Terrific fighter? Are you serious? The first good fighter he fought that he didn't outweigh by 20lbs he got his ass handed to him. You always say GGG and Kovalev are overrated and talk sh1t about them but to you Broner is TerrificSenorPipino wrote:Terrific fighter, Broner is. Only question about him prior to the Maidana bout was concerning his training habits and lifestyle.
Alas, I now fear that AB may have become a trifle gunshy in the aftermath of the defeat to the Argentine.
Seems to be thinking defense first instead of letting his fists fly.
The Porter fight will unquestionably cast some light of Broner's future.
He was talking about his girl!ClivePatrickLyons wrote:Broner should find out what style is best for him eg.......stop fu..ing copying Mayweather
Can some-one please explain to me what the fu.. was Malinaggi going on about when he was saying to Broner stop bragging about taking his side piece :?? :?? .
What so Broner takes his ladyBaby Face Finster wrote:He was talking about his girl!ClivePatrickLyons wrote:Broner should find out what style is best for him eg.......stop fu..ing copying Mayweather
Can some-one please explain to me what the fu.. was Malinaggi going on about when he was saying to Broner stop bragging about taking his side piece :?? :?? .
...........for real :geek2:To start with Maidana is no way an "enormous" welterweight, he is 5'7" (Khan 5' 8½, Brook 5′ 9″, Thurman 5′ 7½″, Guerrero 5′ 8″....) and considering he isn't musclebound like Porter or Brook he's an average size for a welterweight.fergusg wrote:Even though I believe that Broner clearly isn’t as talented as he proclaims himself to be, he really is a gifted fighter.bnovelist wrote:Broner's Success Is Great For The Sport
I also suspect that his abrasive and annoying out-of-the-ring persona compels casual fans of the sport to allow their blind hatred to either under appreciate or become blatantly oblivious to Broner’s obvious boxing ability.
After all, he’s only 25 years of age; he’s competed in seven world championship fights and has captured legitimate world titles in three weight divisions.
His only defeat came against the enormous welterweight, Marcos Maidana (who probably entered the ring weighing around the 165lb mark), when ‘The Problem’ was only competing against tiny 135lb-ers ten months prior.
For such a young fighter, it’s fairly impressive that Broner has already competed against so many world champions, such as Daniel Ponce De Leon, Antonio DeMarco, Gavin Rees, Paul Malignaggi and Marcos Maidana… with his next opponent being another former champ (the enormous welterweight, Shawn Porter).
I suspect that if Adrien Broner didn’t act like such a tùrd outside the ring, most of us would probably have a better appreciation of his boxing talent inside it.
Even though he may not possess enough boxing ability to be able to reclaim his former position amongst the mythical pound-for-pound top ten elite... his villainous persona and his occasional showboating inside the ring will probably compel fight fans to tune into his fights… even if they only yearn to see him get his comeuppance, which can only be good for the sport itself!
In what universe is broner considered good looking?bnovelist wrote:I've already mentioned this before! Paper champion, protected, cherry picker, etc.. His personality his charisma=mainstream attraction like a
Floyd Mayweather. He's brash, he's cold blooded, exubes confident, good looking, etc... I don't care what anyone says no disrespect to GGG,
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That's one of the most nuanced, reasonable and thought out posts I've read here in quite some time.caldo2025 wrote:Had Broner only taken Maidana a little more seriously, how would the world be viewing Broner today? His approach was perfect. We hated him. We hated him worse than we hated Floyd's act because Broner's act was more on the nasty side. Floyd's act was i'm rich and i'm great, try beating me. Broner's act was I'm gonna be rich, I bang all sorts of porn stars and opponents gf's and here take a look at the deuce i just dropped in the toilet on Instagram, i'm a disgusting dirtbag...try beating me.
Broner was clearly using the Floyd model, make them hate you so much that they will pay big money to see you lose. But he forgot the most important part of the act. You can't lose. Floyd used this to perfection to build his empire and though he had to play the bad guy as a character, his confidence that no one in the world could beat him was no act. He made sure of this by NEVER being out of shape. Have you ever seen a picture of Floyd looking less than shredded? The guy's a freak and no one beats him because he's a 365 day'er, not a 3 month'er, like Broner. You can't spent most of your camps focus on weight loss, not these days. Floyd has shown the world what the model for greatness is and people still don't get it. To be great, you got be at this thing every day, every bite and every sip.
Anyone that doesn't see the potential in Broner, is just lying. The kid is fantastic and gifted. He's lacking power but his speed is ridiculous. I think taking this fight with Porter took some balls and I think it's going to be messy but its a huge fight to get back in the spotlight for both guys. Love it.
I can agree with everything quoted, for sure- But until he defines his own style as a fighter which highlights his strengths, and completely drops the shoulder roll defense that he does all wrong, he'll continue to fail more than succeed against the best fighters because of his improper footwork and poor distance awareness/control.The kid is fantastic and gifted. He's lacking power but his speed is ridiculous. I think taking this fight with Porter took some balls
Exactly, that's a slight concern.. do those few pounds have any effect. Porter is strong mentally but he needs all that strength to do what he wants to do in the ring. I think Broner has a better arsenal so the smothering bully attack from Showtime may be needed to rough AB up and slow him down.Badhusker wrote:Although I agree taking a fight against Porter takes courage for Broner, the weight handicap takes away from it. People are stupid though, and will forget about that part. Interesting fight though. If at full 147 I would pick Porter without thinking about it, but not sure how well he melts off those last few pounds and performs.
He's a jock sniffer who does not like Eastern European success in boxing.digzee wrote:Terrific fighter? Are you serious? The first good fighter he fought that he didn't outweigh by 20lbs he got his ass handed to him. You always say GGG and Kovalev are overrated and talk sh1t about them but to you Broner is TerrificSenorPipino wrote:Terrific fighter, Broner is. Only question about him prior to the Maidana bout was concerning his training habits and lifestyle.
Alas, I now fear that AB may have become a trifle gunshy in the aftermath of the defeat to the Argentine.
Seems to be thinking defense first instead of letting his fists fly.
The Porter fight will unquestionably cast some light of Broner's future.
