Mosley vs. Berto: Is Andre too inexperienced to beat Shane?
January 12th, 2010
By Dave Lahr: On January 30th, World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (25-0, 19 KO’s) meets up with WBA welterweight title holder Shane Mosley (46-5, 39 KO’s) in unification bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This fight has big importance for the winner of the fight, because the fighter that comes out on top will have their pick of a fight against either Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao, whichever one they decide to choose from.
Berto has the speed and fire power to give the 38-year-old Mosley problems. However, Berto despite wins over Juan Urango, Steve Forbes and Luis Collazo is still unproven. Berto failed to impress in the Collazo fight and many people think he lost the fight. The fights against Forbes and Urango were a case of Berto fighting pumped up light welterweight opponents.
Apart from those fights, Berto has mainly faced 2nd tier fighters. That doesn’t mean that he can’t do well against Mosley, because Berto could make Shane look old on January 30th if he fights with confidence and lets his hands go.
However, it does show that Berto is short on the experience side of things, and will be taking a big step up in competition in his fight with Mosley. Berto will have to fight much better than he has in his bouts with Urango, Forbes and Collazo if he wants to beat Mosley, because Berto didn’t look impressive in those bouts.
He held way too much and showed a tendency to throw a punch and immediately grab his opponent in a tight clinch. It’s unknown why Berto has changed his style of fighting all of a sudden since taking on better opposition, but it could be that he’s done it to avoid getting hit as much. In his earlier fights, Berto was more of a pure slugger who threw a lot of fast shots in trying to take out his opponents.
When he stepped it up a little in his fight with Cosme Rivera in July 2007, Berto was knocked down by Rivera and had to get off the canvas to beat him. In his next fight, Berto took a lot of punishment in his 11th round TKO win over David Estrada in September 2007. From there, Berto chalked up wins over Michel Trabant, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Forbes, Collazo and most recently Urango. Those are all decent fighters, but none of them are even close to being in the same class as Mosley.
At 5’8 ½”, Berto is tad short for a welterweight, and might be better off if he were to consider moving down a weight class to the light welterweight division where he would be able to dominate without as many problems. However, the WBC is short of talent right now, and Berto, other than his fight with Mosley, should be able to dominate over there for a little while before running into troubles from a big puncher.
I expect Berto to lose this fight to Mosley and lose big. This is too big of a jump up for Berto and his punch and grab technique will be useless for him against Mosley. That kind of thing might work against the kind of opposition that he’s been facing, but it’s not likely to work against Mosley.
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may be mosley’s last fight. berto, though inexperienced, will get a lot of strength and inspiration from haiti’s plight. berto will be THE shake and rumble in this one.
NO BERTO IS GOING TO BEAT THE BRAKES OFF SHANE I THINK THE JAB IS KEY IN THIS FIGHT FOR BERTO AND HE WILL USE IT EARLY OFTEN AND EFFECTIVELY KEEP HIS PUNCH RATE AND SHANE WILL TURN OLD BEFORE OUR EYES SOME MIGHT CALL IT INEXPERINCED BUT I CALL IT YOUTH MOSLEY WILL LOOK LIKE HIS LEGS ARE STUCK IN MUD AND THE BRING ON THE PACMAN OR MAYWEATHER BERTO IS THAT DUDE YOU HEARD IT HEAR
@Jack Flores*
You’re on the wrong article, old news!
This would be a great fight, can go either way. Experience vs youth, power vs power.
To Lou: I went to go see Margarito train 3 weeks before the fight against Mosley and Margarito was at about 162lbs. I think he was training to lose the weight and not training for Mosley.I think that had alot to do with him looking slow and weak in that fight. Lets not discredit Mosley for the beat down he gave Margarito because no matter it wasnt his fault that Margarito was killing himself to make weight and that he was not focused.
Anywho, Mosley should win this fight, he matches Berto speed and is ten times more experienced than Berto.
Mosley by late round stoppage or decision.
I agree daniel.
Very stupid thing to say
im a MASSIVE mosley fan i love his sportsmanship in the ring alsways tappin gloves on every round.
problem is the guy is 2 nice he doesnt no how to psyc up the match thats why hes said stuff like that lol..
id love to see mosley come through this, than fight manny .>
wow what a fight that would be no diving ducking or chassing itd be a stand up face to face fighter aganst a flurry punching in pacquio
AMAZING FIGHT!
MOSLEY VS MAYWHEATHER YEY YEY!!!!
Way to inexperience what notable fighters has berto fought..no one
dangerous stance from mosley
“…i’m looking through you to the next one and the one after that..”
it is exactly that attitude that will get him knocked out
old lion vs young lion
Jack Flores this is about Mosley vs Berto not Floyd Mayweather write about that piece of garbage on Floyd news.
Mosely to stop Berto in the 8 or 9th round.
MOSELY BY KO
The truth of the whole matter if one tries to analyze why Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather’s fight didn’t workout well is because of the introduction of blood testing and who introduced it? Not Pacquiao but Mayweather. Who is now scared? Manny from my reliable source is being trained to last from 15-20 rounds continously. That is why at the end of 12 rounds his physical power does not diminish. It has been proven with all his previous fights of his physical resistance and won consistently either by KO OR TKO. HIS OPPONENTS ARE MOSTLY WORLD CHAMPIONS AND EX-CHAMPIONS. HIS PHYSICAL POWER IS MARVELOUS. IF HE TAKES DRUG ENHANCING STUFF, HE WOULD HAVE REJECTED IT FROM THE START. IT WOULD WEAKEN HIS STAMINA IF IT WOULD BE DONE DURING TRAINING AND AT RANDOM TESTING and that is the SACRED TRUTH. THIS IS THE MAIN REASON I TRULY BELIEVE HE REFUSES TO THE DEMAND OF THE OTHER PARTY. REMEMBER HE IS NOT AFRAID OF ANYBODY TO FIGHT WITHIN HIS DIVISION WEIGHT AND NOT SELECTIVE LIKE ANY OTHER CHAMPION. BASED ON THIS ANALYSIS, LET US USE PLEASE OUR COMMON REASONING AND JUDGMENT.
JACK FLORES
if mosley is victorious here i would like to him fight pacman it would be big coz both are explosive than mayweather i would pay more if tickets becomes scared
I’ll go for Mosley here all the way and by stoppage, but I do think Margarito is far overrated.I can’t get past the idea that he has used plaster in his wraps for a long time in his career, and when discovered was no match anymore for the likes of Shane.
Berto wins this fight! Mosley looked good against Margarito because Margarito’s style was made for a fighter like Mosley. Margarito was right there in front of Mosley all night with poor defense, and his so called iron chin! That won’t be the case with Berto who is faster and puts combinations together alot better. Although Berto isn’t as experienced as Mosley I think his youth and heart will push him pass Mosley that night. Remember before the Margarito fight Mosley was on the downhill and didn’t look to impressive against Cotto and Myorga. Come Jan. 30 just remember Cmic80 told you so!
Berto!!
Also, I agree with Lou. While Shane’s victory over Margarito was sensational Marg had to be at least a little distracted by thoughts of him & his trainer becoming shower buddies in the big house after Shane’s trainer found that plaster!
First off, I’m glad to see a real fight getting some attention. I’m bored hearing about cat fights between Arum & Floyd.
I like Shane Mosely. Rememeber when he gave a dangerous Winky Wright a shot when no one else would? That’s shows class & heart.
I feel he deserves more credit than he receives because his losses (Vernon Forrest & Winky) came after winning a very high profile fight against Oscar. His losses were magnified, leaving everybody with ‘WTF happend to Shane’ thoughts in their head .
He didn’t quit, started winnning again & fought well against a prime Cotto on what had to be the best night of Cotto’s career.
If Shane is off his game or it’s a case of a fighter getting old overnight Berto may have a chance but he better be ready to make a statement because Shane won’t just hand him his belt.
If Shane’s still hungry & on his game he wins hands down.
Z I agree, My opinion is Mosley is a bit over rated at this time. He barley got past an out of shape Mayorga. To me I think Margarito was unfocused in that bout. Margarito was more concerned about going to jail or being banned from boxing than fighting Mosley. I know many will disagree,but 90% of you have never laced a pair of gloves and not being focused can cause you to get knock out. Remember boxing is like 60% mental.
I think mosley will win but it will be closer then the experts think. Im not sold on the whole resurgence of mosley, this fight will prove whether or not he still has it. Berto is tough
And if he does win, there wont be much of a choice on his part, he’ll fight mayweather.
mosley look so good in his last fight,think he can do it again ,he need and does well with a fighter right in front of him.
Aye you never know??? Shane said himself that he’s looking past/through berto towards future fights and mosleys been out of the ring for about a year,Anything could happen in this one!!!!!
Close fight but mosley is going to get a knockout!
berto is not margarito so he’ll be fine. berto has the speed and power to make it a good fight. i think its the right time for berto to take this step. he’s been a titlist for a couple of years and needs to look good in order to be the future of 147. i give him a good shot at winning and wouldn’t be surprised if berto gets the decision.
Look 4 sugar shane 2 get old in this fight. And ruin another superfight 4 us. Berto by ud.wovld love shane 2 knock him out tho
Far too inexperienced
imo yes, he needs more experience to beat shane.