Andre Berto vs Victor Ortiz April 16th

[2-0-Sixx]

Lou DiBella just confirmed Berto-Ortiz on April 16 will be at the MGM Foxwoods arena. Amir Khan/McClowsky on the same card (tape delayed).


Andre Berto
27-0 (21 KO's)
27 years old
5′ 8½″
orthodox
Winter Haven, Florida
Last Four Fights: Hernandez TKO 1, Carlos Quintana TKO 8, Juan Urango UD, Luis Collazo UD

VS


Victor Ortiz
28 (22 KO's) - 2 (1 KO) - 2 draws
24 years old
5′ 9″
southpaw
70″ reach
Oxnard, California
Last Four Fights: Lamont Peterson Draw, Vivian Harris KO 3, Nate Campbell UD, Hector Alatorre TKO 10

 

[dookie1]

@ 147?

 

[2-0-Sixx]

yeah at 147. Ortiz officially left 140 and will be at 147 for now on.

I meant to vote "Berto by decision"

 

[bigface]

Berto by KO. If Peterson had some punching power Ortiz would've gotten knocked out. Berto is going to hurt Ortiz.

 

[CHRISHOGGALYPSE]

I think they both play it cautious all night thought wouldn't be surprised to see them both hit the canvas. Ortiz will meet knockouts at 147. Not a good move for him. I think Berto can outbox Ortiz all night or force the action and back him up.

 

[T-Rip]

I think Berto will ko Ortiz but can see Ortiz outboxing Berto and getting the decision also

 

[EVERgREENRIDER]

I used to live 5 min. away from bertos gym. Cool story breh??

 

[Johnny Truelove]

damn good fight have to go with berto simply because i dont understand why ortiz would cover up his own last name with that ugly ass tattoo on his back.

 

[TrEmEnDo InDo]

This is an interesting fight. It seems that the result will really seal either guy's standing in the 140-147 pile.

I'm pulling for Ortiz

 

[Tony]

Ortiz is going to get knocked out. Once Berto hurts you, he goes in for the finish. He's a dangerous fighter that nobody in the 147 division wants to fight.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

that nobody in the 147 division wants to fight.

mostly that's because he over prices himself and demands crazy amounts of money when he only sells 550 tickets to his fights.

Take cotto for example. Cotto offered berto to fight him (instead of mayorga) and berto accepted, then demanded he gets 2 million dollars (in a 3 million dollar purse!)

Berto turned down to fight Mike Jones.

Berto turned down Mosley (the second time after the Haiti earthquake) because he didn't want to accept a 60-40 split and travel to California.

Berto turned down a rematch with Luis Collazo (actually it may have been HBO, but more likely Al Haymon).

Berto turned down Kermit Cintron.

So yeah, it simply isn't true that guys are avoiding him. The problem, and I don't really blame berto, the problem is with his manager Al Haymon and HBO for overpaying him. Berto got paid a $1 million dollars to fight a bum on the UNDERCARD of a Marquez fight, so of course he's going to only want a big pay increase to fight a guy like Cotto or Mosley. If HBO wasn't overpaying him so badly, he wouldn't have this problem and wouldn't overvalue his worth. When he can only sell 500 tickets in his home town, you got to really wonder what HBO is thinking.

BUT if he wins this fight impressively and even though ortiz is a 140 pounder, it's name recognition. Hopefully his popularity increases and that opens bigger doors for him

 

[bigface]

Berto just needs to keep on fighting and winning impressively and the big fights will come to him. Berto is getting better every time I see him fight, he's coming into his prime as a fighter.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

Something about Ortiz lately seems different, he seems like he has a big chip on his shoulder and that he's mad at the world. No more does he have that surfer talk lol duuuude bro! he just seems a bit angry:

 

[WYNO707X4]

Something about Ortiz lately seems different, he seems like he has a big chip on his shoulder and that he's mad at the world. No more does he have that surfer talk lol duuuude bro! he just seems a bit angry:

hes fucken weird.......i kinda already gave up on this kid.but i hope he beats berto

 

[2-0-Sixx]

he said he'll become a gatekeeper at 147 if he loses LOL. I guess he knows the deal and what this fight means to his career.

 

[ArGenTin3]

that draw with Peterson got to him imo. i also bet he is tired of reading/hearing/seeing people question his heart aswell.

 

[BOLO]

lol dude did come off as kind of a weirdo but what it really is probably is that he wants to keep up the intensity in order to mentally prepare for Berto. Berto bout to K this kid tho.

 

[2-0-Sixx]

 

[bgrumpyp]

Berto was supposed to be fighting bigger names, so for that I hope Ortiz drops him. Lets see if Ortiz shows heart on this fight!!!!

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Ortiz is a big name.
One of the biggest names with the least threat.
Not saying Ortiz isn't a threat because the kid can bang. He's just flat lined a bit....