Andre Berto...HERO, HYPED OR HATED???

Freddie Hernandez is not a good fight. There were plenty of better fights out there for Berto, but they were not made. I am not blaming him for this, but when you are a champion you should try to take the best fights available. Berto for some reason is not doing this. As you said, he is a quality fighter with lot's if talent, but what good is talent when you waste it on sub-par fighters?

 

Berto has progidious talent but many , MANY people(fans/peers/experts) resent him because of the money he's making. Until he wins a big fight against a dangerous fighter with a following , many will see him as another over-hyped HBO prospect who's career has been micromanaged to achieve that all-important undefeated record.

 

Really don't like him.

He keeps asking people who he wants to see him in with but NEVER fights them.

 

It's not a trick question but which are the other forums?

 

Whatever those forums are he should stick with posting there.

 

Collazo gave him all he could handle. That's his level.

 

What ****ing drugs is the thread starter on?

Anyone care to guess?

Andre Berto is the biggest bull**** story in the sport of boxing. The sport honestly would be better off without him. Any formidable opponent whips the living **** out of Berto 9 times out of 10.

Andre Berto is not a talent of any sort. He's in my opinion a below average "champion"(Really I cringe using "Berto" and "Champion" in the same sentence.

Berto is also probably the weakest belt holder in ANY weight division.... All the HBO commentators love to suck his **** like he's something above average(perhaps this helps them justify the insane amount of money they pay him) when he's not. Stamina=horrible(when your gassing after 3 rounds of fighting Forbes theres a problem)
Power= What power?
Speed= Average(compared with others at 147)
Heart= The kid is soft as ****

Andre Berto is a ****ing embarassment to the sport. Thats the bottom line on Berto.

 

I thought Collazo whipped that ass.

 

Berto is all that is wrong with boxing he gets paid a ridicolous amount of money from hbo even tho he cldnt fill a arena in his home town, he got his belt early in his career without really deserving it and like others have stated i beleive Collazo beat him. He talks a lot of **** about people who have actually achieved **** in the sport and his nxt title defence is a joke if Haymon and Hbo werent on his dick I dont think we would ever of heard of this guy

 

Berto has good speed and athleticism, but a low Ring IQ.

 

He keeps avoiding the top fighters

 

What bothers me is that I've heard Berto say that he's "not ready" for certain fighters even though he has a belt. It's absurd. I think that once you've won a belt, it shouldn't be held hostage. Once you have a belt, you lose the ability, the privilege, to say you're not ready for steps up in class.

 

Bull**** post, STFU!!!

 

I agree with Marnoff that Berto's ring IQ is below average. His handspeed however is amongst the fastest in the sport. He also can be extremely explosive with his attack which is what I find to be so intriguing about his style. Berto gets a lot of undeserved flack for not fighting elite level competition when through no fault of his own is he unable to secure these type of fights. FYI, Dibella has expressed a desire to make Berto-Mosley for early 2011.