Robert Guerrero vs. Andre Berto - Saturday night fight/chat thread

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Originally Posted by bzkfn

Thought WBC Interim titles were called Silver titles now? Have they switched back or do they have both Interim and Silver Champions? We need both. More titles = more clarity.

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They have Interim Silver titles now. Next year the WBA is starting an Interim Silver Emeritus belt.

Berto's has a legitimate beef here. If this was reffed with boxing rules, I think he would have won.

Yes Berto...the REF made you timid :rolleyes: They are still selling this guy...Bero sounds like a clown in interview...a durable one though

WTF is this shit, interviewing both guys at the same time, I don't like that crap.

I hate Al Haymon and his goofy looking kids.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

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Originally Posted by bzkfn

Thought WBC Interim titles were called Silver titles now? Have they switched back or do they have both Interim and Silver Champions? We need both. More titles = more clarity.

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They have Interim Silver titles now. Next year the WBA is starting an Interim Silver Emeritus belt.

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Good, they got my petition.

That was bullshit by max, and berto, fuckin both bero and robert fought dirty. bertos played the hold and punch game plenty himself in the past actin like he's all clean, both should have been ducked a point or two cause both were dirty but hbo still seems to have a ragin hardon for berto

Holy fuck. Another Bible touting madman.

Ah well, not a great night of boxing for me, but you win some, you lose some.

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

Yes Berto...the REF made you timid :rolleyes: They are still selling this guy...Bero sounds like a clown in interview...a durable one though

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Yup, Berto is HBO's boy and Guerrero is not, it was pretty obvious throughout the fight, and in the post fight interview, they gave Berto way too much equal air time.

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Originally Posted by CFH

Berto's has a legitimate beef here. If this was reffed with boxing rules, I think he would have won.

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Smoke less KB ;D.

Such a great fight. :fight:

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Originally Posted by CFH

I hate Al Haymon and his goofy looking kids.

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That's Sam Watson and Watson's goofy looking kids. Haymon's right hand man. If Berto had won tonight he'd almost certainly have got the next Mayweather gig.

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Originally Posted by Gandalf

Holy fuck. Another Bible touting madman.

Ah well, not a great night of boxing for me, but you win some, you lose some.

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I tend to overlook the Jesusfreak bullshit, I enjoyed the fight because Berto got his ass kicked, and Guerrero won, and kept his title

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

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Originally Posted by CFH

I hate Al Haymon and his goofy looking kids.

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That's Sam Watson and Watson's goofy looking kids. Haymon's right hand man. If Berto had won tonight he'd almost certainly have got the next Mayweather gig.

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Good to know.

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Originally Posted by Spicoli

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Originally Posted by CFH

Berto's has a legitimate beef here. If this was reffed with boxing rules, I think he would have won.

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Smoke less KB ;D.

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I don't know what KB is. That makes me feel old.

Guerrero is definitely a very skilled fighter (although we didn't see too much of that tonight.) And he's got an amazing chin. But what I don't get is how you can come up from lightweight to welterweight and be able to bully guys like Berto around without some help. You've basically got to assume that everybody at the top level in boxing is taking something until it's proved otherwise. Other than Donaire, who is the only top fighter to agree to year-round random testing I wouldn't put any money on any of these guys being clean.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Guerrero is definitely a very skilled fighter (although we didn't see too much of that tonight.) And he's got an amazing chin. But what I don't get is how you can come up from lightweight to welterweight and be able to bully guys like Berto around without some help. You've basically got to assume that everybody at the top level in boxing is taking something until it's proved otherwise. Other than Donaire, who is the only top fighter to agree to year-round random testing I wouldn't put any money on any of these guys being clean.

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Really couldn't agree with this more. The powers that be seem happy to turn a blind eye though. Hand out the occasional pointless punishment and carry on business as usual.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Guerrero is definitely a very skilled fighter (although we didn't see too much of that tonight.) And he's got an amazing chin. But what I don't get is how you can come up from lightweight to welterweight and be able to bully guys like Berto around without some help. You've basically got to assume that everybody at the top level in boxing is taking something until it's proved otherwise. Other than Donaire, who is the only top fighter to agree to year-round random testing I wouldn't put any money on any of these guys being clean.

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you're probably sadly right but got to remember berto got chicken legs so i dont imagine its thats hard to push him around if you're a full fledged welter which is what robert is now, i mean ortiz did it to and he had just moved up from 140...

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Originally Posted by armin

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Guerrero is definitely a very skilled fighter (although we didn't see too much of that tonight.) And he's got an amazing chin. But what I don't get is how you can come up from lightweight to welterweight and be able to bully guys like Berto around without some help. You've basically got to assume that everybody at the top level in boxing is taking something until it's proved otherwise. Other than Donaire, who is the only top fighter to agree to year-round random testing I wouldn't put any money on any of these guys being clean.

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you're probably sadly right but got to remember berto got chicken legs so i dont imagine its thats hard to push him around if you're a full fledged welter which is what robert is now, i mean ortiz did it to and he had just moved up from 140...

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Ortiz was 23 and a growing lad. Guerrero is 29 and all of a sudden he can jump two weight classes and dominate big welters.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

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Originally Posted by armin

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Guerrero is definitely a very skilled fighter (although we didn't see too much of that tonight.) And he's got an amazing chin. But what I don't get is how you can come up from lightweight to welterweight and be able to bully guys like Berto around without some help. You've basically got to assume that everybody at the top level in boxing is taking something until it's proved otherwise. Other than Donaire, who is the only top fighter to agree to year-round random testing I wouldn't put any money on any of these guys being clean.

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you're probably sadly right but got to remember berto got chicken legs so i dont imagine its thats hard to push him around if you're a full fledged welter which is what robert is now, i mean ortiz did it to and he had just moved up from 140...

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Ortiz was 23 and a growing lad. Guerrero is 29 and all of a sudden he can jump two weight classes and dominate big welters.

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Hey like I said you're probably sadly right and half or more of these guys are juicin, and sadly the last year or so has made it hard to believe otherwise with all the names that been caught. I was just stating tho that I don't think bertos lower body strength is all that great and so I could see a non juicin fighter moving up push him around. Wish they would install real drug testin with real consequences not ones were you can get out of punishment by claiming ya ate a tainted burito or some other stupid shit

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

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Originally Posted by armin

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Guerrero is definitely a very skilled fighter (although we didn't see too much of that tonight.) And he's got an amazing chin. But what I don't get is how you can come up from lightweight to welterweight and be able to bully guys like Berto around without some help. You've basically got to assume that everybody at the top level in boxing is taking something until it's proved otherwise. Other than Donaire, who is the only top fighter to agree to year-round random testing I wouldn't put any money on any of these guys being clean.

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you're probably sadly right but got to remember berto got chicken legs so i dont imagine its thats hard to push him around if you're a full fledged welter which is what robert is now, i mean ortiz did it to and he had just moved up from 140...

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Ortiz was 23 and a growing lad. Guerrero is 29 and all of a sudden he can jump two weight classes and dominate big welters.

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I could be wrong, but I doubt that Guerrero is using PEDs, yeah jumping up 2 weight classes and winning a title seems a bit odd, but not unheard of in boxing. No need to jump to conclusions, Robert looked like he had the frame to move up, when he was a lightweight.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Guerrero is definitely a very skilled fighter (although we didn't see too much of that tonight.) And he's got an amazing chin. But what I don't get is how you can come up from lightweight to welterweight and be able to bully guys like Berto around without some help. You've basically got to assume that everybody at the top level in boxing is taking something until it's proved otherwise. Other than Donaire, who is the only top fighter to agree to year-round random testing I wouldn't put any money on any of these guys being clean.

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Or maybe you have to assume Berto is now made to fight juice free, off first loss, a torn bicep and meeting a guy more capable of exploiting his obvious mistakes and far more skilled than a Ortiz ??? I think you are greatly selling Guerrero short with conspiracy theory and in a round about way, ala network..still selling a Berto.

This wasn't an easy fight to watch at times, but I liked the result. Berto is a tough/dangerous pug who will still be in the WW title picture after tonight, but this loss to Guerrero, the one to Ortiz and the PEDs issue have to lower his market value. HBO however, will continue to suck on Berto's hind tit. :-\

Berto refued VADA testing for this fight. VADA were the people who had caught him juicing. He accepted USADA testing. These are the people who have a seriously questionable relationship with Golden Boy -- the endless Morales tests until he managed to produce a negative result, dodgy dealings with Mayweather test results not being reported to authorities, the Peter Quillin-Winky Wright testing programme stopped without explanation after one random test, etc etc -- so I'm sure Berto could get away with taking PEDs for this fight.

I don't think Berto is a very skilled fighter, if he can't knock you out he's in trouble. He seemed to think he was Adrian Broner at the start of this fight. He's been carefully matched throughout his career and no question Guerrero is a more skilled fighter than Berto is. I can see Guerrero jabbing and moving and beating Berto on points, but to jump a stone in weight so late in his career and then to dominate and manhandle Berto like that I've got to say looks suspicious to me.

For people wondering where I got the mayweather/Winky/Morales stuff from I'd like to recommend these two articles on PEDs written by one of the top two or three boxing jounalists out the, Ali's biographer :

Max Boxing - Featured Articles - The PED Mess: Part One


Max Boxing - News - The PED Mess: Part Two

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Originally Posted by CFH

Maybe the worst overall reffing job I have ever seen.

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I don't know, both fighters made it tough for Lou Moret who usually isn't too bad of a ref. Fugly fight, but it had it's moments.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Berto refued VADA testing for this fight. VADA were the people who had caught him juicing. He accepted USADA testing. These are the people who have a seriously questionable relationship with Golden Boy -- the endless Morales tests until he managed to produce a negative result, dodgy dealings with Mayweather test results not being reported to authorities, the Peter Quillin-Winky Wright testing programme stopped without explanation after one random test, etc etc -- so I'm sure Berto could get away with taking PEDs for this fight.

I don't think Berto is a very skilled fighter, if he can't knock you out he's in trouble. He seemed to think he was Adrian Broner at the start of this fight. He's been carefully matched throughout his career and no question Guerrero is a more skilled fighter than Berto is. I can see Guerrero jabbing and moving and beating Berto on points, but to jump a stone in weight so late in his career and then to dominate and manhandle Berto like that I've got to say looks suspicious to me.

For people wondering where I got the mayweather/Winky/Morales stuff from I'd like to recommend these two articles on PEDs written by one of the top two or three boxing jounalists out the, Ali's biographer :

Max Boxing - Featured Articles - The PED Mess: Part One


Max Boxing - News - The PED Mess: Part Two

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Again tho berto's lower body strength is nothing to be marvelled at, and if I remember right robert wasn't manhandling and pushin aydin around in that fight.

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Originally Posted by armin

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

Berto refued VADA testing for this fight. VADA were the people who had caught him juicing. He accepted USADA testing. These are the people who have a seriously questionable relationship with Golden Boy -- the endless Morales tests until he managed to produce a negative result, dodgy dealings with Mayweather test results not being reported to authorities, the Peter Quillin-Winky Wright testing programme stopped without explanation after one random test, etc etc -- so I'm sure Berto could get away with taking PEDs for this fight.

I don't think Berto is a very skilled fighter, if he can't knock you out he's in trouble. He seemed to think he was Adrian Broner at the start of this fight. He's been carefully matched throughout his career and no question Guerrero is a more skilled fighter than Berto is. I can see Guerrero jabbing and moving and beating Berto on points, but to jump a stone in weight so late in his career and then to dominate and manhandle Berto like that I've got to say looks suspicious to me.

For people wondering where I got the mayweather/Winky/Morales stuff from I'd like to recommend these two articles on PEDs written by one of the top two or three boxing jounalists out the, Ali's biographer :

Max Boxing - Featured Articles - The PED Mess: Part One


Max Boxing - News - The PED Mess: Part Two

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Again tho berto's lower body strength is nothing to be marvelled at, and if I remember right robert wasn't manhandling and pushin aydin around in that fight.

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Guerrero just looked overall to be much stonger. He was mauling Berto with his arms, not his legs.

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Originally Posted by Mars_ax

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Originally Posted by CFH

Maybe the worst overall reffing job I have ever seen.

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I don't know, both fighters made it tough for Lou Moret who usually isn't too bad of a ref. Fugly fight, but it had it's moments.

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I thought he did a shit job and should have nipped that shit in the butt by takin points in round three or four, would let them be dirty, then randomly decide to warn for one foul but then not another just all over the place. Also the end of the 12th round don't know if robert was being that dirty that he kept fighting, I hope not and hope he just ain't hear the bell, but why the fuck it take the ref ten seconds to step in, hell he wasn't even the first to step in. Pretty shitty overall job imo

This is the refereeing that Hatton was hoping for in his fight with Mayweather.

Complete street fight. Entertaining though.

That ghost was anything but ethereal. Damn good fight!

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I loved that fight,a proper throw back fight,toe to toe battle,two warriors going at it.
The ref fucked up on the first knockdown,but i think he done well to let the fighters
hammer away at close range in fighting.Scores of the judges were a bit wide of
the mark but Guerrero deserved the decision.Hope to see a rematch,superb fight.

Very entertaining fight, but Guerrero made heavy weather of the fight, Berto could not miss him with them uppercuts. I have Guerrero winning by 3 rounds, worth a rematch no doubt they say boxing
is dying no were near it.;)

Had to bump for look back ;D. Miss those mash up HBO cards.