Rewatched Rees V Broner

The dude was outmatched but not outclassed

He was landing punches nearly at will and was beating broner to the punch, its just a shame seeing as the big size advantage was apparent on the night but despite taking shots from the stronger man Rees was sticking in there and showed a tremendous amount of heart and will, he didnt have to take this fight. he could have just sat down at european level and wait for a shot at Ricky Burns but came to win on the night and wasnt just another opponent like vincento escobedo

Not taking anything away from Broner as much as i may dislike him but you have to give respect to Rees

5'4 - 33 years old

WBO Intercontinental featherweight champion
WBA Lightwelterweight champion
British Lightweight champion
European Lightweight champion

Challenged for the WBC Lightweight title
Fighting for the WBO Inter Continental Lightweight title
and soon will fight for the WBO Lightweight title

37 - 2 - 1 (18ko) Only losses coming to Adrien Broner and Andriy Kotelnik

:happy You cant stop The Rock, The Welsh Arturo Gatti

 

Rees has pretty much always fought above his weight hes a 130 fighter fighting as high as 140, Broner however has always looked around 147-154 but for some reason has fought at 130-135 but chose to skip a very deep talented division in 140 choosing to fight a light hitting Welterweight in Malignaggi

Now it may be Goldenboy protecting Garcia as much as possible ( rumour is Garcia will be fighting Judah again instead of Mathysse ) and they wouldnt put Broner in with Matthysse seeing how easy he was getting hit Vs Rees

 

Rees started his career at Superfeatherweight and was always a blown up Lightwelterweight, He was pushing Broner back a lot but because of the 3 1/2 inch height advantage he found it a lot easier to tee off on him when he found the distance to with the combinations. Rees let Broner get into his head and wanted to knock him out but he could have possibly won had he stuck to the gamplan and fought patiently but Broner got to him in the end

I dislike Broner but I dont hate on him, hes got good handspeed and decent power in his hands but he needs to start fighting guys who carry as much weight as he does in fights, I mean hes gone up to Welterweight to fight Malignaggi and is seen as the clear favorite

Thurman and Maidana are ready to fight, Lucas Mathysse will likely move up in weight once he beats Garcia and there is always the lucrative Floyd Mayweather fight that is bound to happen given how Broner "doesnt want to hand Mayweather a loss"

Im not going to even mention Alvarado/Rios/Bradley/Provodnikov/Pacquiao/Marquez because Arum and HBO has got those guys tied up with each other :-(

 

All criticism aside im just looking forward to a great night of boxing

Broner V Malignaggi
Mitchell V Banks
Bika V Periban

Its been a while since ive seen Bika fight live, havent done so since the Andre Ward fight (which was a lot closer than those hometown cards suggested)

 

5'7 and 1/2 inches (according to HBO)

 

Its rumoured that hes going to be fighting Shane Mosley next should he beat Malignaggi

 

Rees was 5'4 and still managed to capture a belt at 140, theres nothing to say that Broner cant get a 154 belt considering Canelo cant drain himself forever but then again you have Trout, Cotto, Angulo, Lara, Matiroysan, Smith, Bundrage, Molina

Speaking of Cotto hes only 5'7 himself, and since when was he fighting Cornelius Bundrage? its news to me, was a bit shocked when i looked it up on boxrec