<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1379748" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Josesito-Lopez">Josesito Lopez</keyword> is rarely in a dull fight.</li><li>The 36-year-old veteran returns to the ring Saturday and hopes to pull off a strong performance against Francisco Santana so he can fight the winner, or loser, in the Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny Garcia main event.</li><li>Lopez has made many changes in recent years that even go beyond bringing in top tier <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> coach Roberto Garcia into his corner.</li><li>Lopez told us that when the coronavirus pandemic started affecting boxing in the United States, he knew he wouldn't be fighting much and so he started a hauling business which will rev its engines in the coming weeks.</li><li>For the all-action fighter Lopez, it certainly seems like his mission in boxing is just like his mission in life. All he wants to do is keep on trucking.</li></ul>Josesito Lopez is rarely in a dull fight.The man dubbed "Riverside Rocky" returns to the ring Saturday on the undercard for an event headlined by Errol Spence Jr.'s welterweight world title defense against Danny Garcia at the AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington.But having spoken to people involved in the show, Insider understands Lopez could steal the headlines as he's in a 147-pound bout with Francisco Santana which guarantees action.That's according to the former two-time welterweight champion Shawn Porter, who will be commentating on the fight for Fox <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">Sports</keyword> pay-per-view."That's a great action fight for the undercard to really get us up for the night and main event," Porter told Insider.Insider also spoke to Lopez himself, who told us he was pleased with the way he performed in his last bout - an eighth-round knockout win over John Molina Jr. last year - stressing he's "ready to do it all again" against Francisco Santana."He's a tough, game fighter," Lopez said of Santana. "I'm expecting a tough fight as he's got a lot of fight in him. He never gives up, and he'll give me a run for my money."Even at 36 years old Lopez remains game himself and has one of the best boxing coaches in the world in his corner - Robert Garcia; the former IBF super featherweight world champion who has built a formidable fight club in Southern California.On the positive changes Lopez has noticed Garcia make, the fighter said: "I put pressure on myself to work harder than I ever have before, but there's intellectual changes, too. I think smarter inside the ring, and work smarter and harder.Lopez also said Garcia has an extraordinary understanding of ring generalship. "His understanding of situations inside the ring is a big plus."We have some of the best fighters in the world training at the same gym, so the quality of the sparring is another big thing."I'm fighting young, top killers in the game. Almost to the point where it comes to fight night, I won't see anybody better than sparring partners."<h2>COVID forced Lopez to make other positive changes in his life, too</h2><div type="image" title="Josesito Lopez" height="1333" width="2000" msid="79586601" hostid="261"></div>Lopez also benefits from a personal chef making nutritious food for him every day.One of his favorite meals during the wintry months is Caldo de Res, which is a Mexican beef soup with vegetables. "That one hits the spot," he told us.While getting himself warmed up with the hearty, beef shank soup, Lopez likely looks back at the year he's had as he, like many in the world, was impacted by coronavirus.The pandemic shuttered the world's major sports leagues from mid-March onwards, and boxing was one of many industries which left participants like Lopez wondering when they will get back to work.He kept himself fit, but also established a business he'd been thinking about for years."I started my trucking business," Lopez said. "It's called Riverside Rocky, for hauling, and it's ready to take off at the top of the year."I had a bit of time on my hands, it was something I wanted to do, and I'd been procrastinating."I thought it might be a little while until I fight, so if I have time now to get some of the things out the way, then why not."I have two trucks ready to run, and I'm excited to get my hauling business going."Lopez has other business he wants to take care of first."I've got to come out healthy in my fight against Santana, but look good as well most importantly," he said."Then I want any of the top guys. I'd love a shot at the winner, or the loser, of the main event - Errol Spence Jr. and Danny Garcia. Those are two exciting fights, with two of the best guys there is."That would make for a great match," he said.For the all-action fighter Lopez, it certainly seems like his mission in boxing is just like his mission in life.All he wants to do is keep on trucking.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/derrick-james-inside-the-mind-of-errol-spence-boxing-trainer-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inside the mind of one of boxing's greatest brains ahead of his fighter Errol Spence Jr.'s world title defense against Danny Garcia</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/errol-spence-defeats-danny-garcia-by-decision-shawn-porter-says-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shawn Porter said a fighter can do certain things to recover from a brutal KO, and though the horror crash Errol Spence Jr. suffered last year would have impacted training, he still picks him to beat Danny Garcia</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/danny-garcia-mother-being-a-boxers-mom-extremely-nerve-wracking-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'Being a mother of a boxer is extremely nerve-wracking,' Danny Garcia's mom said ahead of Errol Spence Jr. fight</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/errol-spence-on-returning-to-normal-after-ferrari-crash-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">America's best boxer said it took 4 sparring sessions to return to normal after crashing his $300,000 Ferrari at high-speed</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/shawn-porter-fancies-wbo-title-fight-with-terence-crawford-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shawn Porter fancies a fight with Terence Crawford but says he has other welterweight world title options, too</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/anthony-yarde-in-tough-fight-after-4-deaths-6-months-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Yarde is thrust into a 'tough fight' in his first bout since losing 4 family members in 6 months</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/willy-hutchinson-dennis-mccann-expectations-high-for-boxing-talents-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2 young fighters compared to Joe Calzaghe and Prince Naseem Hamed will be unleashed Saturday, boxing promoter Frank Warren said</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/weve-entered-a-golden-era-of-boxing-exhibitions-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We've officially entered a golden era of showbiz boxing, and it's all down to Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, and Floyd Mayweather</a>

Action fighter Josesito Lopez's mission in boxing and in life is to keep on trucking

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10386041" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sebastian-fundora">Sebastian Fundora</keyword> was supposed to fight Jorge Cota on Saturday, but the latter tested positive for the coronavirus and so had to withdraw from the weekend's big <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> show.</li><li>Cota has been replaced by Habib Ahmed but the new opponent won't likely faze Fundora.</li><li>This is because Fundora told Insider recently that he wasn't training specifically for Cota and was focusing more on what he can bring to the ring.</li><li>Fundora and Ahmed contest a 154-pound match on a <keyword id="9692340" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="premier-boxing-champions">Premier Boxing Champions</keyword> card broadcast by Fox <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">Sports</keyword> pay-per-view.</li><li>The Arlington, Texas, event is headlined by the welterweight world title fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Danny Garcia.</li></ul>Sebastian Fundora, a 22-year-old athlete dubbed "The Towering Inferno," will likely be unfazed about the late opponent switch ahead of his fight Saturday.The youngster was supposed to compete against Jorge Cota in a super welterweight match on the undercard of the Premier Boxing Champions event in Arlington, Texas, which is broadcast on Fox Sports pay-per-view.However, Cota tested positive for the coronavirus just days before the competition, <a href="https://www.ringtv.com/614364-sebastian-fundora-to-face-habib-ahmed-on-spence-garcia-card-jorge-cota-out-with-covid-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Ring reported midweek</a>, and so a former world title challenger called Habib Ahmed was recruited to replace him.The late switch probably won't have affected Fundora because he told us late last month that he wasn't specifically training for Cota, but rather focusing on what he does best.Fundora is a natural athlete, is 6-foot-6 and is often mistaken for college basketball players. He told us that if it weren't for boxing, he'd have loved to have been a long distance runner.During those runs, he puts his headphones on, listens to rock or country, and focuses on the strategy he'll be implementing in the upcoming fight."I'm more focused on my performance," he told Insider when we asked him about Cota a few weeks ago."I'm more in tune with what I'm going to do, how I'm going to display myself, and how I'm going to win this fight."Fundora is still growing, he said. Just not upwards, but outwards. He's adding muscle to his frame, and told us he's learning how to mix it up on the inside, as well as utilizing his height and reach from mid-range and the outside."I feel my body growing into the weight class," said Fundora."I'm tall, but I'm also skinny so I've got my muscle coming in. I'm learning more things in the ring, how to place my feet, how to maintain a good distance. Maybe not the long distance, but to use what I have in the way that fits me."He said growing-up, people would try to fight him on the inside thinking it would put him at a disadvantage, so he learned to defend from those positions."We've been tall this whole time, it wasn't something that came out of nowhere," he said."I've been tall since a teenager. People would always try to fight on the inside so I had to learn how to fight on the inside rather than just backing up, and let them take advantage of me."Fundora finished by remarking that he's unconcerned about what's next, is thinking only about winning Saturday, and will only then look at 2021 and beyond."We'll see what my promoter and team has in store for me," he said. "The sky's the limit."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/derrick-james-inside-the-mind-of-errol-spence-boxing-trainer-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inside the mind of one of boxing's greatest brains ahead of his fighter Errol Spence Jr.'s world title defense against Danny Garcia</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/errol-spence-defeats-danny-garcia-by-decision-shawn-porter-says-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shawn Porter said a fighter can do certain things to recover from a brutal KO, and though the horror crash Errol Spence Jr. suffered last year would have impacted training, he still picks him to beat Danny Garcia</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/danny-garcia-mother-being-a-boxers-mom-extremely-nerve-wracking-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'Being a mother of a boxer is extremely nerve-wracking,' Danny Garcia's mom said ahead of Errol Spence Jr. fight</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/errol-spence-on-returning-to-normal-after-ferrari-crash-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">America's best boxer said it took 4 sparring sessions to return to normal after crashing his $300,000 Ferrari at high-speed</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/josesito-lopezs-boxing-and-life-mission-to-keep-on-trucking-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Action fighter Josesito Lopez's mission in boxing and in life is to keep on trucking</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/shawn-porter-fancies-wbo-title-fight-with-terence-crawford-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shawn Porter fancies a fight with Terence Crawford but says he has other welterweight world title options, too</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/weve-entered-a-golden-era-of-boxing-exhibitions-2020-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We've officially entered a golden era of showbiz boxing, and it's all down to Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, and Floyd Mayweather</a>

Why 22-year-old 'Towering Inferno' Sebastian Fundora will be unfazed about the late opponent switch on the big PBC card Saturday

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A super welterweight <keyword id="11922196" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boxing" source="Orion">boxing</keyword> match got nasty Saturday night and delivered in impeccable fashion.</li><li><keyword id="13569989" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sebastian-fundora" source="Orion">Sebastian Fundora</keyword> and <keyword id="13569988" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="erickson-lubin" source="Orion">Erickson Lubin</keyword> topped a seven-fight PBC on Showtime card in Las Vegas.</li></ul>LAS VEGAS — <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boxing</a>'s thriving super welterweight division took center stage Saturday during a Premier Boxing Champions event broadcast on Showtime from the theater inside Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.Sebastian Fundora and Erickson Lubin topped the seven-bout card with good reason, as they produced a David vs. Goliath firefight so electric it will go down as an instant boxing classic.Lubin lost by first-round knockout to Jermell Charlo five years ago but <a href="https://www.insider.com/erickson-lubin-deliveres-boxing-masterclass-in-rebounding-from-ko-loss-2022-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has, in the years since, been delivering a masterclass in how to rebound from a humiliating defeat</a>.Though Fundora halted his winning run on the night, Lubin's stock will no doubt rise for the heart he showed to fight despite a disfigured face. That's what you get when you share the ring with rising star Fundora.In a bout in which Lubin surrendered a significant height advantage, he wobbled the taller man with his solid punching early in the first round.Fundora, a freak of nature, refused to box tall. Rather than rely on his 6-foot-6 frame at super welterweight, he fought with authority from close range, whipping left hands into Lubin's midsection, uppercuts to the jaw, and generally had the edge when he put his punches into bunches.Sensing how to fight Fundora, Lubin pushed him away and hit the fighter from mid-range, even wobbling him once again.But all this did was rally Fundora, who showed great recuperative ability, fought fire with fire, and scored a knockdown of his own mere seconds from the end of the second round after a barrage of uppercuts.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Premier Boxing Champions (@premierboxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1513011602605297672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote><div type="image" title="Sebastian Fundora scored a first-round knockdown." height="1334" width="2000" msid="90757788" hostid="261"></div>Lubin was lucky the round was almost over because if the knockdown had happened midway through, he'd likely never have recovered.But he had 60 seconds on his stool and that was enough to throw with bad intentions in the third round in a fight that had everything required to be a 'Fight of the Year' contender.It was hell for those involved but heaven for fans watching in the crowd, for media on press row, and those watching at home.Fundora dominated when fighting inside while Lubin scored well with singular power shots mid-range and further afield.From the fourth round onwards the pace started to lag behind the badass slobberknocker that unfolded in the opening quarter.But Bodyshots were still landing all over the place, jaws were cracked for good measure, and Lubin's facial bruising became horrific to look at.Despite a rearranged face and likely broken nose, Lubin still had the eye-hand coordination, power, and accuracy to put Fundora on the floor in the seventh with shot after shot.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Premier Boxing Champions (@premierboxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1513017987808174087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote>Lubin's desire to throw had been beaten out of him in rounds eight and nine, though. And upon completion of the ninth, Lubin's trainer Kevin Cunningham stopped the fight, thus awarding Fundora the technical knockout win.With victory, Fundora advanced his pro boxing record 19 wins (13 knockouts) against one draw."I think this was probably my best performance ever," Fundora said post-fight. "It was a back-and-forth fight. He really brought his hammer, but I decided to bring my drill. The uppercut was landing like no other."The uppercut is my lucky punch," he added. "I'm here in Vegas, so I feel a little lucky, and that's my lucky punch. It lands most of the time with everybody. Southpaw. Right hand. It doesn't matter. Once I find that, I feel like the job's done."On the stoppage, Fundora said: "I think it was a good decision for Kevin Cunningham to stop the fight. His face shifted from round one to round nine."It completely morphed and there was a lot of blood coming out. He's a tough fighter. He was in the game the whole time but there's no need to get hurt that much."<h2>Harrison and Garcia brought great energy to their 154-pound ruck</h2><div type="image" title="Tony Harrison boxed to a tee against Sergio Garcia." height="1334" width="2000" msid="90757789" hostid="261"></div>A crossroads fight between <keyword id="13570608" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tony-harrison" source="Orion">Tony Harrison</keyword> and Sergio Garcia delivered great energy Saturday as both boxers performed like their careers near the top of the sport were on the line.Harrison landed eye-catching flurries, pinging off well-placed shots in quick succession, and made Garcia miss big shots of his own.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Premier Boxing Champions (@premierboxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1512996900370202627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote>Garcia, though, was unrelenting, and constantly moved his feet forward so he rarely let Harrison take a moment to breathe.He landed sharp counters and only occasionally seemed perturbed by Harrison's attacks, but by the fight's midway point the American dominated the action and put a considerable number of rounds in the bank.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1512999094121287681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote>One of the things that won Harrison the fight was his expert appreciation of space.It seemed like he knew where Garcia wanted to throw punches from — short range — and exploited that by moving in and out of his opponent's danger zone while landing solid shots of his own.Harrison's majestic footwork, his intuitive head movement, and his dazzling shot selection were all on display against Garcia.It was a much-needed reminder to the boxing industry that he is still that dude, and capable of scoring big wins after a knockout loss to Jermell Charlo and a draw to <keyword id="13585580" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bryant-perrella" source="Orion">Bryant Perrella</keyword> in back-to-back fights in the last three years.<div type="image" title="Tony Harrison dominated Sergio Garcia at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas." height="1334" width="2000" msid="90757790" hostid="261"></div>By the fight's end, Harrison landed a considerable amount of shots according to Compubox data sent to Insider.He tallied 197 of his 491 punches for a 40% accuracy, landing half of his more powerful strikes (88 from 173). He also limited Garcia to 103 shots landed from his 592 attempts (17%).True to how Insider saw the fight, the three ringside judges awarded Harrison with a unanimous decision win with two scores of 100-90 and another of 98-92."Muscles is the way of the streets, but skills pay the bills," Harrison said post-fight, in a statement sent to Insider."He was swinging for the fences. When he was missing shots, all I heard was 'whoosh!' [as the shots fizzed away from his head]. I felt it. I was trying to throw a few more counter shots in between. My composure was everything."Victory advanced Harrison's pro boxing record to 29 wins (21 knockouts) against three losses and a draw.<h2>Fifth round sole highlight in Salgado's draw with Perrella</h2><div type="image" title="Bryant Perrella lands a punch on Kevin Salgado." height="1334" width="2000" msid="90757791" hostid="261"></div>A nasty left hook launched in the fifth round that sent Salgado off-balance was the sole highlight in a relatively uneventful 10-round bout that introduced Showtime's televised card from the theater inside the Virgin Hotels.Competing for the first time on an American canvas, Salgado had a chance to add his name to Mexico's rich contribution to boxing, but fell short because of Bryant Perrella's trickery.With boxing great Roy Jones Jr. in his corner, Perrella said through fight week that they had been preparing for Salgado by drilling an assertive jab.But as the rounds wore on, he showed more than that as he landed the punch of the night midway through the match.Watch it right here:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1512983312800915461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote>Perrella found a home for his uppercut in the sixth, kept working his southpaw jab from a wide stance, and was looking more comfortable in the ring the longer the fight wore on.Though Insider regarded Perrella's work to have been superior on the night, the three judges disagreed and could not split the two boxers, awarding a split draw with scores of 97-93 for Perrella, 96-94 for Salgado, and an even card of 95-95.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—SHOWTIME Boxing (@ShowtimeBoxing) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1512989769520799744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2022</a></blockquote>Neither fighter was happy with the result."I was shocked by the decision," said Perrella in a statement sent to Insider. "I put my all into this and I get robbed at the end of the day. It's a tough pill to swallow. You know I easily outboxed him. He barely landed any punches."Compubox data sent to Insider supports Perrella's claim as the computerized punches scoring system counted 98 shots landed from 503 thrown for Perrella (20%), compared to 68 from 375 (18%) for Salgado."I thought my gameplan and execution was great," Perrella continued. "I boxed smart. I broke him down."He was just winging big shots any time I would step in just trying to knock me out with one punch. I kept the jab in his face. Jabs to the body. Left hands. I hurt him. Everything was going great and it looked like I was sweeping all the rounds."Salgado disagreed. "I felt like I won," he said. "All Perrella did was run around and away from me … Perrella kept throwing his jab but almost never connected."He added: "I think that tonight was definitely a positive step in the right direction towards becoming the next Mexican star in the United States, and I look forward to pleasing the fans with more Mexican-style fights in the future."<div type="image" title="Kevin Salgado returns fire on Bryant Perrella." height="1334" width="2000" msid="90757792" hostid="261"></div>Premier Boxing Champions on Showtime returns April 16 for a pay-per-view offering at the AT&amp;T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.Errol Spence Jr. and Yordenis Ugas top an 11-bout card in a bout that has three welterweight world championships on the line.Radzhab Butaev fights Eimantis Stadionis, Cody Crawley boxes Josesito Lopez, and Isaac Cruz fights Yuriorkis Gamboa earlier in the show.

A David vs. Goliath boxing match delivered an instant Fight of the Year contender in Las Vegas

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/55ae52ed371d22c6178b6d37-1067-800/mayweather-pacquiao-unanimous-decision.jpg" alt="mayweather pacquiao unanimous decision" data-mce-source="Al Bello/Getty Images" />Al Bello/Getty ImagesFloyd Mayweather wants to retire undefeated.</div></div></div>Floyd Mayweather's next opponent will be 31-year-old welterweight Andre Berto, <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/20/floyd-mayweather-officially-fighting-andre-berto/">according to a report from TMZ Sports</a>.Though the September 12 fight hasn't been confirmed by Mayweather's camp or a network - <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/floyd-mayweather-fight-cbs-2015-7">CBS is believed to air the fight</a> - <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/news/floyd-mayweather-jr--won-t-give-up-on-struggling-prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9-adrien-broner-024352037-boxing.html">Mayweather has mentioned Berto's name</a> in the past, and <a href="https://twitter.com/AndreBerto/status/621411682493952000">Berto tweeted that he's excited</a> to "be in the running" to fight Mayweather.The boxing world isn't exactly jumping for joy over this next fight. If the report is true, it may confirm a popular theory about how Mayweather wants to end his career - with an easy opponent that will let him retire undefeated.Mayweather is now 48-0 after a unanimous, 12-round <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mayweather-pacquiao-score-updates-results-2015-5">victory over Manny Pacquiao</a>. While Mayweather has suggested his next fight may be his last, some people believe he will go for two more easy fights to retire 50-0.Mayweather's father and trainer, <a href="http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/2015/07/floyd_mayweather_sr_says_son_s.html">Floyd Mayweather Sr., told David Mayo of MLive</a> that Floyd "just wants to get a couple of easy fights." Mayweather Sr. said he told his son he should just retire if that's the case. He also said that he believes judges and analysts will soon turn against his son's defensive, evasive fighting style. No victory is ever guaranteed, but Berto seems like a safe opponent for Mayweather. Berto is 30-3 during his career, but is just 3-3 in his last six fights, and one of those losses came to Robert Guerrero, whom Mayweather has beaten. As <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/13448/potential-mayweather-berto-fight-not-likely-on-ppv">ESPN's Dan Rafael noted</a>, a Mayweather-Berto fight "pales in comparison" to potential fights with Amir Khan and Keith Thurman, two other fighters who were in the running to fight Mayweather. Rafael mentions that CBS potentially airing the fight instead of a pay-per-view (PPV) medium is seen as a "goodwill move" after the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight didn't live up to expectations with a price of $100 on PPV. Some people also believe a Mayweather-Berto fight wouldn't drive in PPVs.<a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2523684-rumored-mayweather-berto-bout-would-be-a-fitting-end-to-floyds-tragic-career">Bleacher Report's Kelsey McCarson writes</a> that Berto has "no business" being in the ring with Mayweather:"Berto has no business inside a prizefighting ring with Mayweather. He is athletic but hardly skilled. He is not ranked among the top 10 welterweights in the world by either <a href="http://ringtv.craveonline.com/ratings/welterweight">Ring Magazine</a> or the <a href="http://www.tbrb.org/all-rankings/#147">Transnational Boxing Ranking Board</a>. He has suffered losses to middling contenders Victor Ortiz, Robert Guerrero and Jesus Soto Karass. He possesses no attribute as a fighter that would lead any sane person to believe he'd be anything but a glorified sparring partner for Mayweather on fight night."<a href="http://www.badlefthook.com/2015/7/17/8989645/letter-to-floyd-no-berto-please-thank-you">Wil Esco of Bad Left Hook broke down</a> Berto's recent fight against Josesito Lopez, noting that Mayweather would dismantle Berto with the same style Lopez used.This has been a frequent criticism of Mayweather, as some people believe he's chased easy, safe fights to preserve his record. His fight against Pacquiao took so long to develop that Pacquiao was clearly on the back-end of his career by the time it came to fruition - a safe bet for Mayweather.Now, with Mayweather ending his career, he has a chance to be one of the few champion boxers to finish his career undefeated, and it seems he may be going for easy opponents to ensure that legacy. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/little-known-facts-manny-pacquiao-boxing-mayweather-2015-7">Everything you didn't know about Manny Pacquiao's incredible life outside of boxing</a></h3> <div> <div> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="NoanR5dTqY5F4lzSGajzV4wSRxzSOUST" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> <script> if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'NoanR5dTqY5F4lzSGajzV4wSRxzSOUST',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); </script> <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div> </div> <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script> </div>

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