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"All it takes is that one punch" THE OFFICIAL FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS ANDRE BERTO THREAD
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Buster Douglas: Berto Win Won't Surpass My Tyson KO
Some experts are stating that if Andre Berto pulls out a victory on Saturday night, when he challenges Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the WBA/WBC welterweight titles at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas - it would rank as the biggest upset in boxing history.
One person disagrees with that viewpoint, and that man is former undisputed heavyweight champion James “Buster” Douglas, who pulled off what is widely regarded as the greatest upset in boxing history when he knocked out Mike Tyson in 1990 to capture the heavyweight crown.
Douglas was a 42-1 underdog when he entered the ring against Tyson. Berto opened up as a 50-1 underdog at certain sportsbooks in Las Vegas and as of Thursday he was listed at 32-1.
"I don't think it will surpass mine but it will be up there," Douglas said. "It would be close but like I said they're giving Berto a chance. I wasn't even given a chance. Even if the odds are what they are, I wasn't even on the books. But he possibly can. Anything is possible. Who am I to say he can't?"
Douglas gives Berto a shot, although he predicts Mayweather to win a twelve round unanimous decision.
"He definitely has a shot. He may just succeed in overcoming and he will definitely step up to the challenge. Berto is going to come and get it and he's going to try and give it his best," Douglas said. "I know he's a standup guy so that's what makes it so interesting. Looking from the outside in, I have to go with Floyd, because he's the top in the world, stays in terrific shape. I think it's a good fight but I think Floyd dominate late in the rounds and probably win by a decision."
Some experts are stating that if Andre Berto pulls out a victory on Saturday night, when he challenges Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the WBA/WBC welterweight titles at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas - it would rank as the biggest upset in boxing history.
One person disagrees with that viewpoint, and that man is former undisputed heavyweight champion James “Buster” Douglas, who pulled off what is widely regarded as the greatest upset in boxing history when he knocked out Mike Tyson in 1990 to capture the heavyweight crown.
Douglas was a 42-1 underdog when he entered the ring against Tyson. Berto opened up as a 50-1 underdog at certain sportsbooks in Las Vegas and as of Thursday he was listed at 32-1.
"I don't think it will surpass mine but it will be up there," Douglas said. "It would be close but like I said they're giving Berto a chance. I wasn't even given a chance. Even if the odds are what they are, I wasn't even on the books. But he possibly can. Anything is possible. Who am I to say he can't?"
Douglas gives Berto a shot, although he predicts Mayweather to win a twelve round unanimous decision.
"He definitely has a shot. He may just succeed in overcoming and he will definitely step up to the challenge. Berto is going to come and get it and he's going to try and give it his best," Douglas said. "I know he's a standup guy so that's what makes it so interesting. Looking from the outside in, I have to go with Floyd, because he's the top in the world, stays in terrific shape. I think it's a good fight but I think Floyd dominate late in the rounds and probably win by a decision."
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Berto says history with Mayweather led to their showdown
Andreas Hale
September 9, 2015
Photo by Naoki Fukuda
LAS VEGAS – Andre Berto seems to know something that we don’t.
Specifically, why he was selected as Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s last opponent.
When the Haitian-American fighter spoke to the media after his arrival at the MGM Grand Hotel for his showdown against Mayweather on Saturday, Berto (30-3, 23 knockouts) began to allude to something a little bit more personal regarding Mayweather’s rationale for picking Berto, who has been criticized for not being a viable opponent.
“Why don’t you guys ask him why he chose me,” Berto responded with an accusatory tone during a private session with the media at the MGM’s VIP room. “It’s always been something… I have a few ideas.”
Perhaps sick and tired of the inquiries and criticism, Berto began to open up about his history with Mayweather. Although many are aware that there has been a relationship between the two dating back several years, nobody is quite sure the extent of it and if it played any role in Berto getting the nod over fighters perceived to be more qualified including Amir Khan.
“After I won the National Golden Gloves (in the early 2000s) he took me out to dinner and told be I was the next guy up,” Berto said of his early meetings with Mayweather while showing old pictures of the two that are clearly a decade old.
“He always showed me love.”
But Berto believes that Mayweather (48-0, 26 knockouts) always saw him as a threat and attempted to keep him close to monitor his movements.
“I think he’s always had a certain type of idea about me,” Berto continued. “But he was never my type of guy. I show respect where respect is due but I got into this game to take the No. 1 spot and that’s where he is.”
Berto says that he and Mayweather share a few friends, specifically those of the opposite sex, and was alerted by people in Mayweather’s inner circle shortly after the Manny Pacquiao fight that he would be next.
“I’m tied into this certain type of circle,” the former two-time world champion explained.
“I was already informed (that I might be next) after the Pacquiao fight. I have guys that I know who had came back from Floyd’s house that said he wanted me next. So I already knew. Before that fight when I tore my shoulder I had some visitors come to see me at the hospital and they kind of gave me the inside on what was happening.”
Berto was reluctant to offer any specific details regarding these relationships but was steadfast that there is something deeper at work aside from Berto being an exciting fighter.
“I don’t know what’s going through his head,” Berto shrugged off. “We know a lot of the same people so it must be something. (The media doesn’t) think I deserve this fight so he must be trying to beat me up for a reason. Every other fighter makes sense but before he leaves he wants to fight me.”
Berto says history with Mayweather led to their showdown - Ring TV
Andreas Hale
September 9, 2015
Photo by Naoki Fukuda
LAS VEGAS – Andre Berto seems to know something that we don’t.
Specifically, why he was selected as Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s last opponent.
When the Haitian-American fighter spoke to the media after his arrival at the MGM Grand Hotel for his showdown against Mayweather on Saturday, Berto (30-3, 23 knockouts) began to allude to something a little bit more personal regarding Mayweather’s rationale for picking Berto, who has been criticized for not being a viable opponent.
“Why don’t you guys ask him why he chose me,” Berto responded with an accusatory tone during a private session with the media at the MGM’s VIP room. “It’s always been something… I have a few ideas.”
Perhaps sick and tired of the inquiries and criticism, Berto began to open up about his history with Mayweather. Although many are aware that there has been a relationship between the two dating back several years, nobody is quite sure the extent of it and if it played any role in Berto getting the nod over fighters perceived to be more qualified including Amir Khan.
“After I won the National Golden Gloves (in the early 2000s) he took me out to dinner and told be I was the next guy up,” Berto said of his early meetings with Mayweather while showing old pictures of the two that are clearly a decade old.
“He always showed me love.”
But Berto believes that Mayweather (48-0, 26 knockouts) always saw him as a threat and attempted to keep him close to monitor his movements.
“I think he’s always had a certain type of idea about me,” Berto continued. “But he was never my type of guy. I show respect where respect is due but I got into this game to take the No. 1 spot and that’s where he is.”
Berto says that he and Mayweather share a few friends, specifically those of the opposite sex, and was alerted by people in Mayweather’s inner circle shortly after the Manny Pacquiao fight that he would be next.
“I’m tied into this certain type of circle,” the former two-time world champion explained.
“I was already informed (that I might be next) after the Pacquiao fight. I have guys that I know who had came back from Floyd’s house that said he wanted me next. So I already knew. Before that fight when I tore my shoulder I had some visitors come to see me at the hospital and they kind of gave me the inside on what was happening.”
Berto was reluctant to offer any specific details regarding these relationships but was steadfast that there is something deeper at work aside from Berto being an exciting fighter.
“I don’t know what’s going through his head,” Berto shrugged off. “We know a lot of the same people so it must be something. (The media doesn’t) think I deserve this fight so he must be trying to beat me up for a reason. Every other fighter makes sense but before he leaves he wants to fight me.”
Berto says history with Mayweather led to their showdown - Ring TV
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I'm not reading all that bruhPac had 2 things going for him besides the obvious 6 year buildup for his fight with floyd: he was a champion and actually beat a ranked welterweight and took his zero. things that happened after he got ko'ed by JMM
Maidana going into his fights with floyd knocked off a champion and took his zero. Nobody said shyt about the fight being made because he earned it, but like you said it was a question mark on how the fight would play out
Berto since he got ko'ed by Jesus Soto Karass ()..struggled with a bum who actually hurt him and then had to score a come behind KO against a pretty shopworn Josesito Lopez, who pretty much was able to hit him at will..you think that that earns him a Floyd fight?
Floyd himself said he was looking for an easy fight..his words...and threw out berto and karim mayfield...berto was the name he picked and had the most notoriety (due to his failures)...and worse he even put this on a PPV for 75 bucks...but race is the main reason why no one supports or gives a shyt about this fight?
The only people who care about this are Haitians, berto stans, and floyd stans and even among most of the Floyd stans, this fight isstatus to them..most didnt even know Floyd was even fighting lol
floyd had other choices if we want to play the "who should floyd fight?" game - we have kell brook, we have keith thurman, and we have shawn porter..if he fought one of these and it wasn't selling you can prolly use race as an argument...but these are black fighters currently more deserving than andre berto..but floyd wanted an easy fight..fine he can do that but he and ellerbe can't go ahead and spin this into something of a challenge for him..it doesn't work that way
Who was he supposed to fight?
Shawn Porter who couldn't even beat Kell Brook? Kell Brook would've been good but is not a popular name same as Thurman.
Despite losing to Ortiz and Guerrero Berto has worked hard came back from injuries and is a title holder. Soto Karass only one because dude fought him with one arm
And regardless of Floyd said this was a "easy" fight, all I said Is that I liked how Berto was approaching the fight.
Ishe Erupts at Presser: Shreds De La Hoya, Rips Media
Perhaps there hasn’t been a lot of buzz heading into this weekend’s World welterweight championship clash between Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto, but recent events suddenly has everyone talking during Fight Week.
The Showtime Pay-Per-View event airs live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (Saturday, SRP $64.95/74.95 HD). The main event fighters took center stage during Wednesday’s press conference, which was held barely hours after a major story broke regarding Mayweather’s alleged improper use of an IV mix prior to the historic May 2 win over Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather has since spoken out—via statement released through his publicist—on the issue, but was otherwise largely ignored during Thursday’s press conference dedicated to the undercard fighters. The media—which has largely scorned this weekend’s event given the perceived mismatch in the headliner and the asking price that comes with viewing the event—has jumped all over the story, suddenly making this weekend’s show something worth talking about, or so it seems.
Such behavior is typical of the media, at least in the eyes of the members of Mayweather Promotions. Included among that mindset is former super welterweight champion, Las Vegas’ own Ishe Smith, who didn’t hold back on his thoughts regarding how the game is covered today.
“I’m gonna say some things and at the end you probably won’t like it, but here it goes,” Smith warned the room during his time at the mic at Thursday’s press conference, barely mentioning this weekend’s croosraods bout with Vanes Martirosyan, which airs on Showtime’s “freeview” preceding the PPV telecast. “The media, I do appreciate you guys. But I feel like some of you are leeches. You leech onto the fighters and suck whatever life we have out of us. Then you’re done with us.
“In the few years that Mayweather Promotions has been around, Floyd has made three world champions in… what, 2 ½-3 years. On the other side you have someone who’s admittedly cheated on his wife, done drugs, wear fishnets and now he’s the savior. He’s here to save the sport.”
The “someone” to which Smith refers is Oscar de la Hoya, the Hall-of-Fame fighter and founder/CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. de la Hoya’s company has taken the lead for several of Mayweather’s events in recent years, including their own head-to-head clash in May ’07, which Mayweather won by decision in what served at the time as the most lucrative event in boxing history.
It was also the fight that helped Mayweather advance from an incredible boxing talent to the sport’s biggest star. His level of self-confidence (including his personal belief that he’s the greatest fighter of all time) and willingness to play the villain in any given promotion has obviously rubbed many the wrong way.
While his team expects fans of other fighters to judge him on such behavior, the belief is that too many in the media have chosen a side rather than objectively report the facts in regards to his career as well as those in his inner circle.
“Media guys report on the sport, but you can be fans in the way you act,” Smith continued. “You have to make a decision, whether you’re just going to be a fan and just sh*t on the sport, or if you’re going to be a reporter and write the facts.
“Everyone used to sh*t on Al Haymon, saying he’s ruining the sport. Then PBC comes on, now it’s this and that, although he still has people sh*ting on him. PBC is on almost every week. They’re putting on fantastic fights. He don’t want the “appraisement”, he’s doing wonderful things for the same.”
Smith made headlines for the right reasons when he became the first ever fighter from Las Vegas to claim a world title. The feat came in Feb. ’13, topping Cornelius Bundrage on the road in Detroit to win the super middleweight title.
“When I fought K9 I knew I had to win. Nobody gave me a chance. I had just met my fiancée at the time, and we were trying to raise five kids. There was a lot of pressure on me, I had to win. Vanes is a good fighter, but it’s not even about that. I gotta win.”
Prior to that, Smith had been largely ignored by the media, known simply as a durable gatekeeper who had won some, and lost several before making history for the boxing capital of the world that is his hometown. Whether the good he’s done, or the bad that has been done to him, Smith struggled to arouse interest in an industry that—he believes—seems to thrive on sensationalism and controversy.
“37 years alive, I’ve never been arrested for anything. I’m more proud of that than I am of being the first world champion from Las Vegas,” Smith continued. “I don’t make the news for the stuff I do. I don’t want praise or applause for the things I do.
“I’m in court with my ex-wife. She’s abusing my older son. I have temporary custody of him. That won’t make the news. I fought Randall Bailey, I made $11,000 for that fight. By the time I got my check, it was $3,000. That’s the sh*t that don’t get reported. I fought one of the hardest punchers in the game, went 12 rounds and I made $3,000.
Smith continued: “I was born without a father. He wasn’t even man enough to stick around to raise me. That ain’t ever been talked about. Instead, you’re gonna keep talking about an IV that athletes get all the time. Floyd’s done something that’s not been done before and now he’s about to match Rocky Marciano (the former heavyweight champ who retired at 49-0; Mayweather is currently 48-0 and has insisted Saturday will be the final fight of his illustrious career). You all want the bad s*t.
“I ain’t ever gonna gve you nothing bad. If you ain’t gonna report on anything good, then don’t ever report on me.”
Perhaps there hasn’t been a lot of buzz heading into this weekend’s World welterweight championship clash between Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto, but recent events suddenly has everyone talking during Fight Week.
The Showtime Pay-Per-View event airs live from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (Saturday, SRP $64.95/74.95 HD). The main event fighters took center stage during Wednesday’s press conference, which was held barely hours after a major story broke regarding Mayweather’s alleged improper use of an IV mix prior to the historic May 2 win over Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather has since spoken out—via statement released through his publicist—on the issue, but was otherwise largely ignored during Thursday’s press conference dedicated to the undercard fighters. The media—which has largely scorned this weekend’s event given the perceived mismatch in the headliner and the asking price that comes with viewing the event—has jumped all over the story, suddenly making this weekend’s show something worth talking about, or so it seems.
Such behavior is typical of the media, at least in the eyes of the members of Mayweather Promotions. Included among that mindset is former super welterweight champion, Las Vegas’ own Ishe Smith, who didn’t hold back on his thoughts regarding how the game is covered today.
“I’m gonna say some things and at the end you probably won’t like it, but here it goes,” Smith warned the room during his time at the mic at Thursday’s press conference, barely mentioning this weekend’s croosraods bout with Vanes Martirosyan, which airs on Showtime’s “freeview” preceding the PPV telecast. “The media, I do appreciate you guys. But I feel like some of you are leeches. You leech onto the fighters and suck whatever life we have out of us. Then you’re done with us.
“In the few years that Mayweather Promotions has been around, Floyd has made three world champions in… what, 2 ½-3 years. On the other side you have someone who’s admittedly cheated on his wife, done drugs, wear fishnets and now he’s the savior. He’s here to save the sport.”
The “someone” to which Smith refers is Oscar de la Hoya, the Hall-of-Fame fighter and founder/CEO of Golden Boy Promotions. de la Hoya’s company has taken the lead for several of Mayweather’s events in recent years, including their own head-to-head clash in May ’07, which Mayweather won by decision in what served at the time as the most lucrative event in boxing history.
It was also the fight that helped Mayweather advance from an incredible boxing talent to the sport’s biggest star. His level of self-confidence (including his personal belief that he’s the greatest fighter of all time) and willingness to play the villain in any given promotion has obviously rubbed many the wrong way.
While his team expects fans of other fighters to judge him on such behavior, the belief is that too many in the media have chosen a side rather than objectively report the facts in regards to his career as well as those in his inner circle.
“Media guys report on the sport, but you can be fans in the way you act,” Smith continued. “You have to make a decision, whether you’re just going to be a fan and just sh*t on the sport, or if you’re going to be a reporter and write the facts.
“Everyone used to sh*t on Al Haymon, saying he’s ruining the sport. Then PBC comes on, now it’s this and that, although he still has people sh*ting on him. PBC is on almost every week. They’re putting on fantastic fights. He don’t want the “appraisement”, he’s doing wonderful things for the same.”
Smith made headlines for the right reasons when he became the first ever fighter from Las Vegas to claim a world title. The feat came in Feb. ’13, topping Cornelius Bundrage on the road in Detroit to win the super middleweight title.
“When I fought K9 I knew I had to win. Nobody gave me a chance. I had just met my fiancée at the time, and we were trying to raise five kids. There was a lot of pressure on me, I had to win. Vanes is a good fighter, but it’s not even about that. I gotta win.”
Prior to that, Smith had been largely ignored by the media, known simply as a durable gatekeeper who had won some, and lost several before making history for the boxing capital of the world that is his hometown. Whether the good he’s done, or the bad that has been done to him, Smith struggled to arouse interest in an industry that—he believes—seems to thrive on sensationalism and controversy.
“37 years alive, I’ve never been arrested for anything. I’m more proud of that than I am of being the first world champion from Las Vegas,” Smith continued. “I don’t make the news for the stuff I do. I don’t want praise or applause for the things I do.
“I’m in court with my ex-wife. She’s abusing my older son. I have temporary custody of him. That won’t make the news. I fought Randall Bailey, I made $11,000 for that fight. By the time I got my check, it was $3,000. That’s the sh*t that don’t get reported. I fought one of the hardest punchers in the game, went 12 rounds and I made $3,000.
Smith continued: “I was born without a father. He wasn’t even man enough to stick around to raise me. That ain’t ever been talked about. Instead, you’re gonna keep talking about an IV that athletes get all the time. Floyd’s done something that’s not been done before and now he’s about to match Rocky Marciano (the former heavyweight champ who retired at 49-0; Mayweather is currently 48-0 and has insisted Saturday will be the final fight of his illustrious career). You all want the bad s*t.
“I ain’t ever gonna gve you nothing bad. If you ain’t gonna report on anything good, then don’t ever report on me.”
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That nikka need a sneakers bar. He probably hungry for having to make weight.
Real shyt though... He's right. Media is full of shyt. Just hate it came from his fagget ass lips.
There was so much flip-flopping counter-intuitive shyt in that mess of word salad Ishe spit out but the bottom line is that no one ever reports on Ishe Smith good/bad/or indifferent because Ishe Smith is irrelevant.
I worry about his mental state
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Why they don't like Floyd sr I'm watching the press conference Anf he just did a poem 