Ross Greenberg - "Andre Berto Will Have a Big Fight in '11, Or He Won't Be on HBO"

[Bastian Loc]

Greenburg should have been saying this after the Collazo fight. This chump's been milking this **** for way too long.


Berto's first big fight is his last, he knows it, Dibella knows it and Hymen knows it.

[dj Ramos]

why does hbo pay berto? he sucks, garbage, a pus*y faqqot.

[ThePrince]

i hear this same song and dance every year then i turn on hbo and get andre berto-freddy hernandez or zab judah-mattyse main event.

True.

But Greenburg seems to be genuinely interested in getting Boxing back into the mainstream because that would benefit his outfit obviously with ratings and such. He wanted Pac-Floyd to be the springboard for that, but you know that story.

Hopefully this isn't just blowing smoke and they're serious about getting the big fights put together. Berto-Mosley makes sense since it would draw viewers and it would be worth the investment. Of course Cotto, but he's been promised to Chavez and there's always the possibility of a Margarito rematch which would be huge. Berto-Clottey would actually be a good matchup despite Josh's last performance, he was just completely out of his league. Clottey's been in some good fights against top competition (Margarito, Cotto, Judah, Corrales, etc).

[dj Ramos]

True.

But Greenburg seems to be genuinely interested in getting Boxing back into the mainstream because that would benefit his outfit obviously with ratings and such. He wanted Pac-Floyd to be the springboard for that, but you know that story.

Hopefully this isn't just blowing smoke and they're serious about getting the big fights put together. Berto-Mosley makes sense since it would draw viewers and it would be worth the investment. Of course Cotto, but he's been promised to Chavez and there's always the possibility of a Margarito rematch which would be huge. Berto-Clottey would actually be a good matchup despite Josh's last performance, he was just completely out of his league. Clottey's been in some good fights against top competition (Margarito, Cotto, Judah, Corrales, etc).

just stop..........

[ThePrince]

just stop..........

You don't think Mosley-Berto would draw in viewers?

[jrosales13]

Greenburg should have been saying this after the Collazo fight. This chump's been milking this **** for way too long.


Berto's first big fight is his last, he knows it, Dibella knows it and Hymen knows it.

Greenburg should have been saying this after Berto fought the Mexican cop(who got fired for taking the fight) for the vacant title.

[Pullcounter]

You don't think Mosley-Berto would draw in viewers?

berto needs to give mosley the lion's share to make this fight happen. I don't see it.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Wait, he hasn't stepped up? O.o

[cleaner147]

The mandatory defenses were discussed at the WBC Convention:

Welterweight
Champion: Andre Berto
Mandatory Challenger: Selcuk Aydin

just strip him already

[Gonzalez_Boxing]

I think even though HBO is putting the hammer down on Berto, people should really get the idea of a Cotto-Berto fight out of their heads because it's not gonna happen. Berto is not a draw and a win over him does nothing for Cotto. Berto needs to man up and give Mike Jones his shot and Arum should push for that fight instead if he's smart since he promotes Jones.

The way it could have and should have went down. From the HBO and the State of Boxing article.


“Golden Boy gets advance notice of HBO’s strategic planning,” complains one promoter.

“Richard Schaefer tells managers and fighters about dates that the rest of us aren’t even aware of,” says another.

A refrain that rival promoters say they often hear from Davis is, “We don’t have any open dates. Why don’t you talk with Golden Boy.”

There was no room at the inn for Zab Judah until Kathy Duva of Main Events (Judah’s promoter) went to Richard Schaefer. HBO then agreed to televise Judah vs. Lucas Matthysse from the Prudential Center in Newark on November 6th, but insisted that it be paired with Robert Guerrero against Vincente Escobar. Matthysse, Guerrero, and Escobar are all Golden Boy fighters.

“Look at the undercard for Judah-Matthysse,” Duva says. “I wanted to work with Russell Peltz and put Mike Jones in the co-feature against another top welterweight. Mike is from Philadelphia. He’s undefeated and has a big fan following. It would have given him a foothold in the Prudential Center and established him as a future opponent for Andre Berto. But Golden Boy had the date; so instead, we’re stuck with two Mexican-Americans from California fighting in New Jersey in the first TV fight of the night. They’ll sell no tickets and the crowd won’t care.”