The Power of the Press

[TitoFan]

jumping on a gay bandwagon

Let's leave personal fantasies out of it.

That doesn't make any sense at all, him being the next great thing means he has more potential than the champions do right now, or that their are already considered great, and he is the next generation of that.

Also to hate Berto because of his hype IMO is jumping on a gay bandwagon, he is incredibly fast, he hits hard, he actually comes to fight, he is getting hard to hit, and he's an extremely nice guy who doesn't run off at the mouth.

My point here is that:

1. ESPN hardly ever writes about boxing. Then, when it does, it blatantly ignores young up-and-coming fighters with much better records (read: quality of opposition), and conveniently picks out the next U.S.-born and bred hope.

2. Well... that's pretty much it.

BTW, I don't HATE Berto. I don't even know him. I just want him to lose, is all.

Well, the bolded part is pretty understandable considering their target audience.

Yes it IS understandable. But it goes along with my point. Boxing's long been an international sport. And some of its biggest stars are foreign-born (Hispanic, European, Asian, etc.). But because the U.S. is where all boxers aspire to fight (ie: Las Vegas, Atlantic City, MSG)... and the boxing rankings are basically controlled by the U.S. press... U.S. born and bred up-and-coming young stars are given a huge head start in terms of recognition.

Sometimes, I don't begrudge this (ie: Pavlik is a recent example). But who the hell has Berto fought yet? Of the young, known fighters, probably only JCC Jr. has had a softer slate of opponents.

Hey, Berto may yet become champion and beat the Margaritos and Cottos of the world. But until then, he's just another prospect. Along with a bunch of other prospects from a bunch of other countries.