By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is looking to put together a split site doubleheader on April 16th HBO split site doubleheader between WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KO’s) taking on yet another light welterweight in 23-year-old Victor Ortiz (28-2-2, 22 KO’s) that could take place at the Home Depot Center in Carson, according to boxing news from the Los Angeles Times. And fighting in England in the other part of the doubleheader will be WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s) facing one of three possible opponents – Lamont Peterson, John Murray or Paul McCloskey.

Berto has been wasting away at welterweight for the past seven years little known weak opponents for the most part. Since 2008, Berto has served as the WBC welterweight paper champion, earning the title with a win over little known Miguel Angel Rodriguez and then defending the title five times, two of them coming against light welterweights dragged up to welterweight to face Berto. The fights against welterweights for Berto were against Luis Collazo, Carlos Quintana and Freddy Hernandez. When Berto attempted to get a fight with Manny Pacquiao recently, Berto found out that it probably wasn’t helpful that he hadn’t fought a big named opponent during his seven pro career, because that was the main reason he didn’t get the fight with Pacquiao.

Berto, whose fights are shown on HBO, was supposed to be finally stepping it up in 2011 against quality opposition that boxing fans know and care about. However, it’s disappointing that Berto is picking the light welterweight Ortiz to fight instead of someone from his own weight class. Taking on and beating Ortiz won’t prove anything other than Berto can beat fighters from the smaller visions consistently. It’s scary to think of what will happen when Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. retire. If Berto becomes the main guy at welterweight, it would be terrible if Berto’s fights are the only things fans are seeing on HBO from the welterweight division with him raiding the light welterweight division for opponents every other fight.