Berto: "I will retire Shane Mosley, I promise you that!

[Brick Top]

By Mark Vester

 

WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto and his January 30th opponent, Shane Mosley, have continued to trade words through their twitter accounts over the last couple of days. Mosley lashed out out with a promise to ruis Berto. Berto returned home from the WBC convention in Korea and returend some fire with some hard words of his own.

 

"I heard Berto was mad because I said I was gonna ruin his career, well I know the truth hurts sometimes," Mosley said. "I'm glad he signed the contract tho, so now I'm going to display what I started with Margarito. I'm dishin ass whupping's in 2010!"

 

Berto vowed to retire Mosley and put his career away for good. He made sure to take a few personal stabs at Mosley in the process.

 

"It's just funny to me how Shane Mosley got so tough overnight, do you'll peep that? He's talkin crazy to me, he runs up on Floyd [Mayweather Jr]. But I know what it is though. I've done a little reaserch on steriods and it says the drug makes you have crazy mood swings and feel bigger," Berto said.

 

"I hear his team is gettin it done on his end. So come Jan 30th I will retire Shane Mosley, I promise you that! Steriods is a hell of a drug! We can help you but the first step is to admit you have a problem."

 

 

 

http://www.boxingscene.com/?m=show&id=23281

 

Nice bit of needle going on here, not sure who to back in this one. I dont really rate Berto that highly, and although Shane looked great against Margarito, I felt that Margarito never looked up for the fight after being 'found out'

 

Thoughts???

[Faulks]

Like you say it depends which Mosley turns up. I also dont rate Berto so im going to go with Mosley on this one thenn for him to pap on about Floyd mlol/

[CelticHiggo]

Alot of great fighters have one last great performance and i believe the Margarito fight was Mosley's last.He was only seconds away from defeat against Mayorga and came back with a great win but im going for Berto in this fight.

[lacollier883]

Think Mosley will have too much craft for Berto, and even if Berto wins I doubt he will beat Mosley that bad that he will retire

[WelshDevilRob]

I like Berto and I think he has the style to cause alot of problems for Shane and taking the ages into consideration I can see him winning this one.

[gemmell100]

think berto will win a fairly wide ud. mosley is past it.

[CelticHiggo]

I like Berto and I think he has the style to cause alot of problems for Shane and taking the ages into consideration I can see him winning this one.

 

 

I agree Rob as i believe age to be the major factor in this fight.

[gemmell100]

just look at the mayorga fight. mosley was poor. berto will quite easily beat sugar. if he can stay out the way of his bombs

[ironjab]

i hope berto beats him and gets him out of the way, hes past it, the margarito result was flattering, hang on i think ive said that before, shane is shot

[grapevine241]

berto will be tricky because of his speed, but i dont know if he has the power to keep shane off. so i think shane wins a close but clear decision.

 

if shane wins, then this fight is actually good practice for mayweather if that fight ever happens

[The Hurricane]

I'm not really sold on Berto in a similar way that I'm not sold on Dawson. Shane has seen and done it all whereas Berto has a close win against Collazo and a win over Urango who is a weight class lower and never considered highly skilled. Berto is hoping he gets the Mayorga Shane, if he gets the Margarito Shane he will be in a world of trouble.

[BringThePain]

I think Mosley wins this even on a bad night

[davieboy]

Agree with most of you. Depends what mosely turns up. if the mosley who fought margarito turns up i would pick him all the way, but we all know fighters can suddenly show their age in there, and if that happens to mosley it will be a tough fight

[Matray]

Berto has great skills and he's a very good boxer but, i'm not sure he's ready yet for this kind of challenge.... I'd say Mosley should win and i wouldn't be surprised if it was by ko... there's always a place for the upset tho...

[grapevine241]

yeah i could see a stoppage by mosley as well, berto's chin is decent but hes been down a few times. if my memory serves me, the only time i ever saw mosley seriously rocked was that uppercut by forrest RIP in their 1st fight. berto's hands are faster than mosley but not as powerful.