I didn't think it was a KD, I thought it was behind the ear which as far as I'm concerned is back of the head. However, some of the punches to the back of the head were Berto's fault, but on the same token Quintana deserved to lose the point because he'd been warned twice for it & then threw a petty punch to the back of his head when the ref had told them to break.
As far as the whining, it was annoying, but they were both at it. Kimmons was favouring Berto a bit, but I don't think it was as bad as people are making out. He certainly gave Quintana every opportunity before the stoppage. I think we will see an improvement from Berto from here on out, he had almost a year of ring rust to get rid of, as well as a bicep injury, hence why he stopped throwing the left hook over Quintana's jab which was working well in the 3rd. He looked a much better fighter once he relaxed after the 6th round. Those rounds demonstrated a substantial improvement in technique from the Urango & Collazo fights.
He's actually lucky that he'll be locked out of the upper WW picture for the next year or so. Mayweather, Mosley & Pacquiao will all be fighting each other. I can't see Arum putting Pac in with Berto when he's got a financially more attractive option in Margarito, whilst Mayweather & Mosley will either be fighting each other twice or the winner faces Pacquiao. I think a fight with Clottey, Cotto or the Collazo/Aydin winner would be a good option.


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