By Allan Fox: Former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (28-2, 22 KO’s) looked bad last night in losing by a fairly wide 12 round unanimous decision to Robert Guerrero (31-1-1, 18 KO’s) in a fight televised by HBO. For Berto, this was his second loss in his last two fights, and his second poorly fought fight.

That’s not good especially given that HBO is televising his fights to American audiences nationwide. The question that some boxing fans might have now is how much longer will HBO choose to show Berto’s fights with him losing frequently now, and not looking good.

Even in his fight that he won last year in September over Jan Zaveck, Berto didn’t look good in that fight and appeared that he was tiring at the time of the stoppage. And in Berto’s losses to Guerrero and Victor Ortiz, Berto has fought with his back against the ropes like an aging fighter typically does.

Berto isn’t old at 28, but he’s not fighting like he used to back in 2008 when he had an exciting fighting style in which he threw a lot of blazing fast shots and stayed in the center of the ring. We haven’t seen that version of Berto for quite some time, and it could be that he’ll never be what he once was.

In that case it’s debatable whether HBO should keep showing his fights. There are other fighters that the U.S fans could be seeing who are more interesting to watch, and who are actually winning instead of losing.

If an HBO fighter is losing his fights then fans should at least be seeing an exciting fighter that is going toe to toe with his opponents in the center of the ring like Marcos Maidana. But it’s not interesting to see Berto with his back perched against the ropes fighting from that position for 12 rounds. That’s really dull and not a good way to be seen losing a fight.

If HBO wants to keep televising Berto’s fights then that’s on them, but I think they might want to cut their ties with him if he can’t fight in a more exciting manner and stay in the center of the ring instead of hanging on the ropes and getting out-worked.