Berto Mosley Off?

[Myk_Myk]

I think a top fighter has to block out everything and focus on his career...and I mean everything.

Selfish, sure, but I think that kind of sacrifice and even heartlessness is what it takes to be elite.

Pacquiao was preparing for Cotto and they were hit by two typhoons, flooding, landslides, over 300 thousand people left homeless, disease outbreaks like cholera usually follow a disaster like that, and there were over 600 dead.

Actually, Manny going ahead with the Cotto fight brought positive feelings to the beleaguered people.
How is Berto pulling out going to do anybody any good?


Then again, this is boxing: a dirty, dirty sport where people in charge believe that everything in life takes a back seat to money.
Whole damn fight cancellation could actually be just a step-aside deal on the QT to make the Mosely/maywetaher fight happen instead.


I put nothing past the people who run boxing, no matter how underhanded or despicable.


That's a harsh assessment given what's being seen on the news everyday with the scope of the disaster and the unimaginable human suffering going on down there, but it is what it is.

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I think the difference with Berto is that he has lost family, and still has family in trouble there now.

I had wandered what would happen with this story. I had actually entertained the idea that it would really inspire him and give him a real edge.

I hope things work out for him. Good thing is he's young and still has many great things to aspire to.

[CFH]

I think a top fighter has to block out everything and focus on his career...and I mean everything.

Selfish, sure, but I think that kind of sacrifice and even heartlessness is what it takes to be elite.

Pacquiao was preparing for Cotto and they were hit by two typhoons, flooding, landslides, over 300 thousand people left homeless, disease outbreaks like cholera usually follow a disaster like that, and there were over 600 dead.

Actually, Manny going ahead with the Cotto fight brought positive feelings to the beleaguered people.
How is Berto pulling out going to do anybody any good?


Then again, this is boxing: a dirty, dirty sport where people in charge believe that everything in life takes a back seat to money.
Whole damn fight cancellation could actually be just a step-aside deal on the QT to make the Mosely/maywetaher fight happen instead.


I put nothing past the people who run boxing, no matter how underhanded or despicable.


That's a harsh assessment given what's being seen on the news everyday with the scope of the disaster and the unimaginable human suffering going on down there, but it is what it is.

.

I think the difference with Berto is that he has lost family, and still has family in trouble there now.

I had wandered what would happen with this story. I had actually entertained the idea that it would really inspire him and give him a real edge.

I hope things work out for him. Good thing is he's young and still has many great things to aspire to.

Exactly. Berto has lost family members and the survivors need his help. There are a great many things more important than boxing (or any other career) and Berto's family situation is one of them. He's doing a very selfless thing and he deserves to be commended for it.