A lot of the hate directed towards Andre Berto is unwarranted

[boxingking500]

pac or may would knock berto the **** out......

truth...

[jnoon3225]

how is he deserving of his belt? who has he beat?

who has he not beat other than Mayweather and Pacquiao? If he UDed Mike Jones is that somehow going to completely change your opinion of him? How is he deserving of his belt? Because he was ranked #1 contender by the WBC when Floyd vacated to fight Oscar so he was given the opportunity. In short, he is deseving of his belt bc he fought for it and won.

[boxingking500]

who has he not beat other than Mayweather and Pacquiao? If he UDed Mike Jones is that somehow going to completely change your opinion of him? How is he deserving of his belt? Because he was ranked #1 contender by the WBC when Floyd vacated to fight Oscar so he was given the opportunity. In short, he is deseving of his belt bc he fought for it and won.

GTFO.. you know damm well.. that pac or floyd could beat this chump berto, any day of the week

[BostonGuy]

The breaking point regarding Berto, for me, was the mention of him facing (after Ortiz) Matt Hatton next. I like Berto, I think he's an exciting fighter and up to this point his career has been managed extraordinarily well.

He's gradually stepped up the level of competition to where he's fighting guys he can beat, and look good doing so. His team has also mitigated "risk" so that he can make the most $$$ fighting the least risky opponents.

However, there comes a point where, if you claim to be the best in your division, you have to fight the best opponnents out there. OK, I'll give a pass for Oritz (he's no push over) but Matt ****ing Hatton? NO, that's just unaceptable, as a fan, to face a guy whose coming off a one sided beatdown where he fought 12 rounds to survive, not to win.

[jnoon3225]

Yup,Berto is the livest opponent for them 2 primadonas.But they're not fighting each other & they ain't fighting him,but the only 1 criticized is him.They're all doing the same thing.I never thought I'd see the day when a fighter can have a claim to be the best fighter int the world,while feeding on a steady diet of old men & face 1st brawlers & have his fans acknowledge he's been putting on farces & are still willing to like his a$$ clean after he takes a dump on their pocketbooks.

calm ur hard-on for Pacquiao down buddy, this is not a Pacquiao thread. Your complaint is with Pac fighting Marg? Cry about it, and go talk to all the fighters that r still scared of Marg. “If you don’t like Manny Pacquiao, then he must have done something to you personally, like steal your girlfriend or something!” Naz Richardson... I would like to see Pac fight the eventual best of the 140s or Berto but other than that who is there? Marquez above 140? Pshh.. Middleweight Sergio Martinez? Pac fights 2-3 times per year, if every fight isn't the BEST possible option then u dont need to cry about it cuz he will be fighting again shortly. When Floyd doesnt fight for 2 years and then fights a lame fight its a big deal cuz he wont fight for another 2 years. With Pac it's not necessary to be as picky cuz he anounces his next opponent literally within a month of each win. Bottom line, Pacquiao has been the easiest P4P king to fall in love with since Tyson, if u dont like him then something is wrong with u.

[borikua]

The criticism is completely warranted. I hope Ortiz knocks him out tbh.

Agree.



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[onechance87]

i dont like how he thinks hes sum type of superstar.Its gonna be hard
to make fights with him,Cause hes gonna want half the money.

[Spray_resistant]

who has he not beat other than Mayweather and Pacquiao? If he UDed Mike Jones is that somehow going to completely change your opinion of him? How is he deserving of his belt? Because he was ranked #1 contender by the WBC when Floyd vacated to fight Oscar so he was given the opportunity. In short, he is deseving of his belt bc he fought for it and won.

So because they handed him a ranking for no reason against some unknown opponent and he won he is deserving, right.......

[Rip Chudd]

I think the criticism he gets is totally warranted. Don't get me wrong I like Berto but from the interviews i've read it seems like this dude's head is so far up his behind that he can't see straight. Somebody said "Name me someone Berto could fight", how about the dude that was clowning him on any boxing website you could find, Kermit Cintron. In an interview on another website Berto said "If I beat Cintron it does nothing for my career", so beating Ortiz does? For crying out loud the dude was gonna fight Randall Bailey before the Ortiz fight came up! His resume as a Welterweight Champ is virtually non existent. I'm not big on Cintron much like a lot of people on this site but he would of by far been the best name on Berto's resume. Berto wouldn't even think about stepping in the ring with dudes on Cintron's resume. The thing that I don't like about it as well is that Berto is incredibly talented man, but he hasn't fought a threat since Collazo. Matter fact that's pretty much the only threat dude has fought. Like I said, I like the kid. He just needs to step it up. Heck dude could of even fought Clottey or something. Just fight an actual welterweight again and i'll be happy. SMH

[THe TRiNiTY]

A lot of boxing fans are....... ******. Has Berto had softer touches from time to time? Yes. Could he face better opposition? Yes. Is any of this really his fault? Doubtful.

HBO and his promoter Lou DiBella want to make him a star. They don't want to risk anything just yet. So they are building him up and are waiting for the perfect time to get him in there with the biggest threats.

The fact of the matter is that fans assume he makes him own match ups. Berto wanted Mosley, until Mosley wanted Mayweather and the Haiti situation happened. Berto wanted Manny after his last fight. Berto has called out a few other names in the past. However, this is a business.

If you want to blame anyone, blame his handlers and/or HBO. Has nothing to do with him. He has heart and skill and he wants to win. You can't ask for much more from the FIGHTER himself.