Twitter Ain’t Impressed
TMZ broke the news weeks ago, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the various stakeholders of his September 12 PPV match announced only today that he will, indeed, officially face perhaps the most undeserving of the recognizable welterweight contenders active today in Andre Berto. It’s a bewildering choice, especially when one considers that Floyd himself has stated more than once that this will be the final fight of his career. No, we’re not buying that either, but still, whether it’s Floyd’s last match or the prelude to another run of tedious decision wins, it just looks so damn bad.
Mayweather vs Berto is a terrible match-up and there really is no way to talk around this point. Berto has three defeats in his last six fights, one of them a stoppage loss to a journeyman named Jesus Soto Karass who boasts a record of 28-10-3. And we’re not even getting into the ridiculous hypocrisy of Floyd signing to fight a man who in 2012 was caught using steroids when his number one excuse for not facing Manny Pacquiao for five years was the Filipino’s alleged use of PED’s.
If you’re a die-hard boxing fan, you know this match isn’t worth much consideration, much less actually paying to see it. If you’re a casual fight fan, we strongly urge you to NOT spend any of your hard-earned scratch on this disgrace of a pay-per-view “fight.” And if you’re a member of the, unfathomably, ever-growing legion of TMT faithful, well, we hope you at least get the satisfaction of spotting the actual $20 bills you’ve surrendered to Mr. TBE as he counts ’em out and stacks ’em up in front of Showtime’s All Access cameras.
Now that that’s off our chest, we’ll just let twitter say it better. Enjoy!
I just heard the bad news horrible just horrible #MayweatherBerto 👎
— Ivan Montiel (@LatinoPorVida10) August 4, 2015
"We're not sure Amir will be 100% after fasting"
"Ok, let's go with Berto then"#ConversationsThatNeverHappened
— Tom (@2footshaft) August 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/JamesBaggJr/status/628676137804300288
https://twitter.com/elchavaloko/status/628695928581419008
https://twitter.com/LeeWylie1/status/628678029678616576
https://twitter.com/mccready82/status/628679416093241348
Boxing Twitter right now is a delightful mix of snark, rage, disbelief, and tangential Facelube references. #MayweatherBerto
— Eric Raskin + (@EricRaskin) August 4, 2015
@KelseyMcCarson A piñata swings back. Too dangerous.
— Boxing Monthly (@BoxingMonthlyED) August 4, 2015
.@guardian's breaking news on Chris Berto #ThingsBetterThanMayweatherBerto pic.twitter.com/aWlZ43WloK
— KO Bets (@KnockoutBet) August 4, 2015
Like most of us, imagining how fights between Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Leonard and Andre Berto would pan out…
— Boxing Monthly (@BoxingMonthlyED) August 4, 2015
not with a bang but a whimper https://t.co/hQ8EOuS0hp
— La Dulce Ciencia Ediciones (@DulceCiencia) August 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/olivergoldstein/status/628685410500276225
@_BrianKing_ @FloydMayweather that first comment.. pic.twitter.com/SpIl5EQUvV
— Babs (@Babs_SP) August 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/jakeburnsmfc/status/628683651925024768
It's pretty funny to me that Floyd used the "this ain't Berto" line on an opponent and now he's fighting Berto with no quality wins since.
— Mark Ortega (@MarkEOrtega) August 4, 2015
@dougiefischer who knew a fight announcement could give you ED
— JL (@JTL1908) August 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/GeoIMAGEZ/status/628686248060809217
https://twitter.com/therealscottlaw/status/628686642077900801
https://twitter.com/KelseyMcCarson/status/628687004759232512
Mayweather-Berto on pay-per-view is hilarious. That is guaranteed to be one overpriced fiasco.
— Patrick Connor (@PatrickMConnor) August 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/farl_croch/status/628684522276712448
Take your side chick to Mayweather vs Berto. No cameras will be there. She deserves a reward for hiding under the bed that time.
— Wild Man Marc Metro (@GodHamgod) August 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/Stocko3000/status/628940730992590848
https://twitter.com/MrChacon/status/628680209110142976
https://twitter.com/JamesBaggJr/status/628681856662249473
https://twitter.com/JamesBaggJr/status/628682285836070912
https://twitter.com/mccready82/status/628680373627678721
I would have preferred a Victor Ortiz rematch
— Alex (@arodjuices) August 5, 2015
When they said Berto has ppv drawing power #boxing #MayweatherBerto pic.twitter.com/lqvWStBjLk
— Arch Bishop Stubbs (@BrandonP2TF) August 4, 2015
Why pay $74.99 2watch May dance in HD when u can pay under $50 2watch me KO a shit talking lunatic. Plus I have a surprise announcement LIVE
— Shane Mosley (@ShaneMosley_) August 5, 2015
OK, wow. MGM just issued me a correction. @AndreBerto isn't an 18-1 underdog, he's a 50-to-1 dog. Bigger odds than Tyson-Douglas.
— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) August 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/jet79/status/628702647726538752
On #MayweatherPacman i called for hope! On #MayweatherBerto i call for poetic justice!
— Manny Montreal ®™🥊 📸🎥🎙 (@MannyMtl) August 5, 2015
