Mosley and Berto could be on the double header in seperate bouts but Berto is not...

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  1. rayhogan

    rayhogan Dont worry Pac, you wont Full Member

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    ....happy.



    I read on a boxing scene website that Berto is not happy cause first about the money issue. But not only that but Berto does not want to fight to be a day after christmas day in which he has to weigh in on christmas day.




    ^^^^^^^To me i think Berto is being way too unprofessional. Does he realize that in sports no matter if it's mlb, nba, nfl, soccer or even boxing that a person that is in pro sports will miss holidays? Berto gets pay alot of money to fight. <<<<<<If he can't be professional then he should retired boxing.
     
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  2. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    To be honest, I'd probably decline the date and set up another one.

    I was a boxer and am myself. Christmas is often family time, and in this hectic, hectic career, major holidays are all you really have to reconnect with certain folks.

    I'd take another date.
     
    MagnaNasakki, Aug 31, 2009
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  3. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who has Berto beat to cry about money ?
     
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  4. gottagivafight

    gottagivafight When you least expect it, expect it!!! banned Full Member

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    I hafta agree with Magna on this one. Christmas is a special time for a lotta folks.
     
    gottagivafight, Aug 31, 2009
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  5. rayhogan

    rayhogan Dont worry Pac, you wont Full Member

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    This has happen to mostly every sports for years and years so missing holidays is nothing new and shouldn't be a big deal. Kobe, Lebron, Micheal Jordan in his day and so on and so on has miss holidays plenty of times. Is spending time in christmas is important? Of course but if a fighter, wrestler or a baseball or a basketball or an nfl player pays way more money to put foods in their family table in which pays rent and so on then it shouldn't be a big deal. Ai miss practice last year cause he didn't want to miss a holiday but that got him to an suspension by his own team.
     
    rayhogan, Aug 31, 2009
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  6. Jeff M

    Jeff M Future ESB HOF Full Member

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    Leave Berto off then. I don't need to be bored by him again before I watch Shane Mosley, unless he fights Collazo again since the first fight was good.

    A lot of athletes work on holidays.
     
    Jeff M, Aug 31, 2009
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  7. rayhogan

    rayhogan Dont worry Pac, you wont Full Member

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    Exactly. Mosley has family and kids of his own. Same with Clottey, Hlat. Same with Kobe, Jordan in his day and so on. If Berto can't deal with it then he shouldn't be involved in sports point blank. If those guys can deal with it missing holidays then Berto should too.
     
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  8. superchile

    superchile Well-Known Member Full Member

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    berto sucks he has to figth or drop the belt hes a paper champ any ways
     
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  9. MagnaNasakki

    MagnaNasakki Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    We earn plenty.
    We got up at 6 in the morning when we were 9 years old, often went to gyms with no heat, learning craft from men who scared us as children and often made us want to quit.

    We never did, we practice these arts for years, we keep ourselves in better shape than most of humanity dreams about year round, we often subject ourselves to harsh schedules and brutal punishment chasing a dream that almost nobody actually gets to achieve.

    I make good money, yes, but I make that money sweating and bleeding daily in the gym, depriving my loved ones of my company, and letting bloodthirsty fans gobble up my pain.

    If I don't want to fight on Christmas, thats my prerogative. My family is fed, my affairs are in order, and I'll get another call.

    In summary, we are professionals, but we have lives to live. This is a job, and like in any job, we deserve vacations. Professional boxers work quite hard. Most other folks don't earn advancement and money through pain and blood.

    All the above applies more so to Andre, whose made more money and done more in the sport than I could realistically hope.
     
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  10. Vitor Belfort

    Vitor Belfort Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't blame him. Who wants to fight after x-mas anyway. He has a family and of course his gonna want to spend time with them on a holiday. Why the hell would you schedule a fight right after x-mas anyways?

    nba-nfl etc players has no choice cuz the schedules are made without their opinions. Im sure all of them would want to be off on x-mas day if you they had any say about the game schedules.
     
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  11. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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  12. Jeff M

    Jeff M Future ESB HOF Full Member

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    He thinks he's already an elite WW. I don't see it. He's an idiot if he declines being on the same card as Mosley.
     
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  13. Royal-T-Bag

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    berto's being a crybaby and thinks he's worth alot more than he is.
     
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  14. rayhogan

    rayhogan Dont worry Pac, you wont Full Member

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    Nba players, Nfl players can easily tell their commissioners way way way before exibition happens and could have ask the commisioners to reschedule. I don't hear Mosley, Clottey, Hlat complain about december 26 date and they got familys just like everybodyelse.
     
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  15. mangler

    mangler Active Member Full Member

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    Berto is bein a damn fool. This is his opportunity to step up and shed the protected label. He better accept whats offered and fight.
     
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