Ortiz defeats Berto!
April 16th, 2011
By Jason Kim: In what will very possibly be the best fight of the year, Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s), moving up in weight from the light welterweight division, pulled off a huge upset by beating WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-1, 21 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Berto, 27, seemed to never fully recover after getting dropped by a huge left hand late in the 1st round. Although Berto would continue to fight hard at times for the remainder of the fight, his legs were unable to carry him in the center of the ring. He seemed to only be able to fight on the ropes playing a poor version or rope-a-dope. In this case, Ortiz was easily able to drive power punches through the gloves of Berto. In between rounds, Berto’s trainer practically begged him to stay off the ropes, but again and again, Berto would find himself on the ropes in every round taking shots and not fighting well. Ortiz seemed to take a page out of the playbook of Marcos Maidana by staying in close with Berto and hurting him with short power punches.
Ortiz didn’t really need to fight at a distance because he was much more effective in close where he was able to throw a high volume of punches in every round. Berto was dangerous in the center of the ring or at a distance, but in close he was much more vulnerable.
After the fight, Ortiz confessed that he knew that Berto couldn’t fight well in close after seeing him struggle against Luis Collazo, and this was Ortiz’s strategy to beat Berto. It was clearly effective, as Berto just looked tired out of his element while hanging on the ropes.
In the opening round, Ortiz just came out much faster than Berto seemed to be ready for. Ortiz wasn’t messing around with throwing jabs; it was all power shots and he quickly had Berto retreating after knocking him down once with a left hand. The referee didn’t count the knockdown, but he had no choice to count the second one because Berto took a knee while getting hammered in the corner.
Ortiz and Berto traded power shots in the 2nd round with Ortiz getting the better of the action. However, Berto was able to drop Ortiz with a right hand late in the round. Ortiz walked into the shot and was knocked backwards onto the canvas in a knockdown that was more of a balance shot than a true knockdown.
In rounds three through five, Ortiz dominated the action with his heavy pressure and hard power punches. Berto spent the better part of each round trying to fight off the ropes and doing a bad job of it.
In the 6th, Berto hurt Ortiz with a huge right hand and then nailed Ortiz with another blistering right to put him down hard. Ortiz got back to his feet and looked badly hurt. Berto then went for broke trying to finish him off, unloading with everything he had to try and get the stoppage. Unfortunately for Berto, he forgot all about his defense and was nailed by two big left hands from Ortiz and dropped. Ortiz just had a look on his face as if he was tired of getting hit by Berto and just came back with a big left hand that momentarily stopped Berto in his tracks. Ortiz, noticing how well his first left hand had done, fired another that put Berto down. The knockdown basically took the starch out of Berto, because he didn’t seem to be the same fighter after this. He continued to fight but that knockdown – or maybe the exertion that he had put in while trying to finish Ortiz off – took all the remaining competitive energy out of Berto.
From rounds seven through twelve, Ortiz took the fight to a tired and beaten Berto, punishing him against the ropes and an enormous amount of shots. The only thing that slightly disrupted this period of domination is when the referee Mike Ortega took a point away from Ortiz for hitting Berto on the side of his head while Berto was bending forward. It was a very questionable call but thankfully it didn’t change the outcome of the fight.
All in all, it was a good win for Ortiz, proving his critics wrong about him not having the heart to fight hard and take shots. He took Berto’s best punches and came back with power shots of his own. Ortiz was clearly the better fighter. Berto looked lumped up around the face at the end of the fight and looked depressed. Ortiz now finds himself in the running for fights against guys like Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. It’s not likely that Ortiz will get a shot against Pacquiao, though, because the Filipino star fights for Top Rank and Ortiz fights for Golden Boy Promotions. But at least Ortiz has the WBC title now and we can look forward to seeing him take on some interesting challengers in the future.
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WATCH THE 6TH AND THE 7TH ROUND OF THE FIGHT TELL ME ORTIZ WASNT ON SOMETHING YOU DONT GET HIT LIKE THAT AND GET UP WITH BOUNCE IN YOUR STEP I DONT CARE WHO YOU ARE THIS IS CRAZY I WOULD BET ANY THING ORTIZ IS JUCICING HIS ASS OFF
I’m a new fan of Ortiz. Ortiz will be a the top welter in a short time.
im really tired of this peds debate. toney, holyfield, mosley, jones…were all caught taking peds. probably 2/3 the players in nba and nfl are on peds. look around. it aint going away. berto was the more ripped fighter, was he raking peds???? who cares? you do think adamek or haye would be jumping up to heavyweight and fighting at 220 without peds. wake up. why the excuses. berto, an almost pure blood black man lost. so what? we should be more worried about black doctors and lawyers….
People who are saying that Ortiz has taken some PED because he has beaten a bigger Berto but did lost to Maidana. I feel sorry for people with this kind of mentality. It’s just shameful to accused someone without a proof. I’m sure this kind of people does not even believe on themselves.
now pac can fight berto because he lost
floyd was booed wherever he goes…tsk tsk tsk…
Job done by Ortiz. I said if Ortiz won I’d give him respect and hats off to him he did it. He was quite sloppy and kept getting into Berto’s clinch, which prevented Ortiz from getting the KO. Plus – like Khan – he overextended himself with punches at times. With that said, He was accurate, fast and was just too much for Berto to handle. Plus his great chin manage to help him absorb punishement when Berto was able to land many flush shots. If Ortiz keeps taking shots like that then in a few years his chin won’t be so great but right now it will help him become more popular.
Personally I gave it 116-108 to Ortiz. I gave Ortiz four 10-8 rounds which may seem generous to many but I thought he outworked Berto on those occasions.
@ BBWOF
Totally agree with you.
April is the month of upsets. Too bad for Shane, the fight with Manny is in May.
Berto and Floyd are of the same color and both have ZERO defeat records(not now for Berto though). Berto has been exposed and his ZERO defeat record is fake afterall, just like Floyd should he find his balls to fight Pac. Floyd=fake until Floyd fights Pac and wins.
@sean
manny lose those 3 fights before but he didnt even say he’s a great when he is still undefeated..he waited and he sacrifice himself to be great..not like those self declaring people LOL!!!
now floydiots saying berto is not african american BWAHAHAHAHA!!! floydiots are the dumbest people ived ever known in my whole life!!
Where the hell was this ortiz in his last 6 or 7 fights. I just don’t get it if ortiz wouldve fought like this vs maidana & peterson he wouldve destroyed both of those dudes easily. I aint haten just brain stormin but I think ortiz mightve taken some PED’s. He had to be on something he looked like a totally different fighter. I’m not giving him his props until I no he was clean because I just can’t believe the hype.
WTF is happening to my slick black african-american boxer brothers?!
ORTIZ FINALLY YOU PUT DOWN THE MEXICAN FLAG ON YOUR TRUNKS YOU DID GOOD BUT YOU DINT HAVE TO SAY ERIK MORALES WAS DONE IN THE POST FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE ILL BET ERIK WILL K.O YOU AT 140LBS EASY AS A MATTER OF FACT MAIDANA WILL KICK YOUR BEHIND AT 147LBS AND YOU KNOW IT YEAH YOU PUT THAT FLAG ON BUT IT WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE THINK ABOUT IT DONT HATE ON THE PLAYERS HATE THE GAME…VIVA MEXICO! VIVA EL TERRIBLE MORALES!TIJUANA RULES!
if pacquiao’s team wanna fight a fighter that would be a good match, there he is match him with ortiz and stop wasting peoples money fighting floyds left overs….
let me guess..now pac is gonna fight berto because someone else took the risk of fighting someone that needed to get exposed…
RIGHT????
Berto talked smack aoout making Ortiz quit. But it looked like Berto really wanted to quit. He wasn’t fighting and laying on the ropes. I love it when smack talkers get beat down.
bad ass fight! bottom line.Berto not willing to take that chance of getting KOd.way too much holding.Ortiz took that chance and showed heart. way to kick ass.
Ha berto thought he cud get a fight with Pacquiao or Mayweather he couldnt even beat Ortiz hahahah
Ortiz very good fight and victory. He deserves it as he was well prepared for this bout. Berto, on the contrary, arrived to the fight without legs.
It looks now that Maidana was in his lucky day when defeated Ortiz, at the light of his last two fights, which showed him as second rank boxer.
I think the excuse of Berto’s camp is that Ortiz got a power pellets from Pacquiao because they are freinds ,i would like to hear the comments of 50 cents and the Mayweathers.
@Anonymous:
Of course I know the fight was at 147. What I say is that a guy (Ortiz) considered not at the very top at 140, who lost to a supposedly “overrated” fighter (Maidana) beat the champion at 147. Then, it means that there are not “overrated” guys at 140. This division is very deep.
I guess most of us were wrong about Ortiz and Berto! I allways thought Berto was Overrated and most of you thought Ortiz was Overrated! But They where both Underrated! No Matter who won there both true warriors with allot of heart and skill! Berto will learn and come back stronger just like Manny and Mayweather! Yes Mayweather too just ask Jose Luis Castillo and all the fans that where there! True boxing fans all agree Castillo won on there first match!
I think Ortiz can beat Manny and Mayweather if he learns to cover up more! He should take on Maidana, Pacman, Mayweather and then Rios!
also berto would be better at 140, and he and bradley would make a exciting fight
ortiz is a big threat in the welterweight divison but he is not on floyd level, if you know boxing well than u couldnt even put them in the same sentence as in a fight to be. Ps mayweather will destroy pacman and time
Good weight for Ortiz
Now is what boxing is all about. Victor’s the truth, he deserves that belt. Mayweather is going to fight Berto now. The one he feels will be the easy win for him. Did you hear them booooooing him, lol.
First of all excellent fight.. better than any one could have expected.. second Pacqioua and Mayweather would destroy these guys… the fight was great but it showed that Pac and May are still a level above the best the welterwight div has to offer.. Now with that being said i love to see ortiz vs cotto i think he can take him. and berto vs paul willams.. even tho berto will probably never face top competition again.. if kahn moves up then berto vs kahn would be a good one… berto actually needs to move down.. Ortiz exposed him badly.. he is done at ww…
Berto sux. pac vs ortiz?yeah rite ortiz will get jabbed to death..
Frombuenosaires that was a 147 fight not a 140
3 “0″ loss from 3 diff fighters ended yesterday (Mc Closkey, Berto, Juan Manuel Lopez). This only shows what Floyd jr said “41 have tried and they all have failed” statement holds no credibility until he fights Pacquiao.
Calzaghe = 46 wins, 0 loss
Chris John = 43 wins, 0 loss
Floyd Mayweather = 41 wins, 0 loss (41 fights total)
Floyd needs 15 more fights to make a comparison to the Pacman.
Anonymous says:
April 17, 2011 at 12:29 pm
first it was bertos fault he was getting hit behind the head second it wasent really behind the head
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here’s another one. in the head and not in the head lol!!!! get up your mind mindless retard!
first you’re a dumb second you’re dumber @sshole!
For all you stupid boxing cridicts that say ortuz was on roids thats b.s you can thank mayweather sr for starting tgis controversy leave it to a ghetto trash ex felon n drug user to say some stuff like that i am a pro boxer myself just turned. N been fighting since i was 10 let me tell u when i spar or after a match my face looks like that also eyes red also like if i was wired its due to all the impact of punches or since u people never laced a glove in your life you shouldnt be making accusations. try getting in a ring n take a punch then you can talk you guys are pathitic . And stop with the racisem black asian mex whites theres good fighters in every race have respect for the sport n the fighters that put their life on the line to bring u fights wether there good or bad!
Ortiz win didn’t surprise me at all. More than that, I expected it. I always said Ortiz is one of the best at 140 lb. The problem is that, because he lost to Maidana, some people ended underestimating him. Now, after the Maidana – Morales “upset”, many people say that Maidana is overrated. If Maidana is overrated, then Khan is overrated too, and Ortiz would be, well, a bum. But it seems that the “overrate theory” doesn’t pass the test. Ortiz – Berto suggest that the 140 lb division is very, very deep !!
Anonymous says:
April 17, 2011 at 11:42 am
Berto is black not latin lol… Last time I checked Haiti was a country of slaves who won independance from France.
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again, another post of Anonymous showing how dumb he is. Latin refers to language, in some case it refers to country. black refers to skin or race. therefore, a black can be a latin. c’mon anonymous, post more and i’ll school you more @sshole!
@ Anonymous
hoy kupal! andito ka pa palang bobo ka!
All I’m saying all of u begging for a berto/pacquiao fight. Complete Idiots!
Berto is black not latin lol… Last time I checked Haiti was a country of slaves who won independance from France.
my comment about. the fight.was good
Great fight. Way to show your heart Ortiz.
I can only immagine a early referee stoppage of this fight either way ,Great patience by ref except in the point deduction.I mean good job on letting both finish the fight.however in contrast when these guys were hurt they did not wobble quite as badly as did Juama in his unsuccesfull defense.Solida was better,Ortiz was better,that simple.
hahaha….when somebody beats someone, he is on peds lol!!!
This upsets make boxing alive again. I was never been excited like this before, with all those fight last night I slept almost 4:AM E.T. First I watched Berto/Ortiz in HBO and DVR Lopez/Salido at Showtime and watched it after while I recorded the Morales/Maidana fight in DVR at HBO boxeo, Spanish Channel. I can’t ask for more. I even forgot the NBA play-offs last night.
someone earlier said it best, Berto got exposed, nasty exposed, and showed he can’t take a punch, ortiz just beat his ass..
All I am saying is Ortiz quit against a lighter hitting Maidana but out muscles the bigger man in Berto. All I am using is commonsense,just look at Victor’s face after the fight. His jaws ate clenching and he appears wired.
My personal beliefs are Ortiz got a little help from a cream or pill and Berto fought the worse fight I ever saw in my life. Clearly he didn’t train to fight a lefty…
Andre and his team looked like amateurs!
Why do ya call berto black. The dudes just one of the darkest man on the planet but he’s Latin. Black is African American or African jamica
Come on with all these peds talk. It’s stupid the man has never failed or anything an even against lemont he was bigger he’s just a natural jr middleweight. Berto my Latin brother tried but Ortiz had a chip to prove he’s over maidana.
How come it’s still a suprise when a Mexican win over a black fighter and calls for a celebration if y’all dominte. On the other if the black fighter wins it’s no big deal? Maybe cuz we have the most all time greats or maybe we brought the most styles to the game. But that don’t really matter I’m a boxing fan foremost and jus like to see a good fight and I’m happy see champions every race can identify with.
@gottacheatus…. yur an idiot.
I thought you like to be called African-American and us as Asian-American. It’s our country and not just yours. I’m sorry, I just hate accusing people as cheaters without any proof. People that caught cheating were mostly American if you notice. but I don’t blame America for that, I blame the person that did it.
To Andre Berto, you are still a champion in my eye, fans would say all sort of evil thing to make you feel down and inferior. You just need to apply yourself. The great thing about this is that you are able to learn from this. All great fighters has lost and the has come back to be great. there is a lesson in every life experience. I really hope you take this rare opportunity to learn this. Alot of latino fans would be the ones that make horrible comment about you losing, some would make reference to you race just to be devil. Put remember you dont see aceptance from no particularly from hispanic. Takecare from london.
Brafts !! 1 lose dont make u a bad fighter this guys put their heart on the fight !! why we have to clasify fighters like tha i dont know what fight you were watchin but this guys battle !!
this its what boxing its all about guts great fights and amazing upsets !! berto and juanma are great warriors and they will come back strong because thas what great fighters do!! but man ortiz and salido shock the world yeastarday < great day for boxing fans!
Berto,Maidana & Lopez were exposed,Now we know that guys are not a types of elite fighter.
Anybody who goes up in weight and whooped a black champ from the inner city is in roids, Floyd will demand blood test up to the day of the fight if he wants to avenge Berto his brother with his dad Haymon,HBO was ripped off big time by Haymon they give tons of money to phoney Berto the same thing will happen to Floyd “runner” Mayweather,Pacquiao will expose him.
@rrl; get ready to see victor moving through weight classes while becoming stronger and faster. How in the world was Victor bigger, faster and stronger than Berto? Andre started at middle weight, victor moved up in weight and out weighed Berto by the time of the fight. I would love to know how in the world he was so ripped. But as long as we have useless test protocol this is what we have to look forward too.
andre messed up. could have faced floyd next. and floyd doesnt care what people think of him. its his life on the line. he wont move off his test demands do to fan trash talk. funny how manny wont do tests and talks all this commision stuff yet mosley is doin random testin for this match.
Got to cheat to beat us it’s a fact that the highest percatage of Steroid cheats are Black fighters so stop being a sore loser
@cheaters; The military isn’t the place for any minority group! Do your own dirty work! America isn’t an ethnic Republic it’s a republic of immigrants.besides who cares?
I don’t need to serve because my ancestors built this country along with countless other groups. If you arrived here in your childhood it’s only right you and your kids serve my proud country.
it dosen’t matter, thats what you think!!! unless the comission doing the test is not the one who said you are positive using peds your still clean, peoples who believes in hearsay are those kind of peoples who dont even believe in themselves!!!
@Gotta cheat us to beat us. Berto and Ortiz born in America. If they are not American then you are too, Your are African or where ever the hell you come from. My kids born in America and serve in Military. What did you contribute to this country to claim as real American.
@Troy; Because you’re tested and pass doesn’t mean you’re clean, it just means you came back negative. H I V patients test negative all the time until 1 really good test that can ID the virus gets done and they find out their positive. Victor had the roid rage face along with the open ended energy source. Until Boxing test these fighters correctly you’ll see fighter after fighter moving up in weight getting stronger and faster.
American govt is moving down theres a lot of foods, how long it will last, theres a lot of lazy citizen who manages to eat peoples taxes, fighters are clean until the comission doing blood test declare this fighters are positive using illegal drugs, fights are made in the US, dont blind yourself if your idols loss a fight!!!
@Pat; Ortiz is of Spanish decent, America tells you where you are, Mexican tells you who you are.plus i thought he lived on the streets in Mexico with his brother?
Hey all of you brilliant experts….Ortiz was born in the US….
@Troy; fair enough-it’s like saying because Americans have more food and that’s why we’re the fattest nation on earth. But it still doesn’t change the fact the rest of the world has surpass or knowledge and use of PED’s. Come on dude it didn’t cross your mind something looked weird with Ortiz? Look at his roid face right after the fight.
most of the fighter who cheats use drugs are Americans! and the accusers are Americans!
@Troy; neither fighter is American and yes Victor drank more juice than a 2 year old!
have you notice boxing fans when a fighter is not American and convinsingly won the fight, haters are coming out to tie it as a juicer?
@Victor; I agree 100%…Victor Ortiz had the roid rage face at the end of the fight.
I am trying to figure out how Orriz came in the fight heavier then Berto and Victor was moving up in weight. Victor juiced in that fight how else can a fighter move up in weight 7 pounds,came into the fight 161 pounds and was faster and stronger? Manny and Victor have the same doctor. Boxing is a joke for allowing all these fighters to clearly juice. Did you notice Berto’s face in the first 3 rounds everytime he got hit? He was looking like Cotto looked while be cheated by Manny and Margarito. CHEATERS!!
Floyds need to fight Manny, fans knows who is duckling and ducking the fight!!! Booooooohhh!!!
Viva! latino’s congrats Ortiz, no excuses for the looser pls!!!
the sh*t is all aver his mouth that day, come on man. This Uncle has to be out of his mind when he asked about pacquiao. It is obviously a jealousy in my sight. Stop make an iinterview with him please. Its so painfully after.
Pacquiao vs Ortiz next after Mosley. Ortiz uses different approach for luring Manny. He uses kind words after the post fight interview and thanks Manny for his advice on Berto fight. Pacs fan appreciate that. Manny will consider fighting him now. Marquez’ approach of insulting Pacs to get a fight doesn’t work. Hope Toprank and GBP can make this fight for viewers’ sake.
FACTS
1) Mayweather Sr is unemployed.
2) Roger Mayweather hopes his nephew’s will return to the ring even though he is powerless over Floyd’s decisions.
3) Floyd is avoiding Pacquiao because he KNOWS he won’t be able to knock Pacquiao out and is unsure about his ability to win on a majority decision.
4) 50 cent is in love with Floyd.
5) Amir Khan, Berto and Bradley are all BUMS. The difference is…1 has BEEN exposed, 2 has YET to be exposed.
and once again an american hype job was exposed..dont do missmatches ey lmao
Now Pacman can fight Berto, if he won he wouldnt of be aloud
50 cent lookz jealous when pretty floyd smiles/flirts with the camera.
Do ppl still think Berto is a worthy opponent for Paquiao?????? HaHaHaHaHaBUUAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! LMFAO!!.
Credit given to Ortiz great win!!
Paquiao-Ortiz bring it on!!!!!!!
Last nights boxing has proved many things, slick black fighters dont exist anymore (even though Ortiz was the better man). JuanMa Lopez does not belong in the ring with Yuriorkis Gamboa!! (bring on Salido-Gamboa2). Amir Kahn will never be a world beater, he will beat Bradley but when he moves to WW he will be K.O’d & his career will be over!!!!!.
@ Chris Williams: I guess the PAC vs Berto fight is off?
well done ortiz, top fighter!
burto will get a shot at pacmac now !
Goes to show how overated Berto is and how underated Kell Brook is
One slick “undefeated” black fighter down and one more to go.
the brahma bull: I guess the Jaunma vs Gamboa fight is off. Lol!
Ortiz just showed everybody how IMPORTANT good footwork really is…. Berto looked cclumsy all fight with all the circles ortiz was dancing around him…. i was really impressed with ortiz
Got this one right,said why is everybody picking berto since when berto became a dangerous fighter.o I know it because he ko his last fighter early.and I can’t even remember his name that said berto lose.
In my opinion the best fight of the year!
Berto was just simply outboxed by a better boxer
More body shots and berto couldve changed the pace of this fight…. there was no challenge to ORtiz’s heart besides getting up.. i dont think berto was overrated as much as i think he was UNPREPARED for the fight Ortiz brought…. if you say berto is overrated it takes away from Ortiz…. berto wasnt overrated Ortiz just proved hes a better fighter than he gets credit for IMO
berto was overrated..he was exposed by ortiz… viva mexico
wow! victor ortiz just proved to all the people that a fighter is not washed up after losing a fight. everyone questioned his heart after maidana and peterson, but,tonight, proved that he has the heart. victor ortiz’s victory tonight just proves that fighters aren’t bums after losing a fight. therefore, berto will now be a better boxer than before. he will come back better than before. juanma will come back better than before. the fight with juanma and gamboa will be more exciting because juanma will have something to prove. the fight with berto and mosley or cotto will be better because he has something to prove. i know it’s not the time, but thanks to victor, pacquiao is now looking better. he fought guys coming off of losses and is put down for it. but like victor, pacquiao’s recent opponents had something to prove. pacquiao was the biggest fight of their lives and they brought all they had to the table. by beating them, pacquiao proved how great he is. if you feel that they were bums because they came off of losses, express your thoughts to salido and ortiz. i bet they beg to differ. salido lost to gamboa and went to puerto rico to prove himself. look at what happened. ortiz got knocked out by maidana and still had the heart to take on the undefeated champion, berto. maybe juanma and berto didn’t take their opponents seriously, but pacquiao always has. that’s why he’s not taking mosley lightly. he knows mosley has something to prove after his loss to mayweather.
THIS IS ONLY FOR PUERTO RICANS AND NONE MEXICANS!!!…CRYING IS GOOD FOR UR HEALTH DONT HOLD IT IN YOUR CHEST,IT MAY MAKE U SUFFER LONGER…LET IT OUT,LET IT OUT,…OK,OK EASY ON IT EASY!!!…HAHAHAHAHAHA BUAAAAAAA
Qualifies for Fight of the year. Berto gave a good effort but colazo exposed him and was robbed when they fought. Ortiz should no longer be haunted by his loss to Maidana and what a great way to prove what real fight fans knew all along, ortiz much love,stay strong!
Had the fight 115-112 great fight/war.picked berto thought victor would get koed/tkoed because berto was bigger and stronger.but was surpised by ortiz being the bigger man in terms of weight.was thinking it could by fight.its typical for fans and experts to say fighters are overated like berto when losing only one fight.berto has nothing to be ashamed of it was a brutal fight.ortiz took a lot of flack via his heart.but proved he had one.hell seeing how extremely hard maidana hit morales.victor gets no flack for quiting from me.lol.
did floyd get interviewed??
cant wait to see the fight
I knew this fight was going to be good and I knew Ortiz was going to win but I thought Berto would of done a little better. Allot of people where counting out Ortiz like he didn’t belong at Berto’s level but haters will be haters! Good Job Ortiz!
By the way this fight did not prove Berto was a bum or that Berto was overrated! It just proved to everyone that Ortiz was highly Underrated! If Ortiz would of not quit vs Maidana he should of won that fight too!
VAMOS MEXICO Y QUE SE CHINGUEN LOS HATERS!!!!!AJJJUUUUUAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
berto picked the wrong junior welter weight this time lol
WELL SAID PRIDE79… MEXICANOS DONT REBUILT WE RELOAD!! AND BEFORE ANYONE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT MY PREVIOUS SOMEONE PLEASE CHECK WHAT NATIONALITY HAS THE MOST WORLD TITLES IN BOXING… AND I DONT MEAN AMERICANS I MEAN NATIONALITY! BLACK, WHITE, PHILLIPINO, ASIAN, ARAB, ARGENTINIAN….. WE OWN THE SPORT!! MEXICANOS ARE AT THE TOP!!
Juanma was saved by the ref. He was going to be flattened by Salido. It would have been an ugly sight with Juanma laying on the canvas.
Victor Ortiz showed that he is a warrior. Now people are going to see him as a fighter, not as a quitter. He deserve respect for his showing of courage in this fight. Everybody has bad moments, but what do you do after those moments is what counts, and Ortiz did what he needed to do showing what he is made of.
Don’t hate Cuz, we dominate….. we don’t rebuild, we reload!!!! Que me la pelan todos los boricuas!!!!
I think berto-ortiz was a great fight, and closer than many are saying. i only have victor winning by 1 pt. on my card. i thought he came back to tie-up the round he lost the point in, but there were several VERY close rounds between 7-10. rd. 6 was AMAZING – both guys taste canvas. and i think Berto was hurt badly. ortiz was hitting berto behind the head all night and leading with this head to boot, but the ref wasn’t much. i LOVE that floyd got booed. Props to Victor. New champ at 147!
Berto down twice in round one ,ortiz got no credit for and then got a point deducted for hitting him in the side of the head bent down.That was cheap and unprofessional of the reff.Berto kept complaining because he was getting beat and the ref got to know better.Ortiz was in the best shape I have seen him as of recent,or at least took nothing for granted.strong performance by victor,congrats to staying on top of opponent till the end.
Good show..
SALIDO KOYED LOPEZ!!!!!!!!!
@Trey
Yup and Pac is next!
Lot of upsets lately!!!!!!!
Big props to both fighters. Especially Victor
berto’s loss leave floyd as the only UNTESTED mofo….
berto might have lost this one, but he had the balls to fight, unlike other nigg@hs…..lol!
BIG NOSE is half filipino and half….filipina hahaha….bading pala! lol!
I picked Berto to win but no excuses by me. Ortiz was almost completely dominant, virtually pitched a shutout and rose for the occasion. Tonight Berto was outclassed by the better and more naturally gifted fighter. Congrats to Ortiz.
Bigmause your statement is a major fail!!! PAC man would disagree with u Shane Mosley and mayweather and many more!
ortiz is on peds
First, Congrats to Ortiz. This was Berto’s chance to show he was a legitmate fighter and he blew it.
Second, It looked like Berto took Ortiz too lightly. He was rocked in the first round and was never the same. Had that been a more dangerous fighter against Berto, he would have been knocked out.
And third, Arum feel out his seat with much joy because this give him another dead body to throw at Pac. BERTO HAS NOW OFFICIALLY ENTERED INTO THE PAC SWEEPSTAKES. He’s coming off a loss and to a C+ fighter at that. Berto’s contract is set to expire pretty soon.
Fourth, The Khan fight didn’t impress me at all. And he wants Mayweather? Don’t think so. McClosky looked like a Mc Bum.
VIVA MEXICO CABRONES!!!!!!!!!!
MEXICANS OWN THIS SPORT!!! YEUP WE DO!! IVE SAID IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE THE REAL CHAMPS AND WE ARE THE SPARK IN BOXING WE ARE WHAT MAKES BOXING EXCITING!!! ND THAT IS WHY BOXING IN THE US IS NOT HITTING HIGH LEVELS IN AMERICAN TV RATINGS BECAUSE HATERS JUST CANT STAND SEEING AZTEC WARRIORS STAY ON TOP, BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS OWN THIS SPORT BAYBEE!!
GREAT NIGHT OF BOXING PERIOD!! JUAN MA KNOCKED OUT TOO!!?? WOW!! ITS BEEN OF LOT OF UPSETS LATELY, THIS IS WHAT BOXING SHOULD BE, NOT JUST KNOWING WHOS GOING TO WIN….
I’M ABOUT TO WATCH THAT FIGHT NOW…
Juanma got beat people. Arum losing big.
This is what Arum does to boxing. He just killed
one of the best fights out there because he felt it wasn’t big enough.
Juanma no matter what they say got hit pretty badly. the stoppage was good.
Jubs; that wasn’t Floyd getting beat, but Ortiz showed smarts in the ring. Kudos for Ortiz! At least he was man enough to Andre-unlike Manny’s scary ass.
Golden Boy doing a much better job at setting up good matches, katsidis vs Gurrero, Maidana vs Morales, Berto vs Ortiz you can’t ask for your money back after these matches. Golden Boy bringing boxing back
Wow beatiful fight theese lads gave it all they had but surprizingly Victor showed the heart and will of a real mexican worrior hope he keeps it up
I actually felt this could happen. Ortiz is better than Quintana and look what Quintana did to Berto.
Berto was overrated.
Juanma lopez got whooped by Solido.
Solido connected in the 5th round and Juanma punch himself out fighting hurt.
The quick hands of Gamboa combined with his power would have done the same to Juanma.
The stoppage was good. Juanma was hurt and never got his senses back. The ref actually saved him. If the fight would have been allowed to continued Juanma could have gotten hurt badly.
What did I say. Pure Boxer that kid he deserves every bit of his victory.
Ortiz is the best….
Just Like I said Hurrican Ortiz came and destroyed Haiti
whoo ortiz showd that wana b ape face wat its about
@rri you are right I missed that one and also bute
@Renny**** ward is still undefeated as well.
Undefeated fighters are fallen one by one. JM Lopez and Berto were the victims tonight. That will scare Floyd, He will hold that “0″ at all cost and the only way is to retire.
Shame on those who laugh at Berto for wanting to fight Pac. Berto had a belt and prior to tonight he had been blowing guys out of the water. Obviously you never know what’s going to happen in a fight. But when you feel you’re ready, you ask for the best in the business. What’s Berto supposed to say – “Oh I’m too scared to fight Pac?” Hell no! You can’t take anything away from
Berto for wanting to fight the best. Had Pac been in there with Ortiz, he would’ve had a rough night as well.
Ja Ja Ja another maxican just beat a puerto rican ! Juan Manuel Lopes lust hist title in puerto rico agains salsido.
no more undefeated except for PBF, JML just lost
Another slick black African American bites the dust!
All kidding aside, both of these warriors showed true championship heart! No quit between these two! A rematch would be great!
A guevo….. Victor you are the champion…
hell yes….Where are the haters now… Those who doubted Victor’s heart….
@Jubs; kiss my ass P u s s y! This is a man sport, you win you lose. If you noticed he responded to my comment like an adult and addressed what I wrote. Grow up! Learn to articulate yourself like a grownup.
@kardo **** sorry the answer is NO. floyd has watch a lot of matches lately. seems content with relaxation and enjoyin life.
Exciting fight till the end, This is the fight I am looking for. I saw Floyd and 50 Cent in the audience. Maybe this is the sign that he will fight again.
@jc; Manny loss before his 19th fight and he loss twice to two absolute nobodies! Manny loss to a lesser competition-Andre loss to a determined,hard nose fighter. Where is the shame in that? I call for a rematch
And the NEW welterweight champion of the world!!!! ALL you can hate all you want AND JUBS berto should of lost points for holding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A million more tool ? Where he has never had a half decent apponent…come on al he was was a paper champ even his promoter said a year ago he was too green for a big fight
congrats victor give boxing what it needs and prove the haters wrong
Who saw that washed up so call 1 or 2 ranked boxer….take him out of the ranking .. Just another flashy marathon boxer
First I will state Ortiz should have been disqualified for excessive hitting behind the head. I have never seen a referee in a prizefight give a Boxer 10 warnings-stop the action,place both fighters in neutral corner and not take a point from the offending Boxer.
Second, Berto’s corner are a bunch of amateurs! Why was his brother interfering when the trainer was giving direction to Andre?
3rd,it was clear as day Berto didn’t train to fight a left handed fighter.
4th, how in the world did Ortiz come in the ring out weighing Berto?
If Manny can comeback from 2 KO ‘s Berto can comeback from a decision loss. Andre has a million more tools to work with than Manny.
@sropium he isnt overatted he just needs a better trainer where was the foot movement.He had the same angle the whole fight with the right trainer he can be a problem for anyone
EXPOSED, PERIOD
Great. Fight but Berto is overated j
ORTIZ SILENCED THE CRITICS TONIGHT AND BASED ON TONIGHTS PERFORMANCE FROM ORTIV VS BERTO AND KHAN VS MCKLOSKEY I THINK THAT WHEN KHAN MOVES UP TO 147 ORTIZ COULD BE TO STRONG AND TO POWERFULL
i expected that berto isnt a true boxer but yet explosive no foot movement and no chin congats victor.
Dang!!!!!!!!! Now that was a fight!!! Loved it! Ortiz,that homeboy is vicious.
yeesssssssss i told you so this was the that would make ortiz yessss i comented this 3 weeks and 6 times since moesly will ko pacquio after rt double jab cuz pac drops left while he jabs
Berto was completely outhustled by Ortiz. How Berto thought he could win the fight by using punch-grab, punch-grab, hold hold is beyond. Ortiz was throwing, throwing all night. Even Berto’s complaining about the rabbit punches rang hollow. He was losing and he knew it.
Man oh man! What a fight! This fight proved that Berto was an overrated fighter. A guy who has fought no serious competition. And now he could’t beat a guy who couldn’t make it in the jr. welters.
ORTIZ LIKED GREAT. ANOTHER WIN FOR BOXING. GREAT FIGHT!
HBO products keep falling like flies.
should berto fought mosley.. he will be knocked out..
berto and bradley has same mouth..bradley is next hahahaha!! they think already that they are great! but not!!!!
@haha ***** actually he could have a shot at manny now. this is the pattern. you lose then you take on a softy then you have your shot.
And he had the audacity to wanna fight pacman.. HOW DARE HE????
@Anonymous *** didnt manny lose at this point of his carear as well. he did not have a nice day. it happens to most of them except for a very few. has happened to paul williams, manny, maidana, khan hopkins lenox lewis holyfeild tyson. it happens. hopefully they have a rematch.
Forget bout Berto vs Pacquiao..
hope he was smart and had a rematch clause in contract. should have used his usual plan. he played in ortiz hand and lost. ortiz was 5 pounds heavier then him today. ortiz should stay as a welt. nice match. they showed a lot of heart. nice match to watch so no stupid haiteraid comments please.
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