Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s Updated Odds for Andre Berto Championship Fight

Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s undefeated record will be put to the test against Andre Berto Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas (9 p.m. ET on Showtime PPV), but if the 1-30 odds tilted heavily in his favor are any indication, winning a 49th straight fight could resemble more of a practice test than a full-blown assessment of his mettle. 

Matched up against the 32-year-old Berto—who's six years Mayweather's junior—Floyd has seemingly every advantage when it comes to tactical and physical comparisons. 

Berto may be coming off a technical knockout victory over Josesito Lopez, but he's still 3-3 over his past six fights and hasn't resembled the power-puncher who started his career 27-0 before undergoing shoulder surgery in 2013. 

But with back-to-back wins over Lopez and Steve Upsher Chambers in hand, Berto is wielding plenty of swagger and confidence as he seeks to tag Mayweather and knock him off his game early. 

"I believe the last person to really give him a little bit of a fit was Zab Judah," Berto said on the Doug Gottlieb Show, according to CBSSports.com. "I think he’s going to see more of that type of situation over here—because I have the speed to keep up with him, I have the speed to catch him and I have the power to hurt him. I think it’s going to be a good one."

The Zab Judah fight Berto alluded to resulted in a unanimous decision victory for Mayweather, with the scorecards reading 119-109, 116-112, 117-111, per BoxRec.com, and quite frankly, scores in that range may be considered a moral victory for Berto given the lofty odds bestowed upon Mayweather. 

"One thing we know about Andre Berto is he has never lacked for action," Showtime Sports' Stephen Espinoza said, according to ESPN.com's Dan Rafael. "There's only one way he knows how to fight, and that's all-out aggressive."

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That's undeniably true considering 70 percent of Berto's career victories have come via knockouts, per BoxRec, but Mayweather's shifty demeanor and tactical superiority over the course of his 48 career wins indicate he'll be able to set the tone and keep Berto off balance.

And since Berto has become so dependent on trying to land haymakers since his career took a turn for the worse, Mayweather should be able to counterpunch and sustain a much higher level of productivity throughout Saturday's tilt.

"Mayweather is far more precise, and his laser-guided ammunition is more likely to arrive on target and produce the desired effects than Berto's home run lobs from out of right field," Bleacher Report's Kevin McRae wrote.  

At the end of the day, Mayweather-Berto should be billed as a showdown between two fighters who fall on opposite poles of the discipline spectrum.

Mayweather doesn't pack the same one-punch power Berto relies on at this stage in the game, but his ability to outwit opponents with ease makes him the heavy favorite. In fact, six of his last nine wins have come via unanimous decision, with two majority decisions and a controversial knockout over Victor Ortiz accounting for the other three in that six-year span.  

In other words, Mayweather has no problem going the distance, and his ability to stay consistent during marathon matches has never been a problem.  

The sinking Berto has been viewed as a stepping stone for Mayweather to capture his 49th victory and ride off into the sunset an undefeated king, and that may very well prove to be the case as the underdog hopelessly swings for the fences with aspirations of an earth-shattering upset.  

However, anytime Mayweather steps in the ring, the boxing universe is bound to dedicate its full attention to his historically magnificent exploits. 

Saturday won't be any different. 

All odds courtesy of OddsShark.com. All statistics courtesy of BoxRec.com.