Berto vacates IBF belt.

[onechance87]

well if thats ur response then ill take it as a concession of the truth. i dont get why u dont like the move. its a great one for boxing.

I do like the move.But hbo is forcing berto into this fight.I'm pretty sure
if hbo would of agreed to buy the berto-bailey fight,He would of done
that instead.

[Leohappy]

espn confirmed hbo wasint gonna buy berto-bailey.

that was clear as day ever since berto got the strap. undercard quality matchup. what i wonder is why berto fought zaveck for the strap in the first place, when he knew he'd have to fight bailey after.

[onechance87]

that was clear as day ever since berto got the strap. undercard quality matchup. what i wonder is why berto fought zaveck for the strap in the first place, when he knew he'd have to fight bailey after.

i guess leverage maybe?There seems to be problems with the split in
money in ortiz-berto rematch.

[Leohappy]

No by ibf rules,Baily should fight for the vacant title.

bailey is not even #1 ranked by the IBF, and his mandatory status is almost a year and a half old.

[jjbj2]

Mike Jones vs Sebastian Lujan should fight for the title.

Andre Berto vacated the belt so he won't have to fight Mike Jones.

WHAT A B1TCH!

[Leohappy]

i filmed that belt btw...

[spyvsspy]

I hope we don't get any Berto ducked Bailey threads......

You won't for the simple fact nobody really gives a s hit about Berto.

[Light_Speed]

Good move by HBO for turning down Berto/Bailey but the IBF could have let Berto defend the title once against a high profile opponent like Ortiz.

[paulf]

As a Slovene-American I want to see Zavec get a shot at regaining his title. DiBella and Berto promised Zavec a rematch, but we all know this **** isn't going down unless it was in the contract (wasn't). Zavec should fight Oklahoma's Carson Jones in his comeback fight and try to move his way up the rankings.

It will be really interesting to see how this unfolds. Jones is ranked by both the IBF (#3) and WBA(#2), as well as the #1 contender for the WBA belt too, but no way that fight happens. Bailey is a much easier opponent than Senchenko or Pacman, let's see what Bob Arum does here.

[DrewWoodside]

It's sad that Berto has done so little in his run, that ppl are applauding him for not taking a ****ty fight against a washed up fighter. Also, he should be happy to have a fight against Ortiz, if anything he should be fortunate to get the chance. Ortiz doesn't need Berto's business.

I like the way Berto came out(style wise) against his last 2 opponents. Showed a lot of heart/balls. However lauding praise at a guy who wasn't going to get paid unless he fought Ortiz? That's unnecessary.