“Mayweather is getting knocked out in 5 & Keith Thurman is next”!–Buddy Ruffin, JR,. Coffeyville, KS – President of Andre Berto Beats Floyd Mayweather, JR. On Any Given Sunday Fan Club (14 members, but we are hopeful more will sign up this week!)<\/strong><\/p>\nWhat a difference two years can make. On this date in 2013, two-time world champion Andre Berto (30-3, 23 KOs) underwent surgery to repair a torn tendon in his right shoulder. Two years later, he\u2019s feeling stronger than ever and enjoys a new appreciation for the speed, power and athleticism he\u2019s been blessed with. Berto plans to showcase all of those attributes in his Saturday, September 12 PPV showdown with pound-for-pound king Floyd \u201cMoney\u201d Mayweather (48-0, 26 KOs) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt gave me a completely different perspective; I really thought my career might be over,\u201d Berto said. \u201cI told myself that when I get back in there, I was going to go all in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Berto suffered the injury early in his fight with Jesus Soto Karass but in his signature style, he battled until the final round of the 12-round affair. Dr. Neal ElAttrache, a renowned orthopedic surgeon, performed Berto\u2019s surgery and was impressed with his resilience once he discovered that the tendon was completely torn from top to bottom.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had a torn subscapularis tendon, which is the big tendon in the front of the rotator cuff. That can be a career-ending injury for a fighter,\u201d said Dr. ElAttrache, who\u2019s also treated Kobe Bryant and Manny Pacquiao. \u201cAs you can tell from the length of time it took him to rehab it and come back, he did everything exactly like we wanted him to. He turned out as strong as ever but it was certainly an injury that was significant enough that it could have threatened his career.\u201d<\/p>\n
Berto has recorded two victories since coming back from the injury, including a sixth round TKO over Josesito Lopez in his last fight in March. He feels that the Mayweather fight is coming at a great moment in his progression as a fighter and a person.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve gone through so many injuries, trials and tribulations over the past few years but now I know it was all for a reason,\u201d said Berto. \u201cThis fight is coming at the perfect time. I\u2019m healthier than I have been in years and everyone is going to see that on September 12. I\u2019m coming to shock the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Berto and trainer Virgil Hunter are preparing for the Mayweather fight at Hunter\u2019s Oakland-area training facility and the two-time world champion has already been in training camp for several weeks.<\/p>\n