3-3 in his last six fights and having been fairly inactive, Berto has done little to merit a hugely lucrative fight with the best boxer on the planet, and the sport’s biggest draw.
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The career-closing boxing match is set to take place next month (12 September 2015) against Andre Berto in Los Angeles.
“A while back I didn’t know who Ronda Rousey was, so I’m pretty sure she got upset”.
“I’ve come to conclusions with Mayweather and his team saying I’m not on their to-do list”, Thurman said. The promise this time is that it’s his last time, or at least until Mayweather figures there are still enough rubes out there who will buy another one next spring.
On September 12, Floyd Mayweather will go for his 49th consecutive victory in his already-historic career.
Floyd is coming off a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao in what was supposed to be the fight of the century. That ” s what the media did”. “I’ve yet to see any MMA fighter, or other boxer, make over $300 million in 36 minutes”, Mayweather said. “It don’t matter. I’m older, wiser, and my health is more important than any of that”.
“I chose Berto because he is very exciting”. But many will still go and watch the fight as they will definitely excuse him for not choosing a tough fighter for his last and final bout. A career that began at birth Floyd continued the family tradition as his father Floyd who fought Sugar Ray Leonard, as well as uncle’s Roger, a former world champion and Jeff who was also a professional.
However, Groves said “I think I’m better than him in most aspects”.
Ellerbe, in an interview with David Mayo of MLive.com, insisted that Berto will be a capable – and competitive – opponent.
Mayweather and Berto came face to face in Los Angeles on Thursday for a press conference to launch the countdown to the fight.
“I guess I didn’t have no respect for Buster Douglas as a fighter”, he said, recently recalling his training for the Douglas fight to Playboy.
Promoted by Mayweather Promotions, the four-fight pay-per-view telecast will be produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME PPV and is the sixth and final fight of a record-breaking deal between Mayweather and Showtime Networks Inc. “A lot of people don’t get it. They’re mad at me?” Who wouldn’t take the opportunity of a lifetime against Mayweather to try to change his life and prove the world wrong? Mayweather said no.
“Vanes Martirosyan is a good fighter, I have nothing but respect for him”. The last person he really fought with that type of situation was Zab Judah, and Zab gave him some problems in the beginning of that fight.
“Everyone’s blaming me for this, but I just happened to be the next guy in line”, Berto said.
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Some of those elements are common to all Mayweather opponents, merely as a product of lesser men fighting the pound-for-pound king, though Berto seems particularly well-suited to making an all-time great counterpuncher look great going out the door. The recent Philadelphian’s efforts have largely gone under the radar, however, occurring mostly in the United Kingdom where he has spent considerable time refining his craft and developing a rapport with Tyson Fury (24-0, 18 KOs) and Fury’s uncle, trainer Peter Fury.
