WelshDevilRob Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 By Lem Satterfield www.boxingscene.com Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather "talks crazy," said unbeaten, WBC welterweight king, Andre Berto, but "he can always say that he's undefeated," and, "people have to respect that." The 27-year-old Berto made his assertions during Thursday's national conference call with media members which touted his April 16 sixth defense of his belt against hard-hitting, 24-year-old, southpaw former junior welterweight contender Victor Ortiz (28-2-2, 22 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., that is slated for the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. "The thing with Floyd Mayweather, you know, okay, cool. A lot of people don't like him. They say that he talks crazy. And, you know, he's not the image that us boxing fans, or, you know, people really want to see when it comes to being a champion, or a top fighter for our sport," said Berto, who will pursue his 28th victory without a loss, his 22nd career knockout, and his third consecutive stoppage when he meets Ortiz. "But when it comes to any kind of argument when it comes to this fight game, he can always say that he's undefeated. You know, he's never lost. And people have to respect that," said Berto. "At the end of the day, he might not show everything outside of the ring, but in the ring, you are going to have to respect him when it comes to this fight game. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is coming up with a win." Berto-Ortiz is part of an HBO-televised, split-site double-header whose co-feature matches WBA junior welterweight champ, Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KOs) against southpaw countryman, Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KOs) from the in the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester in their native England. In Ortiz represents the fourth southpaw that Berto will have faced as champion. In succession, Berto has decisioned left-handers Louis Collazo (30-4, 15 KOs), and, ex-world titlist Juan Urango (22-3-1, 17 KOs), respectively, in January, and, May, of 2009, during his second and third defenses, and, stopped southpaw, former world titlist, Carlos Quintana (27-3, 21 KOs), in the eighth round in April. Berto is coming off of November's first-round knockout of Freddy Hernandez (29-2, 20 KOs), of Mexico City. Ortiz is 4-0-1, with three knockouts, over his past five fights, including May's 10-round, unanimous decision over former world champion, Nate Campbell, September's third-round stoppage of ex-titlist Vivian Harris (29-5-1, 19 KOs), and December's 10-round, majority draw with Lamont Peterson (28-1-1, 14 KOs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 It explains a lot about Berto's complete failure to progress if he thinks a win is all that matters, not who it's over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsel77x Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Al Haymon has brain washed his minions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapevine241 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 It explains a lot about Berto's complete failure to progress if he thinks a win is all that matters, not who it's over. definitely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 TBH I behind Berto for this fight, some of the crap Ortiz was spouting was just retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Both guys need to step up the calibre of their opponents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaiiet21 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 re: Andre Berto on Floyd Mayweather Mayweather win sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) re: Andre Berto on Floyd Mayweather Who is this "Matweather" of which you speak? And why has @Chaliet21 revived a thread from 2011? Man, am I ever confused .... Edited August 30, 2015 by Cableaddict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cableaddict Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 re: Andre Berto on Floyd Mayweather TBH I behind Berto for this fight, some of the crap Ortiz was spouting was just retarded. I'll do an avatar bet that Ortiz beats Berto, and by a UD ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 re: Andre Berto on Floyd Mayweather And why has @Chaliet21 revived a thread from 2011? Man, am I ever confused .... Probably searched for Mayweather as something to post on to get his video access, and didn't worry about the date. There are quite a few monosyllabic posters who started posting only after bud put a lock on the video section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 re: Andre Berto on Floyd Mayweather Mayweather win sure --- Ol' Lem was the most prolific of Haymon Goldenboy News of The Ring World. Never could quite spell or get his facts straight, but Haymon saw potential and now Lem handles all Haymon's press releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxeador Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 re: Andre Berto on Floyd Mayweather Andre Berto is going to earn his biggest money bag, so he should be so grateful on Floyd´s camp pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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