Quote Originally Posted by liquid
Berto's a stud. That flash knockdown came as a result of him being overconfident and committing the sin of not being on his guard. He is quick, he is strong and the only time I saw leaky defense was against an opponent he knew couldn't hurt him and allowed him in just enough to take the guy out. He is still too green for the top ten. I say bring him along exactly like Cotto. The guy didn't crack the top ten of 147 until last year- even at 140 he didn't mix it up too much with the heavy hitters. Berto takes nowhere near the punishment Cotto does (though I think his chin may be on par), he's probably close in strength and he's faster. I say he takes a belt in mid 2009.
I'm with him.