By Jim Dower: Unbeaten #1 WBA heavyweight contender Luis “The Real King” Kong (27-0, 3 KOs) has been added to the April 22nd fight card headlined by former welterweight champions Andre Berto and Shawn Porter on Premier Boxing Champions on Showtime from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The fight card starts at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. The Berto vs. Porter fight will be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing.
By Allan Fox: Andre Berto (31-4, 24 KOs) tuned his career around last Saturday night with a fourth round knockout win over his old nemesis Victor Ortiz (31-6-2, 24 KOs) in their rematch at the DC Armory in Washington, DC.
A loss for Berto in this fight would have removed any chance of him getting a crack at WBC 147lb world champion Danny Garcia, and it might have did his career in. The improvement that Berto made in his skills came from his hard work in sparring with former WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward, who shares the same trainer as him in Virgil Hunter out of Hayward, California.
By Chris Williams: We may have seen the end of former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz’s pro career tonight with him getting knocked down and stopped in the 4th round by former IBF/WBC 147lb champion Andre Berto (31-4, 24 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Berto did little until the 4th round at which time he knocked Ortiz down twice with big right hands. Ortiz failed to say he wanted to continue after the second knockdown when asked by referee Jack Reiss if he wanted to continue. The fight was official halted at 1:14 of the 4th.
(Photo Credit: Suzanne Teresa/Premier Boxing Champions) By Dan Ambrose: Andre Berto (30-4, 23 KOs) and Victor Ortiz (31-5-2, 24 KOs) made weight on Friday for their non-title fight on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Berto weighed in at 146.8lbs and Ortiz also weighed in at 146.8lbs. Ortiz looked very drained at the weigh-in.
That makes you wonder how much weight he’ll be putting back on overnight. Berto could be dealing with a super middleweight by the time he gets in the ring tomorrow night. Ortiz looks like he’s going to rehydrate well into the 160s. He’s been training hard obviously, but it’s possible that Ortiz has grown out of the welterweight division at the age of 29.
By William Mackay: Former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto spoke out yesterday about his alleged positive drug test for Nandrolone, saying he’s innocent and he’s a clean fighter who doesn’t use performance enhancing drugs.
By Scott Gilfoid: British promoter Eddie Hearn is up in arms about the latest drug test, this one for Andre Berto which took place yesterday, and may have wiped out his June 23rd rematch against Victor Ortiz.
By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan seemed shocked at yesterday’s news about former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto allegedly testing positive for the banned drug Nandrolone in the VADA testing for his scheduled June 23rd rematch against Victor Ortiz at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
by Collie Moore: Boxing suffered another setback with the emergence of the news that Andre Berto has allegedly tested positive for the substance norandrosterone. The results of the urine test come just days after news of Lamont Peterson’s positive tests which led to the cancellation of his much-anticipated light-welterweight bout with Amir Khan.
By Sean McDaniel: With Andre Berto’s alleged positive drug test for a banned substance, Golden Boy Promotions are likely losing their second big fight in the past week. Berto was supposed to fight Golden Boy Promotions fighter Victor Ortiz on June 23rd, but fat chance that happens now.
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Coming on the heels of last weeks top story in boxing that IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s) had failed two drug tests, the still developing story that former WBC welterweight title holder Andre Berto (28-1, 22 KO’s) has also failed two drug tests is bound to set boxing back on it’s heels.