. Shane is over the hill...and ruining his chances of becoming a future Hall of Famer by putting on disgraceful performances in his last 2 fights.

Marquez had his chance against Pacman twice.

Here's my prediction on the PPV sales though with all 3

1.2-1.3 mil PPV's for Mosley
1.1-1.2 mil PPV's for Marquez
1.0-1.1 mil PPV's for Berto

The difference is that with Berto, maybe he'd be willing to take 5-10% less of a cut to get in there with Pacman, making up the difference between what Pac would get with Mosley. Also, people may be more willing to see Pacman fight an undefeated opponent who is legit, instead of a guy who he's already beaten twice, or a guy who is over the hill. If you truly believe that Pacman can beat Floyd, why wouldn't you believe that Mosley vs. Pac is any less of the mismatch that Floyd vs. Shane was?

I think Marquez would actually be the toughest, then Berto, then Mosley. Mosley has serious problems hitting a moving target. He'd have real trouble finding Pacquiao. Berto who I love, I fear that he could have the same problem...waiting for his opponent to become stationary momentarily before firing off shots...a bad move with Pacman. Marquez is willing to mix it up and fights reckless just like Pacquiao. That's what is needed against Pacman. High punch output, in and out, angles. Basically, his own game! That's why the 2 prior Marquez bouts with PacMan were so close. I just dont care to see that same fight again. The biggest amount of anticipation would be with Berto. That should help sell some tix.

Uneducated Pacquiao fans may just pass up a Marquez PPV thinking that it's a waste of money to see that fight for a 3rd time.

[IMDAZED]

Come on for real? You know Mosley had the lightweight divison by the balls and was knocking out everyone b4 the Oscar fight.

The lightweight division was fairly weak, the only other champ of relevance was barely known in the US and Shane never fought him. He made eight defenses but few, if any, were notable. At 135, his best opponent was Holliday and he looked pretty mediocre beating him. To be fair, he never looked that bad again. Nevertheless, the point still stands. Mosley hadn't beaten anyone of serious note when he moved up to welter. His best win at 147 prior to the Oscar fight came against Wilfredo Rivera. Is that really any different than Collazo or Quintana? Again, Berto is not my first choice. But he's a lot better than the other two names they are mentioning.

[Check_hooks]

Berto is the biggest bum in boxing. He wouldn't get past any of Pacquiaos last 3 opponents.

[boxingfan76]

Berto is the biggest bum in boxing. He wouldn't get past any of Pacquiaos last 3 opponents.

the only bum is you bertos beats all 3 pacs lastopponents easier and faster than pacroid did. pacroisd never fights dudes in their prime only sloppy seconds and 3rds coming off of devastating losses. pacroid is a hype job

[speedgsx98]

^^^Sure thing. Pacquiao who I dig and respect as a fighter is playing it too safe. When the ashes settle from the implosion of boxing, we'll be able to blame the greedy elite level fighters first who fight about once a year or go into quasi-retirement as they posture for each big mega-fight with opponents who they know they can beat.

What if MLB baseball was on PPV and the only free baseballl you could watch on TV was High school baseball? Knowing that more elite/high level talented players existed and you were being fed crap for free, would you even be interested in watching division 3A high school ball with teams with 5-4 records and such? Of course not, but that's what we're getting with boxing. How do they expect to get any new viewers/fans when they're not giving non-fans anything to whet their appetite for the sport?

I can't blame them since a Casino fight on PPV makes tens of millions, and ad revenue for a Floyd vs. Manny PPV would only garner $250k per 30 sec spot compared to a Superbowl $2mil per spot. Not only that, but the number of spots avail with 1 minute breaks between rounds ruin the potential comercial success of the sport on free tv. Unfortunately, it's a recipe for Cable or PPV being a necessity. Although at this point, going from 60 sec to 90 or 120 sec breaks between rounds for the sake of making it more palletable for advertising $$$'s would ruin the tradition of the sport.

It's time that boxing had a president, and/or a governing body. Other sports have it. Motorsports like Formula 1 has it. Even the UFC has it. And they're growing while boxing's appeal is shrinking due to pointless PPV's and casino hosted fights which are partly to blame because of Nevada's income tax free status and higher per ticket sales prices. Somebody needs to look out for Boxing before Boxing itself takes the knockout punch. No more useless matchups. I'm getting frustrated =(

Maybe one of the things a president or governing body could do is mandate that major beltholders in each division fight on free cable(networks or sports channels) at least once per year out of their 3 yearly fights to ensure exposure of elite fighters and for the growth of the sport.