Jan Zaveck vs. Andre Berto fight thread - on HBO tonight

**ruthless rocco** · 08-29-2011 09:00 PM

this is the first proper orthodox fighter berto will have fought since 2009...
i think this could be an upset...but it'll probably be a gift win for berto with zaveck getting robbed USA styles.

**Mars_ax** · 08-30-2011 02:31 AM

Originally Posted by ruthless rocco

this is the first proper orthodox fighter berto will have fought since 2009...
i think this could be an upset...but it'll probably be a gift win for berto with zaveck getting robbed USA styles.

Berto is still one of HBO's boys, so they'll be all over his nuts Saturday night, and hoping he wins another title. I agree that the likely outcome of this fight is Zaveck getting fucked on the scorecards, hopefully Zaveck will take the judges out of the equation.

**Rantcatrat** · 08-31-2011 04:47 PM

I believe this is an important fight for Berto because if he wins closely/controversely or if the fight isn't too fun to watch, HBO will go cold on him. After the loss against Ortiz, they picked Zaveck for a reason, but he's not a bad opponent for Berto coming off a loss. Zaveck is a solid fighter. I expect Berto to be too dynamic for him and to overwhelm him by knockout around the middle of the fight.