Rumor: Andre Berto-Freddy Hernandez on Nov. 27
by Scott Christ on Sep 24, 2010 7:02 AM EDT
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The newest rumor for an Andre Berto fight on November 27 is coming from "multiple sources in Mexico" (via BoxingScene.com), and the rumor is that Berto would fight Freddy Hernandez in Las Vegas, part of an HBO triple-header headlined by Juan Manuel Marquez v. Michael Katsidis.
The 31-year-old Hernandez (29-1, 20 KO) is tall at 5'10" and lanky enough to be nicknamed "The Rail." His KO record looks good, but most of those stoppages came against nobodies. In his last two bouts, both on ShoBox for some reason, Hernandez has stopped DeMarcus Corley and Mike Anchondo, who are both well past their peaks and aren't welterweights to begin with.
Berto (26-0, 20 KO) is basically in desperation mode if he truly hopes to land an opponent and fight again before 2010 is over. He fought once this year in April, overcoming a shoulder injury to stop Carlos Quintana in the eighth round. We've already been over it a million times, but before anyone wets their pants over Berto taking a non-challenge against Hernandez if that fight does happen, look at the welterweight division and find someone truly better, someone a legitimate class or two above Hernandez, someone who's available before the end of the year. There's really nobody. Selcuk Aydin isn't much better an opponent to begin with, and he's seemingly disinterested in fighting Berto anywhere besides Turkey, where he received what many felt was a gift decision in his last fight against Ionut Dan Ion.
Berto and promoter Lou DiBella are flat-out low on options. The names discussed to this point have been 140-pound contender Andriy Kotelnik and Aydin. Hernandez isn't as good as Kotelnik, but he is a legitimate welterweight. I've got the feeling we're not going to see Andre Berto back in the ring this year, but a fight with Hernandez would be what it is, and that's a stay-busy fight to keep Berto from gathering any more rust.
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I would have liked Aydin
But whatever. I don’t think this is a Klitschko situation. There are a lot of better willing welters than Hernandez out there, but at least Hernandez will probably come to fight. Berto’s going to get stripped anyway for not facing Aydin, so it’s not like he’s limited to options in the IBF top 15.
Better options, IMO, that I suspect HBO would be just as willing to buy:
Clottey (but might not be feasible because of price)
Aydin
Ouali (good PPV win gives him a bit of name recognition)
Lujan
Zaveck (because they can market it as unification)
Senchenko (ditto)
Bailey
N’Dou
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And Cintron seems to still be waiting for a dance partner also
And claims he can still make welter
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And I also bet Collazo would do it if he got a decent offer
And we know that would be a good fight, and is a rematch a lot of people want. His “move” to 154 seemed like a blatant excuse just not to go to Turkey to get robbed.
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I’m getting a bit tired of Berto fighting smaller guys and nobodies.I mean,does anyone even remember the name he won his WBC “world” title from?
Yes,he did have the Mosley fight lined up but since that didn’t happen,we need to see him against a Clottey,Cintron or Collazo (who he still has unfinished business and most probably another good fight with) as you say.
Freddy Hernandez…………….Who’s that?
To be honest,every time i’m seeing pictures of Berto saluting the camera,etc he is just annoying me because it seems like he wants to be a “champion” (beltholder is much more accurate),yet he doesn’t seem to want to fight anyone who is a legit threat (even Mosley was 38).
He’s as bad as anyone for that at the moment,imo.
Of those guys, I suspect Ouali, Bailey and N’dou might actually be willing to fight Berto. The rest of them seem content to do as little as possible.
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by Scott Christ on Sep 24, 2010 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
With the main event being so awesome here, just having Caballero and Berto on the card at all makes for a fine triple-header. I know its wrong, but the boxing junkie in me loves triple-headers even when the quality declines.
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why wont clottey fight this guy? he can easily beat him
ppl seem to have forgotten he almost beat cotto
Why hasn’t Clottey done anything since March? He’s all but disappeared off the face of the earth. And anyway, Clottey is a Top Rank fighter, this is essentially a Golden Boy card with DiBella working the undercard, and Golden Boy and Top Rank are at major odds. I don’t think there’s any demand to see Joshua Clottey back on the air, either, and the money probably isn’t there to make Berto-Clottey for this show anyway. That would have to be a main event.
Maybe if Clottey or Mora leave their promoters, we can get a Joshua Clottey-Sergio Mora fight next year where Mora feints at Clottey’s turtle shell for 36 minutes.
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by Scott Christ on Sep 24, 2010 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions
not a chance
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by Scott Christ on Sep 24, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Too much risk of bursting Canelo’s bubble early. Plus I don’t think Berto would fight him. Too much risk for him, too.
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by Scott Christ on Sep 24, 2010 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I wished Berto vs Mosley would of happened.
Sc, didn’t Maidana struggled with Corley? Hernandez K’o Corley Right? Thanks
Yes and yes
For what it’s worth, Hernandez wasn’t exactly blowing out Corley before the KO either. And while his KO% is high, he only has 3 knockouts in his last 9 fights, with one of them coming against a natural super featherweight and the other one coming against Corley.
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And the third coming against a guy who's been knocked out 26 times
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Berto will thrash Hernandez if it happens. It won’t be close.
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by Scott Christ on Sep 25, 2010 12:02 AM EDT up reply actions
HBO fighters
Berto is the perfect example of what’s wrong with HBO’s attempt at making stars rather then having them emerge naturally through competitive fights. Plus that pic in the article makes him look like a real doucebag
Could Berto Move up to 154?
He seems quite muscular although height might be an issue. The welterweight division is absolutely terrible for the position that Berto is in right now. He could fight Mosley but that star has fallen quite far in a short period of time. There is no middle level in the welterweight division currently and this is giving DiBella problems with Berto. He needs to move out of this division because it isn’t going to get suddenly better.
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