WBC welterweight champ Andre Berto cancels his fight with Shane Mosley after earthequake in Haiti
WBC welterweight champion Andre “The Beast” Berto canceled his January 30 title defense versus “Sugar” Shane Mosley in lieu of the devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti last week.
Haitian Prime Minister Jena-Max Bellerive estimated that the country’s most severe earthquake ion over 200 years would likely leave “more than one hundred thousand dead.”
Berto (26-0, 19 KOs), a two-time National Golden Gloves champion who won 22 state titles in Florida, was born in Miami.
Nevertheless, as a proud Haitian-American, Berto represented Haiti at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
“As a result of this disaster, I am mentally and physically exhausted and therefore I have no choice but to withdraw from my bout,” said Berto, 26.