Prior to Saturday?s bout between Andre Ward and Carl Froch, Showtime executives and some of the fighters they have under contract held a media round table in Atlantic City to answer some questions and promote upcoming bouts. Featured in the media round table was promoter Lou Dibella, boxers Andre Berto, Victor Ortiz, Lucian Bute, and General Manager of Showtime Sports Stephen Espinoza. Below are some notable quotes from Saturday?s round table.
Andre Berto:
?I put in a lot of work, and I went through what I went through because I had a bad night, everything happens for a reason, I went back to the drawing board and refocus on myself and I came back and I just won another world title, and I gave that up just to have this fight.?
?I?m going to jab a lot more, move around the ring. But basically I could use the same strategy that I came in with.?
?Realistically it wasn?t the fight that I was excited about. Realistically I felt that I wanted to step in another direction to a bigger fight.? (On first fight with Ortiz).
?All the focus is on Victor Ortiz right now, that?s all that I?m worried about.?
?At the end of the day I know Floyd is a supreme boxer, so why would you move around and try to box the guy? And..Floyd was just popping shots on him, and of course from time to time you know Ortiz came and tried to bring the pressure on him but like I said it looked like a different Ortiz, he got frustrated and tried to pull the headbutt situation, and afterwards a lot of hugging and kissing and then got knocked out.?
?uhh..realistic, probably not?probably not. Just because of the fact that I just want to try to?I don?t know?I mean at the end of the day the referee told them to go, referee said box, and somebody said he was just looking to the side, it?s go time you know you already hugged me and kissed me twice, it?s time to fight now? (On if he would have done the same thing Floyd did to Ortiz after being headbutted).
