Winter Haven’s Andre Berto gives remarks on Haitian earthquake

Posted Jan 13, 2010 by Eddie Daniels

Updated Jan 13, 2010 at 03:35 PM

WBC welterweight champion and 2004 Haitian Olympian Andre Berto gave a statement today on the devastating earthquakes that hit his parents’ homeland Tuesday.

“I’m devastated by everything currently happening in Haiti. As everybody knows, I have a lot of family members in Haiti and proudly represented Haiti in the 2004 Olympic Games,” said Berto, who lives and is training in Winter Haven for his Jan. 30 fight against Shane Mosley. “Like many other Haitian-Americans, my family and I are working to reach my loved ones. From what we have learned to this point, some of my family members are still missing and we have already been informed that members of my family have passed away in the earthquake.

“We are currently working on starting our own Haitian relief efforts, and I will be releasing additional information on how everyone can help very soon. I am asking everyone for their continued thoughts and prayers for the people in Haiti during this devastating time.”