HBO April 16th: Khan vs TBA & Berto vs Ortiz?

Berto-Ortiz Would Share HBO Bill With Khan

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said he had just gotten off the phone with Lou DiBella, promoter for welterweight champion Andre Berto. Schaefer and DiBella are in talks for a fight between Berto and Victor Ortiz that would also take place April 16.

"We met with Victor and he is interested in that fight," Schaefer said of Ortiz, a junior welterweight whose highest weight for a fight has been 144 pounds; welterweight is 147. "Amir would be fighting in the U.K. on April 16 and then HBO would take the delay of that fight and pair it up with the live fight with Berto and Victor."

Schaefer said no site has been agreed upon, but that DiBella is hopeful of it taking place somewhere on the West Coast.

Although Andre Berto is consistently linked to fights that never come close to happening–or that he rejects outright for reasons only The Great Carnacki can understand–a proposed bout with Victor Ortiz almost makes sense, or for what passes as sense in boxing these days. Boxing happenings, like poker, are often situational. If you remove the fact that Berto is the most overpaid fighter in the history of boxing, and the fact that he is facing another junior welterweight, and the fact that no one wants to see him fight in the first place, and the fact that he has yet to make a mandatory defense of the paper title he won by thrashing a policeman over two years ago, and the fact he has sidestepped several other bouts recently, then this is not a bad matchup at all.

Ever since Marcos Maidana brought out the Crackleware in him, Ortiz, who had the phrase “Discretion is the Better Part of Valor” tattooed on his bicep in the summer of 2009, has been flitting around rings with a spooked look in his eye. Even so, this promises to be an interesting bout. Both fighters have the kind of flabbergasting tics that make you wonder how they have gotten as far as they have in the professional ranks. Ortiz likes to play trampoline artist on the perimeter, bouncing to and fro for minutes on end with nary a purpose in sight; Berto loves to stick his left arm out and make little circles in the air with it like a man washing a window shield. Neither man can fight on the inside, but Ortiz is a southpaw with some crack at 140 pounds, and Berto was previously rocked by two other portsiders, Luis Collazo and faded Carlos Quintana. So perhaps this fight will be one of the few matchups in boxing with an element of surprise attached to it.

gomez1012 wrote:I really enjoyed this writer's take on it

Although Andre Berto is consistently linked to fights that never come close to happening–or that he rejects outright for reasons only The Great Carnacki can understand–a proposed bout with Victor Ortiz almost makes sense, or for what passes as sense in boxing these days. Boxing happenings, like poker, are often situational. If you remove the fact that Berto is the most overpaid fighter in the history of boxing, and the fact that he is facing another junior welterweight, and the fact that no one wants to see him fight in the first place, and the fact that he has yet to make a mandatory defense of the paper title he won by thrashing a policeman over two years ago, and the fact he has sidestepped several other bouts recently, then this is not a bad matchup at all.

Ever since Marcos Maidana brought out the Crackleware in him, Ortiz, who had the phrase “Discretion is the Better Part of Valor” tattooed on his bicep in the summer of 2009, has been flitting around rings with a spooked look in his eye. Even so, this promises to be an interesting bout. Both fighters have the kind of flabbergasting tics that make you wonder how they have gotten as far as they have in the professional ranks. Ortiz likes to play trampoline artist on the perimeter, bouncing to and fro for minutes on end with nary a purpose in sight; Berto loves to stick his left arm out and make little circles in the air with it like a man washing a window shield. Neither man can fight on the inside, but Ortiz is a southpaw with some crack at 140 pounds, and Berto was previously rocked by two other portsiders, Luis Collazo and faded Carlos Quintana. So perhaps this fight will be one of the few matchups in boxing with an element of surprise attached to it.

http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/01/19/sound-fury-berto-ortiz-pacquiao-gbp-strikes-again-bradley-alexander-more/

Ali wrote:Nice double header.

Does that mean no more Linares for the UK undercard ?

dbudge wrote:

gomez1012 wrote:I really enjoyed this writer's take on it

Although Andre Berto is consistently linked to fights that never come close to happening–or that he rejects outright for reasons only The Great Carnacki can understand–a proposed bout with Victor Ortiz almost makes sense, or for what passes as sense in boxing these days. Boxing happenings, like poker, are often situational. If you remove the fact that Berto is the most overpaid fighter in the history of boxing, and the fact that he is facing another junior welterweight, and the fact that no one wants to see him fight in the first place, and the fact that he has yet to make a mandatory defense of the paper title he won by thrashing a policeman over two years ago, and the fact he has sidestepped several other bouts recently, then this is not a bad matchup at all.

Ever since Marcos Maidana brought out the Crackleware in him, Ortiz, who had the phrase “Discretion is the Better Part of Valor” tattooed on his bicep in the summer of 2009, has been flitting around rings with a spooked look in his eye. Even so, this promises to be an interesting bout. Both fighters have the kind of flabbergasting tics that make you wonder how they have gotten as far as they have in the professional ranks. Ortiz likes to play trampoline artist on the perimeter, bouncing to and fro for minutes on end with nary a purpose in sight; Berto loves to stick his left arm out and make little circles in the air with it like a man washing a window shield. Neither man can fight on the inside, but Ortiz is a southpaw with some crack at 140 pounds, and Berto was previously rocked by two other portsiders, Luis Collazo and faded Carlos Quintana. So perhaps this fight will be one of the few matchups in boxing with an element of surprise attached to it.

http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/01/19/sound-fury-berto-ortiz-pacquiao-gbp-strikes-again-bradley-alexander-more/

nice. a very honest viewpoint and one i agree with to a degree. the fight is a joke, but a more acceptable joke than Berto vs Hernandez was