I don't like Broner one bit, I feel he should be inside a cell for what he did. But he will batter Burns like he is a housewife. Broner wouldn't even need to train for the fight, it's a joke.
An overweight untrained unmotivated drugged up high on coke, marijuana, alcoholic broner that is distracted from looking at women in the crowd would beat Ricky Burns to a pulp. It's xmas come early for Broner he will get all those titles without breaking much of a sweat. It's the equivalent of stealing candy from a baby
Crawford is not shutting out AB for 12 rnds. A motivated Broner could present a challenge against Crawford. Lol honestly i just want to enjoy the lead up and trash talk .
Broner is the prince of beating B level fighters like Burns, Demarco, Rees, but I'll be if anytime he steps up he gets waxed. I hope he calls out Crawford and they link up to scrap for the 140 domination. I got Bud by an embarrassing UD.
You are giving the poorly skilled (yes poorly skilled) Broner way too much credit. Broner made his name beating up on small guys. The minute he stepped up to fight guys his size hes looked terrible. Who exactly has Broner ever beaten? Paulie Maliguido gave him all he could handle in a split decision loss lol! Broner is all mouth and self hype. Dont understand why anyone takes him seriously.
Crawford would indeed embarrass Broner on his way to a UD win -- and Broner wouldn't care: he'd be all "Man, it don't matter: I still got all this money" in the post-fight interview, just like he did after the Porter fight. Why should people care about seeing Broner getting worked over and beaten, if Broner himself doesn't appear to care?
I was really caught in Broner's hype around 2012-2014. I figured the Maidana fight would not destroy him mentally but it certainly did. He was the "internet age boxer" of the time. He was gifted just maybe not enough to jump 2 weight classes and be dominate but, he would say some dumb **** like that now. He is a waste of PBC money in my opinion now.
Agreed. Broner has a lot of mouth... But he has talent as well . None of us should quickly dismiss or ignore his skills just because we dont care for him or like the way he presents himself. Malignaggi had an excellent chin, good ring iq and massive determination to defeat and humble Broner that night. Broner on the other hand did not take Paulie seriously at all . You can easily see it. He did not see him as a threat to him whatsoever. Crawford has a questionable chin. I dont like to admit that because im ridin with Crawford right now and i want to see him take over... But at the same time ima always keep it real no matter what. Broner has respectable power and quick enough hands to touch and crack Bud a lot easier than his other previous opponents can. AB knows someone like Crawford would humiliate him if he doesnt come in on his A game. Paulie was not taken seriously, Crawford would absolutely be taken seriously. Unfortunately for AB, if he does not rise to the occasion in this fight he will get battered and broken down once again. My pick for this fight is Crawford on points. But i dont feel it will be the wipe out that everyone expects.
People has to be blind to deny Broner has both skills and talent, he is just the dumbest person to ever put on a pair of gloves.
I never said he didnt have talent because he does. In spades. Hes a tremendously PHYSICALLY talented fighter but he is a mental midget who lacks dedication and doesnt appear to be trainable in the sense he ultimately does things his way. He also tries to be something hes not instead of being himself and fighting a style thats a better fit for him. Floyds style does not work for him at all. I think if Broner dedicated his life to being clean and went all in on his training and used the shoulder roll more like James Toney he would be a problem for real. Go watch the fight against Porter and youll see how poorly skilled Broner is as that fight exposes him clearly. He continually uses a check hook,rarely throws the jab to set anything up and seems to forget he has a right hand because he barely throws it. Then his footwork as absolutely ATROCIOUS! His legs are too far apart and when he rolls his shoulder he freezes in place and when he tries to retreat cant move far or fast enough because his legs are to far apart and his balance ends up being off and he gets nailed and starts flailing all over the place or looking to hold. He does this constantly. A guy as skilled as Crawford (im fan btw) absolutely dismantles and embarrasses Broner. I think TCs power is underrated and he could possibly stop Broner. Now you say he didnt take Maliguido seriously so he struggled. Well i ask you did he do the same against Maidana and Porter? I think Broner doesnt take his training seriously at all but he was able to get away with it against smaller guys because of his size and physical talent which offset his limited skills.