I think Berto's fine

He's not only ducking Kell Brook, he's ducking his son Shawn Porter, and his son Devon Alexander, and his son Jesus Soto-Karass to fight his son Andre Berto :-(

 

Agree

 

Difference is though, Robinson's soft opposition probably took place in the space of about 2 or 3 months of about 15 fights he had that year. And I would guess he didn't put it on PPV either.

 

Please don't even try and compare those two situations.

 

After facing Lamotta for what, like the 6th time too...

 

if it wasn't made PPV, I don't think anyone would complain, but $65 for non-HD coverage of this fight is a slap in the face for boxing fans, the only good thing about this card is the Salido-Martinez rematch, it will give us some action before the Floyd-Berto snoozefest

 

not worse than pac v algeiri

 

No dude. You can't compare the two.
Mayweather only fights twice a year. Sugar Ray fought once every fortnight. They pretty much chose to fight instead of spar back in them days.

With that said, Berto is still fine IMO too. He's not very good, but Mayweather fought the guy that everyone wanted him to fight (albeit a bad version). So, he can choose who he wants to fight.
When Mayweather fights, you don't necessarily have to purchase it. Go to a friends house or a sports bar. Don't support Mayweather by paying for it, dummies.

 

MCGrain -get off the pipe for awhile!

 

Vote with your pocket ,don't buy it! Berto has no business fighting Floyd.

 

If its actually his retirement fight, I couldnt care less who he fights, especially after fighting Pacquiao.

If he comes back then it is a poor fight.

I wont be buying the PPV so I dont really care. Although the undercard is shaping up pretty well

 

Agree that Berto is fine, although I don't buy that Pacquiao was the p4p #2.

After getting iced by Marquez (in seemingly "career ending" fashion), he beat Rios, Bradley and Algieri ... a nice little comeback but I don't see how that establishes him as p4p #2.

I'm not sure how people have these p4p ratings figured out.
Mayweather-Pacquiao didn't look like much of a fight to me, not a great performance from either of them. If that's the best they can manage, I don't want to believe they are the two best boxers p4p on this planet. That depresses me.

Yes, Berto is fine. Credible enough as a gimme. It makes no difference to me, I have no intention of watching Mayweather. I don't see the fascination with him. I find it amusing how he's so revered and marketable in America where Klitschko (and the heavyweight division) in America has long been castigated for being "boring".

 

He will come back.
It will be Pacquiao. They just need to find someone suitable to build a "new, rejuvenated" Pacquiao up on. Get that pot of gold growing again.

Unless Berto actually wins this thing.
That might be the plan. I wouldn't put anything past them.