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The other fight on this card should be interesting as well. Andre Berto vs. David Estrada. David Estrada is a very exciting fighter of the arturo Gatti mold. His fight with Kermit Cintron was amazing last year. Berto is a former olympian who has had very little trouble in the pro ranks so far, but he was dropped by Cosme Rivera fairly hard in his last fight. There are two ways to look at that. He got dropped by an 11 loss fighter, there are some flaws. Or, he survived his first real challenge with passing colors. I like to think the latter. You can get Estrada at almost 3 to 1, so might be a play. But Estrada, at 28, has been in a lot of tough fights, and a smooth boxer such as Berto will probably give him trouble.

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Estrada at 3-1 is a nice price. Estrada went all 10 rounds with Shane Mosely. Mosley might not be the biggest puncher, but he can do some damage. Estrada also went 10 hard rounds with Cintron. Berto is starting to face some real competition in his last few bouts. Before the Cosme Rivera fight, Berto last 2 opponets had a combined 26 losses and one of those guys had a losing record. If you go back even further to about only a year ago Berto was fought 3 guys with a combined 60 loses. I am not saying Berto is going to lose, but he looks like a master blaster in the ring, but a lot like Darchinayan and Rocky Juarvez, Berto could be another young fighter who gets built up to fast in the odds makers eyes so their odds are way overpriced, even thought they have yet to prove they are truly an elite level fighter.

Tuds