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By Thomas Gerbasi - Andre Berto has lost before. He hates it, but he also knows that it’s part of the sport he’s chosen. But this loss was this different, because it had nothing to do with the man across the ring from him. This time, it was his body that rebelled against him, that let him know that there would be no more boxing.
“I had those times when I thought that my shoulder was never gonna be right like it needed to be,” Berto said this week in Cincinnati. He’s in town to fight for the first time since July of 2013, a 10-round bout against Steve Upsher Chambers that opens up the Showtime tripleheader featuring Adrien Broner vs. Emanuel Taylor.
At this point, just days away from his 31st birthday, Berto doesn’t care who he’s fighting, where he’s fighting, or on what network. Fighting is enough for now after a year recovering from surgery on his right shoulder.
“It was tough enough just getting through a fight with the torn shoulder, but going through the surgery and the rehab process for several months, it was torture,” he said. “It was something that I never went through before, so it was definitely a tough situation. But it came back, I’m blessed, and I’m excited to get in there and perform.”
Against Jesus Soto Karass a little over a year ago, Berto tore a tendon in his shoulder, but he kept fighting, eventually getting stopped in the 12th round. It was a typical gutsy performance from the 2004 Haitian Olympian…times ten. [Click Here To Read More]
“I had those times when I thought that my shoulder was never gonna be right like it needed to be,” Berto said this week in Cincinnati. He’s in town to fight for the first time since July of 2013, a 10-round bout against Steve Upsher Chambers that opens up the Showtime tripleheader featuring Adrien Broner vs. Emanuel Taylor.
At this point, just days away from his 31st birthday, Berto doesn’t care who he’s fighting, where he’s fighting, or on what network. Fighting is enough for now after a year recovering from surgery on his right shoulder.
“It was tough enough just getting through a fight with the torn shoulder, but going through the surgery and the rehab process for several months, it was torture,” he said. “It was something that I never went through before, so it was definitely a tough situation. But it came back, I’m blessed, and I’m excited to get in there and perform.”
Against Jesus Soto Karass a little over a year ago, Berto tore a tendon in his shoulder, but he kept fighting, eventually getting stopped in the 12th round. It was a typical gutsy performance from the 2004 Haitian Olympian…times ten. [Click Here To Read More]
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