The draw of Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s next fight isn’t the opponent.
Few are convinced former welterweight champion Andre Berto can beat Mayweather (48-0), and few – for Mayweather fight standards – are expected to dish out $60 or $70 to watch the Sept. 12 bout from MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
So history has been made the selling point.
“This is going to be Floyd’s last fight,” Leonard Ellerbe, president of Mayweather Promotions, told The Times. “What better way to go out than in a very electrifying, exciting fight?
“Somebody’s going to get knocked out.