"All it takes is that one punch" THE OFFICIAL FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS ANDRE BERTO THREAD
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Mayweather: Khan or Berto - No Difference in Selection
Posted by: Rick Reeno on 9/9/2015 .
By Rick Reeno
Las Vegas, Nevada - WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs) sees no issue with his selection of Andre Berto (30-3, 23KOs) as Saturday night's Showtime Pay-Per-View opponent at the MGM Grand.
Prior to his official announcement, British star Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) appeared to be the frontrunner.
Berto and Khan are both trained by Vigil Hunter, but their recent run of victories are not on the same playing field.
Khan is on a five fight win streak and his last four opponents were former world champions. Berto, 3-3 in his last six fights, was knocked out by mid-tier fighter Jesus Soto Karass and lost decisions to Robert Guerrero and Victor Ortiz (who were both soundly beaten by Mayweather in their following bouts).
Berto has also bee stricken with frequent stretches of inactivity. His win over Steve Chambers last September was his first victory in three years. He followed that up with a knockout win over Josesito Lopez in March.
At the end of the day, Mayweather saw no difference between Khan and Berto - when it came to selecting his 49th opponent.
"I thought about something. I know different fighters names come up to fight Floyd Mayweather. And I said Andre Berto has three losses and Amir Khan has three losses. Andre Berto is a two-time world champion and Amir Khan is a two-time world champion. It really don't matter who I face, they are still going to find a way to say 'this is not the guy,'" Mayweather said.
http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-khan-berto-no-difference-selection--95596
Floyd still trying to justify this pick
Posted by: Rick Reeno on 9/9/2015 .
By Rick Reeno
Las Vegas, Nevada - WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs) sees no issue with his selection of Andre Berto (30-3, 23KOs) as Saturday night's Showtime Pay-Per-View opponent at the MGM Grand.
Prior to his official announcement, British star Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) appeared to be the frontrunner.
Berto and Khan are both trained by Vigil Hunter, but their recent run of victories are not on the same playing field.
Khan is on a five fight win streak and his last four opponents were former world champions. Berto, 3-3 in his last six fights, was knocked out by mid-tier fighter Jesus Soto Karass and lost decisions to Robert Guerrero and Victor Ortiz (who were both soundly beaten by Mayweather in their following bouts).
Berto has also bee stricken with frequent stretches of inactivity. His win over Steve Chambers last September was his first victory in three years. He followed that up with a knockout win over Josesito Lopez in March.
At the end of the day, Mayweather saw no difference between Khan and Berto - when it came to selecting his 49th opponent.
"I thought about something. I know different fighters names come up to fight Floyd Mayweather. And I said Andre Berto has three losses and Amir Khan has three losses. Andre Berto is a two-time world champion and Amir Khan is a two-time world champion. It really don't matter who I face, they are still going to find a way to say 'this is not the guy,'" Mayweather said.
http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-khan-berto-no-difference-selection--95596
Floyd still trying to justify this pick
InvictusAeternusEternus
In the cut
Mayweather: Khan or Berto - No Difference in Selection
Posted by: Rick Reeno on 9/9/2015 .
By Rick Reeno
Las Vegas, Nevada - WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs) sees no issue with his selection of Andre Berto (30-3, 23KOs) as Saturday night's Showtime Pay-Per-View opponent at the MGM Grand.
Prior to his official announcement, British star Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) appeared to be the frontrunner.
Berto and Khan are both trained by Vigil Hunter, but their recent run of victories are not on the same playing field.
Khan is on a five fight win streak and his last four opponents were former world champions. Berto, 3-3 in his last six fights, was knocked out by mid-tier fighter Jesus Soto Karass and lost decisions to Robert Guerrero and Victor Ortiz (who were both soundly beaten by Mayweather in their following bouts).
Berto has also bee stricken with frequent stretches of inactivity. His win over Steve Chambers last September was his first victory in three years. He followed that up with a knockout win over Josesito Lopez in March.
At the end of the day, Mayweather saw no difference between Khan and Berto - when it came to selecting his 49th opponent.
"I thought about something. I know different fighters names come up to fight Floyd Mayweather. And I said Andre Berto has three losses and Amir Khan has three losses. Andre Berto is a two-time world champion and Amir Khan is a two-time world champion. It really don't matter who I face, they are still going to find a way to say 'this is not the guy,'" Mayweather said.
http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-khan-berto-no-difference-selection--95596
Floyd still trying to justify this pick
They keep asking him over and over again. Just like they keep asking him if this is his last fight.
Black_Jesus
Superstar
Tried to told nikkas Floyd didn't want no parts of Khan.. ive known this for a LONG time.
InvictusAeternusEternus
In the cut
seemorecizzy
Superstar
seemorecizzy
Superstar
that last line is 100 percent truth thoMayweather: Khan or Berto - No Difference in Selection
Posted by: Rick Reeno on 9/9/2015 .
By Rick Reeno
Las Vegas, Nevada - WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs) sees no issue with his selection of Andre Berto (30-3, 23KOs) as Saturday night's Showtime Pay-Per-View opponent at the MGM Grand.
Prior to his official announcement, British star Amir Khan (31-3, 19KOs) appeared to be the frontrunner.
Berto and Khan are both trained by Vigil Hunter, but their recent run of victories are not on the same playing field.
Khan is on a five fight win streak and his last four opponents were former world champions. Berto, 3-3 in his last six fights, was knocked out by mid-tier fighter Jesus Soto Karass and lost decisions to Robert Guerrero and Victor Ortiz (who were both soundly beaten by Mayweather in their following bouts).
Berto has also bee stricken with frequent stretches of inactivity. His win over Steve Chambers last September was his first victory in three years. He followed that up with a knockout win over Josesito Lopez in March.
At the end of the day, Mayweather saw no difference between Khan and Berto - when it came to selecting his 49th opponent.
"I thought about something. I know different fighters names come up to fight Floyd Mayweather. And I said Andre Berto has three losses and Amir Khan has three losses. Andre Berto is a two-time world champion and Amir Khan is a two-time world champion. It really don't matter who I face, they are still going to find a way to say 'this is not the guy,'" Mayweather said.
http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweather-khan-berto-no-difference-selection--95596
Floyd still trying to justify this pick
Black_Jesus
Superstar
Said like a true dedicated Floyd stan
This is 100% truth also
Amir Khan is undefeated at welterweight
Andre Berto has 3 losses to 3 bums at welterweight that were never avenged
I hope you enjoy the fight tho bro
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He could stay saying the same thing he said when he announced it would be either Karim Mayfield or Andre Berto though...that he's taking an easy fight.
InvictusAeternusEternus
In the cut
He could but it wouldnt be a good idea. IMO he made a PR mistake by saying he was gonna take an easy fight. He should have just said I want to give a guy a chance to come up or some other BS.
Although even if he had continued to say he wanted an easy fight they still would have kept asking him about it.
seemorecizzy
Superstar
Said like a true dedicated Floyd stan
This is 100% truth also
Amir Khan is undefeated at welterweight
Andre Berto has 3 losses to 3 bums at welterweight that were never avenged
I hope you enjoy the fight tho bro
It really don't matter who I face, they are still going to find a way to say 'this is not the guy,'" Mayweather said.
correction, this is 1000 percent truth
anyone floyd fights is gonna come with excuses and cop outs.
so your really trying to say there wouldn't be people criticizing floyd if he choose amir khan
floyds ducking khan
u just don't learn
seemorecizzy
Superstar
u got to understand
floyd's a promoter as well
hes not gonna say tune in to my easy fight once hes in promoter mode
every fight is easy to him anyway
but hes gonna try to put berto over to some degree
and even tho berto is considered a "easy fight"
he still aint talking him lightly
Breh, he should have just said I want to give a guy a chance to come up.
By saying he was picking an easy opponent, and then actually picking him, it's too late to come back to the same exact media/fans and try and spin Berto into being a worthy challenger. The video of him laughing while saying Mayfield & Berto's name is still out, it didnt disappear
Kell Brook: Mayweather is Playing it Safe With Berto
Posted by: Ronnie Nathanielsz on 9/9/2015 .
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
IBF world welterweight champion Kell Brook has accused Floyd Mayweather of “playing it safe” by deciding to fight Andre Berto in what Mayweather insists will be his last fight.
Unbeaten Mayweather (48-0-KO26) is the heavy favorite to win in Las Vegas, with Berto (30-3-KO23) having been defeated three times in his last six fights.
By overcoming Berto as most people expect, Mayweather will equal former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano's record of 49-0 and establishing himself in the history books of boxing.
Sky Sports in London reported that Brook, who is yet to suffer a loss in his 35 professional fights and fellow Brit Amir Khan were among the candidates touted as potential opponents for Mayweather following his unanimous points decision victory over Manny Pacquiao last May 2 in a showdown billed as “The Fight of the Century.”
The 29-year-old Brook feels Mayweather has ducked the chance to truly test himself and settled for what he considers a "safe" fight against Berto.
Brook told Sky Sports News HQ "Like every top welterweight out there, I would love to share the ring with Floyd Mayweather," pointing out that he is the only fighter “with a genuine world title out there, so if I did win I would probably get the call. But Mayweather is fighting Andre Berto and he's hardly looked fantastic in his last few fights.”
Brook conceded that Berto “ has been world champion and credit to him he's still a good fighter. But I think Mayweather has played it safe by fighting Berto in this fight.
Brook (35-0-KO24) and his representative, Eddie Hearn, had been in discussions this summer over a potential clash with WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley once it was made clear a fight with Mayweather was off the table.
However, Sky Sports said talks over a bout with the American fell through, leaving the Brook camp free to schedule a fight with Argentine Diego Gabriel Chaves (23-2-1-KO19) on October 24 at Sheffield Arena.
http://www.boxingscene.com/kell-brook-mayweather-playing-it-safe-with-berto--95602
How dare he say something like this out of all people though?
Posted by: Ronnie Nathanielsz on 9/9/2015 .
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
IBF world welterweight champion Kell Brook has accused Floyd Mayweather of “playing it safe” by deciding to fight Andre Berto in what Mayweather insists will be his last fight.
Unbeaten Mayweather (48-0-KO26) is the heavy favorite to win in Las Vegas, with Berto (30-3-KO23) having been defeated three times in his last six fights.
By overcoming Berto as most people expect, Mayweather will equal former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano's record of 49-0 and establishing himself in the history books of boxing.
Sky Sports in London reported that Brook, who is yet to suffer a loss in his 35 professional fights and fellow Brit Amir Khan were among the candidates touted as potential opponents for Mayweather following his unanimous points decision victory over Manny Pacquiao last May 2 in a showdown billed as “The Fight of the Century.”
The 29-year-old Brook feels Mayweather has ducked the chance to truly test himself and settled for what he considers a "safe" fight against Berto.
Brook told Sky Sports News HQ "Like every top welterweight out there, I would love to share the ring with Floyd Mayweather," pointing out that he is the only fighter “with a genuine world title out there, so if I did win I would probably get the call. But Mayweather is fighting Andre Berto and he's hardly looked fantastic in his last few fights.”
Brook conceded that Berto “ has been world champion and credit to him he's still a good fighter. But I think Mayweather has played it safe by fighting Berto in this fight.
Brook (35-0-KO24) and his representative, Eddie Hearn, had been in discussions this summer over a potential clash with WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley once it was made clear a fight with Mayweather was off the table.
However, Sky Sports said talks over a bout with the American fell through, leaving the Brook camp free to schedule a fight with Argentine Diego Gabriel Chaves (23-2-1-KO19) on October 24 at Sheffield Arena.
http://www.boxingscene.com/kell-brook-mayweather-playing-it-safe-with-berto--95602
How dare he say something like this out of all people though?