QUOTE (BGrif21125 @ Apr 13 2010, 08:23 AM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=2895490
I got around to watching the Berto fight last night.
I thought it was pretty similar to most Berto fights. He has obvious physical gifts, but just isn't a very refined boxer overall.
I agreed with Merchant's comment that Berto wasn't giving Floyd or Manny anything to worry about, but hey, I'm not sure that's really even much of a criticism. Those 2 guys are so far above everyone else that they have almost no reason to be worried about anyone. I think Mosley might be the only guy who can even win individual rounds against Floyd and/or Manny.
FYI... Real Sports on HBO is doing an entire episode tonight about the deaths of Gatti, Forrest and Arguello. Should be worth checking out.
I thought it was a good win over a solid guy. Quinatana may be a notch down from Collazo, but he's certainly one of the two best opponents Berto has ever fought.
But you're right, it didn't change my view of Berto as a talented fighter whose flaws and basic one-dimensionality keep him just below the true elite level. I think his day will come in a couple of years when the Floyd-Manny-Mosley era is over. He won't be as good as any of those guys ever were, but with them gone he'll probably be good enough to rule the division.
Love to see a fight between Berto and Paul Williams, if PWill ever fights at 147 again.
I got around to watching the Berto fight last night.
I thought it was pretty similar to most Berto fights. He has obvious physical gifts, but just isn't a very refined boxer overall.
I agreed with Merchant's comment that Berto wasn't giving Floyd or Manny anything to worry about, but hey, I'm not sure that's really even much of a criticism. Those 2 guys are so far above everyone else that they have almost no reason to be worried about anyone. I think Mosley might be the only guy who can even win individual rounds against Floyd and/or Manny.
FYI... Real Sports on HBO is doing an entire episode tonight about the deaths of Gatti, Forrest and Arguello. Should be worth checking out.
I thought it was a good win over a solid guy. Quinatana may be a notch down from Collazo, but he's certainly one of the two best opponents Berto has ever fought.
But you're right, it didn't change my view of Berto as a talented fighter whose flaws and basic one-dimensionality keep him just below the true elite level. I think his day will come in a couple of years when the Floyd-Manny-Mosley era is over. He won't be as good as any of those guys ever were, but with them gone he'll probably be good enough to rule the division.
Love to see a fight between Berto and Paul Williams, if PWill ever fights at 147 again.