By Allan Fox: Virgil Hunter, the trainer for former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (28-3, 22 KO’s), would like to see Berto get back in the ring and face Jesus Soto Karass (28-8-3, 18 KO’s) in Berto’s next fight rather than moving on to take a lesser opponent.
Berto was stopped in the 12th round by Soto Karass last month on July 27th at the AT&T Center, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Hunter attributes a part of that loss to Berto injuring his right arm early in the fight.
Berto said after the bout that he had pulled his right arm out of the shoulder socket early in the fight, and had problems using it. The was pretty close at the time of the stoppage with one judge scoring it 105-103 for Berto, another 105-103 for Soto Karass and the third scoring it 104-104.