Mayweather goes for record bout with Andre Berto

Floyd Maytweather has posted a promotional poster on his Instagram and it is for the September 12th Las Vegas bout between him and Andre Berto.

The pound-for-pound king (48-0, 26 knockouts) is meeting Berto for the final fight of his career, the undefeated boxer revealed. Mayweather will be defending his welterweight world titles against Berto (30-3, 23 knockouts).

And as usual, Floyd who defeated Manny Pacquiao in a historic fight in May is feeling confident that he will be victorious, and this coming fight is his attempt to match the late heavyweight champion Rocky Maricano’s 49-0 record.

He said on Tuesday: ““I’m ready to get back in the ring on September 12 and prove again to the whole world why I’m ‘The Best Ever’ … Forty-eight have tried before and on September 12, I’m going to make it 49.”

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The fight will be broadcasted from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas by Showtime pay-per-view, and it has pundits wondering if this fight would come with the razzmatazz of the last one.

The fight between Floyd and Pac had turned a star-studded affair as Beyoncé and Jay Z and other celebs thronged the venue of the fight. Stars like Don Jazzy flew all the way from Nigeria to watch the fight.

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