ANDRE BERTO Opponent Named!
Welterweight Andre Berto (20-0, 17 KOs), the dynamic 2006 ESPN.com prospect of the year, finally has an opponent for his Feb. 9 HBO appearance on the Williams-Quintana undercard (10 p.m. ET/PT). He’ll face former European champion Michel Trabant (43-2-1, 19 KOs) of Germany. Trabant, 29, whose only losses are a majority decision to Jose Antonio Rivera in a 2003 world title bout and a split decision to Frederic Klose in a 2004 European title fight, represents the stiffest test of Berto’s career. Berto promoter Lou DiBella and HBO discussed numerous opponents who either turned Berto down or were not approved by HBO. Among the names discussed: Steve Forbes, Isaac Hlatshwayo, Jose Luis Cruz, Mike Arnaoutis, Miki Rodriguez, Sebastian Lujan, Oscar Diaz and Vivian Harris. . . as reported by ESPN.com
***Faithful Bolo Punch listeners will recall that we had the good fortune of speaking with Andre Berto a few months back. This EXCLUSIVE interview is prominently shown on youtube.com and on our homepage under INTERVIEWS.
