Berto is a huge underdog for Saturday’s showdown against the unbeaten Mayweather, who will match the 49-0 record of heavyweight Rocky Marciano if – as expected – he retains his welterweight world titles in Las Vegas. In his last six fights, he achieved a record of 3-3. That’s it. Everybody knows I’m not going to stand there and let you run around the ring all day. At the ripe old age of 21-years-old, Mayweather earned his first belt by overwhelming the previously once-beaten Hernandez for the WBC super featherweight championship.
Just when many nearly thought that the WBC/WBA welterweight undefeated champ will keep quiet this time, he decided to send pre-fight verbal punches to Berto during Showtime’s “All Access”.
But Berto says he will show the MGM Grand crowd – which will be fully behind him – which he is “a whole different man” compared to 2013, when he only narrowly lost to journeyman Jesus Soto Karass despite being injured early in the bout.
Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe looks on as Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Andre Berto face off during a press conference to announce the upcoming fight on September 12, 2015 at J.W. Marriott LA Live. Floyd Sr.is a defensive coach and he does not like to see his son Mayweather Jr. take needless punishment just so that he can entertain the boxing fans and try for a knockout.
Mayweather’s unanimous decision May 2 victory over Pacquiao in what proved to be the biggest moneymaking fight of all time was widely derided as “boring”. He couldn’t cruise. Floyd was tearing him up. “I’ve been pushed to the limit, and there’s nothing left to accomplish”.
Ignite the controversy with this top choice, but for years, Pacquiao was regarded as the only fighter of this generation on Mayweather’s level.
“Money” will be taking in eight cities in Great Britain before heading to France and Belgium in his post-career tour, which will see Mayweather appear in London, Manchester, Paris and Glasgow among others. Mayweather is Berto’s superior in nearly every category with the exception of power. We also get to see a bit more about Berto’s heritage, and his trip to Haiti in the aftermath of the bad natural disaster there, and how that impacted his personal and professional life.
“I think my health is more important”.
While the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight cost $100 to purchase the pay-per-view broadcast and generated approximately 4.4 million “buys”.
Pacquiao later claimed that he was not able to produce the action fight that he intended to a previously undisclosed shoulder injury – and injury that now, just four months later, has miraculously healed, according to Pacquiao who attributes his speedy recovery to “God’s work”.