Comments Thread For: Mayweather: Khan Won Two Titles? So Did Andre Berto!

[rasdun]

He did everything but get knocked down by a guy who'd himself been knocked down NINE times in his last two .....Pathetic , then calls out the best in the world ...DELUSIONAL !

So whats your point that he doesn't deserve it? Khan may talk waaaay too much. but he deserves it. he has more quality wins over top 10-15 contenders than Berto, more than Robert Guererro, Victor Ortiz and Maidana.

Khan has beaten Alexander, Collazo, Algierei, Maidana, Judah, Malignaggi and Kotelnick. All are or were at the time legitimate contenders. Hs loss to Peterson was controversial and somewhat tainted by Peerson's PED use. He was also outboxing Garcia for 3 1/2 rounds until the ko punch. His big mouth aside, anyone that doesn't think Amir Khan presents a tougher challenge to Mayweather, isn't being fair

[Ryn0]

Berto would be the 2nd best opponent Khan has faced at welterweight behind Devon Alexander.

I thought Collazo deserved the decision against Berto, so I'm not sure. This Berto is a lot worse than the Berto from a few years ago, Lopez was easily outboxing Berto before he was stopped, that probably wouldn't have happened a few years ago.

Hell I think even Algieri beats Berto at this point. Which shows how poorly I think of Berto, not how highly I think of Algieri

[rasdun]

Folks, this is a perfect time to share your thoughts about this fight come 9/12 with your wallets. No one is forcing you to buy. I know I won't... This fight isn't PPV status. Everyone knows that's why we are complaining

You are right, but Floyd is getting 30 mil no matter what. It's really Showtime's fault for agreeing to this fight. I am sure they have some say so as to avoid Floyd fighting a Rod Salka for a 30 mil payday. not saying Berto is Salka, but for a $75 ppv, Floyd fighting Berto isn't that much worse than Garcia getting paid to fight Salka on Showtime. Showtime should've gaiven Floyd a list - Khan, Thurman, Garcia, Brook, and Porter and said we're fine with a fight vs any of these 5 for your 30 mil guarantee

[rasdun]

the way posters on here hate khan's guts i know if floyd had picked him, there would be backlash too.. "he ducking thurman doe", yall know its true, regardless who he fights hes always "ducking" somebody else.. even though deep down we all know floyd would beat any name at 147. .thurman and khan looked like utter sht in their last fights, the only guy left i want floyd to fight is lara at 154.. but even that would get backlash since lara is "boring".

there will always be fanboys who defend everything and haters that criticize everything - who cares what they say. Most real boxing fans would've fine with fights vs any of the 5 I set forth above - Thurman, Khan, Garcia, Porter or Brook

[rasdun]

Got to say I was surprised when Berto name first got mentioned a few weeks ago but since this is his last fight then he can do whatever he wants to do. Hope his retirement makes everyone at 147 fight each other.

see, no he shouldn't be able to do anything he wants. Althuogh I don't know the terms of the agreement, I can say with certainty that he cannot just fight "anyone" and Showtime would be required to pay him min $30 mil.

[rasdun]

This isn't supposed to be a super fight. It's like someone staying busy. Why can't Floyd be in a regular fight? All the greats fought guys like this. Oscar did it, Manny did it and you can go back with Ali and other fighters. You can't fight a top number 1 guy every fight. You guys expect him to. Did anyone say anything about Manny fighting no name Algieri?

Big difference. Manny's options were limited. He was planning on fighting Porvodnikov but he lost to Algieri. Haymon would not have agreed to allow any of his fighters to fight Manny, I think we know that. Manny already fought all other TR fighters, JMM, Bradley, Rios, there weren't a lot of options. Also, Algieri was an undefeated world champion. Algieri was app an 8-1 dog. Berto hasn't looked even decent in app 3 yrs; he's a 40-1 underdog.
And Oscar - he fought everyone! Oscar took on all comers, even moving up to 160 to fight BHOP!. And at the end of his career, he wanted an easy fight - vs Forbes, it wasn't on PPV!

[BaDaBiNgVIP]

just based on human nature, i'm curious how much of picking berto was to get khan pissed. Floyd has be just like the rest of us sometimes. Not that i wanted khan but i enjoy khan being a cry baby.

yup. Wish mayweather would have picked brook for that same reason. A-mere-con would have commited suicide.

[SchoolTheseCats]

So what, looking like **** worked for Berto

Like the commentators said during the Khan-Algieri fight: You don't want to look TOO impressive or you won't get the call

Khan needed to get knocked down a few times by Algieri. If that were the case he would be in Berto's spot right now.

Well that theory is wrong because maidana looked spectacular whooping broner a$$ and got the fight stop with that bs excuse don't look to good lol

[Cinci Champ]

You are right, but Floyd is getting 30 mil no matter what. It's really Showtime's fault for agreeing to this fight. I am sure they have some say so as to avoid Floyd fighting a Rod Salka for a 30 mil payday. not saying Berto is Salka, but for a $75 ppv, Floyd fighting Berto isn't that much worse than Garcia getting paid to fight Salka on Showtime. Showtime should've gaiven Floyd a list - Khan, Thurman, Garcia, Brook, and Porter and said we're fine with a fight vs any of these 5 for your 30 mil guarantee

showtime didnt have a choice but the reality is they have already made their money back ten fold with floyd

[thack]

He still looked too good obviously.

Berto has looked so horrible words cannot truly describe it. He qualified for the Mayweather fight.

The truth is neither Khan or Berto deserve such a big fight , Berto has proved he shouldn't be there and Khan hasn't proved anything.
Berto v Khan would have been more interesting.
With Floyd fighting one of the unbeaten guys ,Brook or Thurman .