If you always thought he was a bum, you're nuts.

People flock to guys like Berto because they have the physical tools to be truly great. There have been THOUSANDS of guys who have had tremendous boxing skill/knowledge, but they didn't have the physical tools (whether that was athleticism, the ability to take a punch, ect).

So when you see a guy like Andre with the kind of speed and power to do great things, you can't blame people for being optomistic about him.

Obviously he's turned into quite a flop.