Andre Berto lashes out at the media

[bradlee180]

What cost Berto some respect is when he as a welter beltholder pulled out of the Mosley fight about 2 weeks before it was scheduled to happen, citing the Haiti earthquake disaster except the Boxing media was all over the"step-aside money" story so that Floyd could box old man Mosley instead. Berto and Floyd both managed by haymon, and berto/mosley wasn't selling well. Even if there was no disaster, the Berto/Mosley fight still wasn't gonna happen. Blaming it on the tragedy and not acknowledging the money influence, hell, even downright saying there was no step-aside money at all, that cost him some respect.

[bradlee180]

Berto firing his long time Boxing coach a few months back obviously didn't pay off last Saturday night.
Has that Coach said anything in recent months about step-aside money?

Hey, it's good business to take step-aside money. Mike Tyson's people paid Lennox Lewis over a million dollars for Lennox to step aside and let Tyson fight someone else instead.
Are you kiddin', over a million dollars handed over free-and-clear for doing literally nothing except stepping aside, and knowing the fight can still happen a year or so down the line? Who wouldn't take it? But you have to be upfront about that sort of thing.