The last man to fight Floyd Mayweather isn't buying what most boxing purists are selling in the lead-up to the 40-year-old's bout with Conor McGregor. In fact, he believes "The Notorious" can walk away with a win.
Andre Berto fought Mayweather in September 2015, losing by unanimous decision, so he knows as well as anyone what the undefeated boxer is like in present day. Yet, the confidence he sees in McGregor is enough to convince Berto that the Irishman can knock Mayweather out.
"When it comes to Conor, I tell people: He's a star," Berto said on "The MMA Hour" Monday, according to MMA Fighting's Marc Raimondi. "For some reason under that pressure and under those lights and under that atmosphere, he knows how to rise to the occasion. It doesn't matter what the situation is, he's one of those special guys that really can thrive in these types of environments, man.
"I just don't put too much past him. I've been able to see and able to go to a few of this fights and really see how he really soaks up that atmosphere and he gets energy from it, where a lot of people really break down or it allows them to fold. He gets energy from that and he knows how to thrive. If it was a guy in the UFC or MMA that can do it, I believe he would be the one, for sure."
Berto believes it is completely within the realm of possibility that Mayweather will do what he always does in putting on a technical boxing clinic en route to defensively outpointing McGregor. However, he also sees a scenario with "The Notorious" coming out on top.
"I see Conor coming in there really showing that bravado, showing that cockiness, and showing that he's really there to fight," Berto said. "And somewhat trying to steal the stage from Floyd just with his antics and he kind of gets Floyd into a mind-game situation, has him pulling some type of mistakes and (Mayweather) gets caught with a big shot and gets hurt. And (McGregor) could stop him."
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