Former world champions Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto participated in a media conference call to discuss the upcoming rematch of the 2011 Fight of the Year on Saturday, Feb. 11, live on Showtime from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Take a look at what both Ortiz and Berto had to say about the upcoming rematch, where they are in their careers, how things might be different now, and more.
ANDRE BERTO: "We've already had a tremendous camp and right now we're going through the motions every day. We're excited about Feb. 11 and getting to Vegas for a fight of this magnitude. It's going to be go time"."
How important was it for you to get back in the ring and beat Jan Zaveck the way that you did?
ANDRE BERTO: "I think it was tremendously important after you go through the situations that I went through not to dwell on it for too long but to just jump back in action. And that's what I did. I just wanted to take a little time off and put...
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