Does Berto Talk Like "The Best Welterweight In The World?"

Interviewer: "Is it important for you to hold on the WBC belt, and fight a Luis Collazo?"

Berto: (slightly skakes head) "Ah.. I mean, it doesn't matter, you now what I mean, whoever my promoters want me to fight. Luis Collazo is the mandatory, just like I said, as a young fighter you have to, you know, fight different types of boxers. I fought a good fighter tonight (Steve Forbes), I'll fight another good boxer in my next fight if they want me to, so whatever they want me to do I'm doing."

 

I'll put it this way because in text this might not translate - Berto sounded less than thrilled he might have to face a fighter like Luis Collazo, or any other, as he put it - "good fighter." You don't even have to read between the lines, Berto is literally telling us a hole helluva alot. Everything about how he responded to that question said to me this guy is exactly what his worst doubters say he is.. And I was just starting to come around.

Anyway, just a sidenote really. Something to keep in mind.

 

I apologize, "is" should have been "us" there. I don't know if that helps. Berto sounded squeamish and distant about fighting Collazo. There's this perception that Berto is green, hasn't faced any real competition, ect. I found it very telling hearing a response like this from Berto. The thought of moving up in class seemed to pain him.

 

That's a possibility. Potentially.

 

BTW, how do you think he should be brought along at this point?

 

Berto made it sound like he wouldn't at all mind being stripped of the WBC championship just to avoid fighting Collazo. That's the crux of this thread. Do you think Berto would be better served to avoid Luis Collazo for now?

 

I agree, hopefully the Collazo fight happens, and good mapping beyond that ^. As I mentioned in a previous post Berto made it sound like he might allow himself to be stripped, I found that a little surprising.