Mosley vs. Berto: Look for Andre to suffer his first defeat
December 16th, 2009
By Chris Williams: World Boxing Association welterweight champion Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) will be making his first fight in over a year on January 30th, against WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s) in their unification bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Berto, 26, is hoping that a win over Mosley will lead to bigger and better things for him, and perhaps to mega stardom.
Whereas Berto used to be a speedy combination puncher in the past before the Forbes bout. He now has evolved into a punch and grab fighter. The style has made Berto look bad in his last two fights and caused him to have problems in beating Urango and Collazo. However, it might not matter how bad Berto has started to look as of late.
If Mosley, now 38, has aged in his year off since stopping Antonio Margarito in February 2009, Berto may have a chance of beating him by a decision. But if Mosley still is pretty much the same fighter he was in the Margarito fight, then Berto doesn’t have a chance in this bout and will suffer his first defeat of his career.
Berto has the better hand speed and may have the better power as well. Those are good qualities to have if that’s all boxing came down to. But Mosley is the much superior boxer with a lot more experience at the upper level compared to Berto. Andre has been brought along carefully, matched against beatable fighters and has had things easy by going after the WBC welterweight title.
If not for the unification bout against Mosley, Berto has Floyd Mayweathern Jr. as his number #1 contender to his title. That’s a fight that Berto would love to have but probably won’t happen anytime soon unless Berto can get by Mosley. The rest of the WBC top 15 has mostly limited opposition with Collazo, Selcuk Aydin, Saul Alvarez, Ivan Kirpa, Luis Carlos Abregu, Jesus Soto Karass, Jackson Osei Bonsu, Junior Witter and Jose Luis Castillo accounting for the top 10.
If Berto can fight the way he used to fight when he was throwing a lot of combinations and taking advantage of his hand speed, I can see him beating Mosley. However, if Berto continues to use his ugly to watch punch and grab technique, then I can see Mosley winning the fight. Berto has to try and tire the older Mosley out by throwing a lot of punches and try to get him to expend energy. Berto can’t let Mosley rest by clinching him often, because that would slow the fight down enough to the point where Mosley wouldn’t have to expend as much energy.
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FIRST OFF I DONT THINK BERTO HAS BEEN A DISSAPPOINTMENT COLLAZO AND BERTO WAS CLOSE TO FIGHT OF THE YEAR AND HE WENT TO URANGOS HOUSE IN HOLLYWOOD HARDROCK WHERE URANGO IS VERY HARD TO BEAT ASK BAILEY AND YA HE DID HOLD A LITTLE BUT IN THAT FIGHT THAT WAS THE STRAGETY THE HATERS SAID HE FIGHTS TO MUCH WHEN HE FOUGHT COLLAZO AND HE HOLDS TO MUCH WHEN HE FOUGHT URANGO BUT HE WON BOTH FIGHTS NO DISSAPPOINTMENT IN BERTO SUGAR SHANES FEET WILL LOOK LIKE THERE STUCK IN MUD ON JAN 30 THE YOUNGER FASTER BERTO WINS UD OR LATE ROUND KNOCK OUT IF SHANE CANT HOLD UP. YOU HEARD IT HEAR FIRST
SURE BECAUSE HAS ONLY FOUGHT BUMS IN HIS CAREER, HATTON,MARQUEZ,GOMEZ DELOAHOJA, JUDAH,GATTI, MANFREDY BALDIMIR ,CORRALES OCH N´DOU WERE ALL BUMS.THE GREAT MOSELEY BARELY GOT BY THE GREAT COLLAZO AND THAT “HALL OF FAME” NICARAGUAN. HE WAS BEATEN TO PULP BY FORREST(2 TIMES) AND BEATEN UP (2 TIMES) BY WINKY WRIGHT. HOWEVER I SEEM TO REMEMBER LITTLE CFLOYD AS A JR.LIGHTWEIGHT CALLING OUT MOSELEY WHO WAS A VERY BIG LIGHTWEIGHT. AND HE SUDDENLY HAD A TOOTHACHE AND WAS GOING ON HOLIDAYS.THE ONLY FIGHTER FLOYD HAS EVER BEEN IN THE RING WITH THAT HE WAS THE CBIGGER VMAN WAS MARQUEZ,AND THAT WAS AFTER 2 YEARSW OUT OF THE RING.FLOYD´S GREATNEST IS SHOWN BY THE FACT THAT IDIOTS HAVE TO TELL LIES AND TWIST THE THRUTH 5 WAYS TO CRITICIZE HIM.THEY USED TO DO THE SAME WITH ALI.
Berto gets knocked down in round 2 ,berto leaves his self open way too much mosely will tag him and knock him out early.
Given the fact that Berto has proved to have a questionable chin i would go with Mosley by KO. Mosley has power in both hands and can ko Berto either with the straight right or his sneaky left hook. Berto should be competitive for the first few rounds of the fight until Mosley lands something big and rocks Berto leading to an onslaught by Mosley and the referee having to step in and save Berto. Just a humble opinion from a diehard fight fan.
Mosley aint losing…only thru utter ring rust like with the mayorga fight where he looked bad. Still its an easy win for mosley, Andre berto has never been at this level its gunaa be a big shock for him
Can’t wait for this fight, i’ll be putting my prediction on pretty soon.
Shane wins. Berto doesn’t have enough power to finish Mosley. Mosley has been hit by guys who hit way harder than Berto and it didn’t phase him. Also, Berto’s nerves will get the best of him when he gets in the ring and see Mosley standing across the ring. He will get caught when he tries to press Mosley because of the nervous energy he will have. Berto’s chin is suspect if Collazo could rock him.
Mosley will slaughter Berto
as far as i know should be easy for mosley berto does not fight well infighting wise mosley in 9-ko
boxb??? haaahaaaa….
mosley if you watch him in the ring has got the lousiest footwork, he is durable and has the heart to last long in a fight but he gets hit a lot. berto is just going to box him and grab.
Mosley wins hands down!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Berto changed his style after the Forbes fight because he does not have good defense and against fighters that can punch, he reverts to hold and punch. I do not agree that Berto has more power than Mosley. Keep in mind that Mosley is using Hopkins’ trainer and it looks like he’s reverted to the dominant fighter he used to be in light weight. I think Mosley wins by KO.
are you kidding me bertoad will kill him he is the most underated boxer in boxing today trust me ha will kill him shane is about to suffer his 1st ko
i dont see this fight an exciting one. berto and mosley are punch and grab fighters! mosley looked good against margarito but not because he was that good, but because margarito was distracted. mosley is overrated and berto is the perfect test for him. split decision for berto.
im a huge berto fan, but mosley is a seasoned vet. i know berto has a great chance but win, lose, or draw this is a good fight for him at this point in his career if i had to bet berto round 8 ko
london yeah mosley was fast against margarito but it was a diffrent style mosley is the hold and push fighter and against slower fighters like margarito he will have advantage holding then hitting before the other guy has a chance to hit him back just like when margarito landed some combos in 1st couple of rounds mosley would hug margarito so he would not get hit just look at all
thats why mosley was so confused with cotto he didnt allow him to tie up his arms same with vernon,winky there both fast fighters that didnt allow mosely to do his dirty tactics i say berto should be able win
I agree with 99% of the article but to say Berto has better hand speed than Mosley is not correct. Mosley landed some of the fastest combos I have seen in a long time against Margarito..
Can’t remember the round but somewhere in the middle of the fight Mosley landed a 7 punch combo in under 3 seconds, trust me I was that impressed I timed it..
Let’s hope he is on form because when he is, he is sensational..
M
Mosley is going to eat him up! Berto had problems with Light Welterweights! now he is fighting a real welter! i hope mosley doesnt ends Bertos career!
Saul Alvarez is an up and coming prospect. Give the kid a couple of years and i see him climbing to the top. Hopefully he gets a tittle shot soon. He’s the next great champion of mexico. He needs to step up his competition.
saul alvarez and luis collazo limited what are you on about