Thread: Why is Berto getting so much heat for holding?

I'm just curious why Berto gets so much heat for holding when I've seen Mayweather, Roy Jones, and especially Hopkins do it all the time in their fights. Even more recently Mosley against Mayorga and Margarito held quite a bit, especially against Antonio Margarito, why does Berto get so much more flack for it?

Originally Posted by Taeth

I'm just curious why Berto gets so much heat for holding when I've seen Mayweather, Roy Jones, and especially Hopkins do it all the time in their fights. Even more recently Mosley against Mayorga and Margarito held quite a bit, especially against Antonio Margarito, why does Berto get so much more flack for it?

it was actually a very clever and accomplished performance from andre above anything else.

At this level you cant expect berto to dominate guys in every area and if anything came out of this fight its that berto is quite capable of adapting to differing styles!

I think he's getting slack because people were expecting him to come out and take care of Urango pretty easily if not by KO without the holding. Thats my only guess.

because berto was the bigger and faster guy. what's the holding for.

Originally Posted by Wadeb_21

I think he's getting slack because people were expecting him to come out and take care of Urango pretty easily if not by KO without the holding. Thats my only guess.

Many people including myself were predicting a 50/50 contest with urangos power perhaps getting the better of bertos speed.

If you took away andres last 2-3 fights you would indeed believe that he would blow urango away. But the opinion of andre now is that he is a powerful, fast fighter but is still technically naive and will get found out at the highest level!

partly how much he did it, partly how he ended the fight by rushing in to hold Angulo in a loving manner, but its mostly cause it seemed so incredibly pointless, Urango is not a good fighter and Berto could have opened up on him (without taking silly risks) but instead he did just enough to get by. Urango is not Margarito, not Calzaghe, etc.

I'm trying to think of a fight where Floyd held that much and I can't do it. Maybe I'm just forgetting something.

Originally Posted by OumaFan

partly how much he did it, partly how he ended the fight by rushing in to hold Angulo in a loving manner, but its mostly cause it seemed so incredibly pointless, Urango is not a good fighter and Berto could have opened up on him (without taking silly risks) but instead he did just enough to get by. Urango is not Margarito, not Calzaghe, etc.

I'm trying to think of a fight where Floyd held that much and I can't do it. Maybe I'm just forgetting something.

no offence ouma but even you have to agree result comes before performance!

If berto was from anywhere else in the world and fighting his 20th(whatever it is) fight he`d be up against another bum from across the road.

In the US however you toss your guys in the deep end and hope the swim rather than sink which is why you produce the most champs.

Sure but you have to be at least moderately entertaining if you want to become a star, people might say Floyd's boring but look at some of his fights with relatively lesser guys at his earlier weights, he was pretty exciting.

And Urango was a step down, there to be taken for Berto.

And Berto has twenty five fights, and he's been spotlighted since around his tenth fight or so, he's not a baby. If anything a majority of fighters of his stature are usually farther along than him.

Anyway I'm not a fan of Berto but he's not a puss (not that really any fighters are), he had an exciting fight last time out where he maybe fought too much, maybe he just overcompensated this time.

Originally Posted by Taeth

I'm just curious why Berto gets so much heat for holding when I've seen Mayweather, Roy Jones, and especially Hopkins do it all the time in their fights. Even more recently Mosley against Mayorga and Margarito held quite a bit, especially against Antonio Margarito, why does Berto get so much more flack for it?

Hopkins gets heat for holding. It is one of the reasons I gave Calzaghe the win in their fight.

Holding is a tactic that makes sense to employ if the boxer is on shaky legs and at risk of being knocked down. However, it is very boring if used strategically like Hopkins uses it.

How are rounds scored again? What are the criteria?

Mosley/Margarito fight is a dumb comparison IMO, Margarito was the bigger man, and Mosley didn't hold for most of the fight, and with that said, Mosley banged out a TKO, Berto never even put a dent on Urango, say what you will but Berto's power is seriously overrated, his shots look big, but rarely hurt a REAL opponent seriously

Originally Posted by Taeth

I'm just curious why Berto gets so much heat for holding when I've seen Mayweather, Roy Jones, and especially Hopkins do it all the time in their fights. Even more recently Mosley against Mayorga and Margarito held quite a bit, especially against Antonio Margarito, why does Berto get so much more flack for it?

I try to judge each fight on the individual circumstances taking place.

Berto was wasting a chance to clobber Urango into submission. In my eyes that was a blatant case of someone not going for the jugular. I think Berto should of beaten Urango like Cotto beat Gomez.

I thought Berto did alright, in my eyes he got a shutout, and people aren't giving Urango's chin the credit it deserves, the guys never been dropped to the best of my knowledge, and I think Berto was just trying to avoid the kind of war he had with Collazo because Urango's power could hurt him. I think he's comin along at a nice rate, and I thought his performance was decent & not the borefest some are claimin

I think it wasn't so much the holding but the fact that the holding was implemented into his game strategy.

To me right now Berto is a Hatton level fighter judging how hes done against the comp that he has faced at the moment but still learning. Give him time he may not be the next Leonard or Jones but he while be elite and i think fight the top of his division just needs to work on some stuff needs a new trainer.

He held to spoil, he never tried to punch out of a clinch or set up a shot from one. It was dire.