Thread: Showtime Triple header: Berto, Matthysse and a guy named Broner

Seriously...Triple header! WAKE UP Might not be the most spectacular 'name' competition ( Showtime..please break this new trend ) but its boxing. We like boxing .

Andre Berto gets back to business taking on an expected to be real soft touch in Steve upsher Chambers 24-3-1 (6). Then again any man winless in three years and off two brutal wars and injury can assume nothing and take no one for granted.

Lucas Matthysse is fighting a bit of a mystery man in Roberto Ortiz. Ortiz is undefeated, does not know what losing is and oddly and quite silently has held a wbc trinket over 10 defenses That either says even less of the wbc than we already do or Ortiz might have a modicum of credibility. I fully expect this one to be one ugly-ish war...with point deducts...but the judges might just stay over at the Nickel slots because it has ko written on it.

Adrian Broner fights Emmanuel Taylor in a homecoming main event. Taylor is off a good win over Mayfield and a loss to Chris Algeiri in one where his hands often stayed in his pockets. I want to see Broner BOX on that backfoot instead of that wade in, shuck & jive bait shots in the wheel house. Show some growth man. This ring is the size of a one car garage though..the smallest allowed.. and he'll def play seek and destroy. Taylor isn't a total scrub but he should be undersized and badly out sped.

That's a lot of words. But hey, have a great weekend and hope for solid scraps .

yeah here is hoping to semi entertaining fights at least

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Seriously...Triple header! WAKE UP Might not be the most spectacular 'name' competition ( Showtime..please break this new trend ) but its boxing. We like boxing .

Andre Berto gets back to business taking on an expected to be real soft touch in Steve upsher Chambers 24-3-1 (6). Then again any man winless in three years and off two brutal wars and injury can assume nothing and take no one for granted.

Lucas Matthysse is fighting a bit of a mystery man in Roberto Ortiz. Ortiz is undefeated, does not know what losing is and oddly and quite silently has held a wbc trinket over 10 defenses That either says even less of the wbc than we already do or Ortiz might have a modicum of credibility. I fully expect this one to be one ugly-ish war...with point deducts...but the judges might just stay over at the Nickel slots because it has ko written on it.

Adrian Broner fights Emmanuel Taylor in a homecoming main event. Taylor is off a good win over Mayfield and a loss to Chris Algeiri in one where his hands often stayed in his pockets. I want to see Broner BOX on that backfoot instead of that wade in, shuck & jive bait shots in the wheel house. Show some growth man. This ring is the size of a one car garage though..the smallest allowed.. and he'll def play seek and destroy. Taylor isn't a total scrub but he should be undersized and badly out sped.

That's a lot of words. But hey, have a great weekend and hope for solid scraps .

Just the right amount of words, and I am hoping for some good fights.

and sadly i didnt end up in the arena for this due to friends being a bunch of dickwads and didnt feel like going solo

Upsher bothered Berto at the end there Tight tight 1st round

Wooow. Upsher rocked him and won when trading in second. Tight defense and came to win thus far. 1-1
2-1 Berto back on attack. Upsher didn't do much in 3rd, waiting waiting.
2-2 Even up again. Berto, again and still, is just way too easy to catch and his balance is bad. Frankly..he is where he was and think he'll stay there
3-2 Berto back up. Really looking for bombs, jab looks good when used. Soooo much burned energy though. Upsher needs to punch with him again
5-2 Berto . Upsher is going to kick himself in the hotel room later. When he throws...he lands and changes tide
5-3 Berto in so so 8th. Not a lot to pick from. Upshers corner tells him for lack of a better phrase..get your head of your ass, he cannot fight backing up.

Berto is done he cane be a gatekeeper for like top 15

Originally Posted by armin

Berto is done he cane be a gatekeeper for like top 15

See it same bud. He's in a war with an 8 round fighter, clipped, hectic and same flaws.

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Originally Posted by armin

Berto is done he cane be a gatekeeper for like top 15

See it same bud. He's in a war with an 8 round fighter, clipped, hectic and same flaws.

Never was a fan but back in the day when hbo fed him these gimies he made to sure to like a beast against those, now he cant even manage that against this level of competition, but have to say hes been in some fun fights and has a ton of heart

Ortiz dude looks close to 40

Originally Posted by armin

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Originally Posted by armin

Berto is done he cane be a gatekeeper for like top 15

See it same bud. He's in a war with an 8 round fighter, clipped, hectic and same flaws.

Never was a fan but back in the day when hbo fed him these gimies he made to sure to like a beast against those, now he cant even manage that against this level of competition, but have to say hes been in some fun fights and has a ton of heart

Tons of heart, no doubt. Always said he was rushed and 'learned' his mistakes...they became part of package. But all balls. Decent scrap

6-3 Berto up. Upsher better decide go for broke or keep worrying about the monthly rent.
Edit: Berto take the next largest payday and invest!

99-91 across the board. Berto classy and realistic in interview. Going to be a hard road ahead

I was impressed with Berto, both in his performance and attitude post fight. Seems like he's taken his losses to heart and is serious about making a come back.

I know he wasn't in there with a world beater, but he showed great mechanics in there. When you have a guy with his natural speed and athletic ability who utilizes the jab so effectively, you've got a hard night for anyone in the division. Virgil has done great work with him. Nice to see him setting up with the jab and also jabbing out of exchanges. Not amazing stuff, but not bad at all for a guy coming off two losses/layoff/injuries/ect.

I am actually excited for next weekend as I am not one of the ones that thinks that floyd made the first fight hard on purpose

wow 18-2 in favor for argentina thats pretty crazy