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Andre Berto talks about his upcoming fight against Juan Urango, about the prospects of facing Miguel Cotto or Manny Pacquiao and also about admiring and mutual respect with Shane Mosley.
Andre Mike Berto (born September 7, 1983) is a Haitian American welterweight professional boxer, who represented Haiti at the 2004 Summer Olympics. On June 21, 2008, Berto became the WBC welterweight champion by defeating Miguel Rodriguez by seventh round technical knockout.
On June 21, 2008, Berto captured the vacant WBC welterweight title by defeating Miguel Rodriguez in the seventh round by technical knockout at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee. Berto knocked Rodriguez down twice in the seventh round, before the referee stopped the bout with 47 second left as Berto continually hurt Rodriguez with right hands. Berto’s first title defense of the WBC welterweight title occurred on September 28, 2008, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California against Steve Forbes. Berto consistently outpunched Forbes, winning the fight by unanimous decision with scores of 118–109 on two of the scorecards and 116–111 on the third scorecard. Berto made the second defense of his title on January 17, 2009, at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi against former WBA welterweight champion Luis Collazo. Berto got off to a rough start as he was hurt in the first round and had a point deducted in the fourth round for holding Collazo’s arm. In round seven, Berto opened a cut over the left eye of Collazo. Berto managed a comeback with a solid effort in the last two rounds as Collazo appeared tired in the end of the fight. Berto won the fight by unanimous decision with scores of 114–113 on two of the scorecards and 116–111 on the third scorecard.
