Did Adrien Broner peak at the Maidana fight?

No he was always a bum.

He was picked out by his promoter and TV companies because they saw how much an arrogant black yank who beats up women can make them with Mayweather if carefully maneuvered. It just turned out Broner was even more garbage than first thought.

 

He's like a Brandon Rios type. Flash of the pan and did well for about a year or year and a half when burst on the scene. Then they moved up in quality of opponent and weight class and lived off their further distancing successes.

I'd say Broner's peak would have to include his best victory over Antonio DeMarco at 135. Steep and dramatic fall after that. The writing was all over the wall that he would not be able to handle Maidana. But many people both overrated Broner and underrated Maidana going into that fight.

 

You mean you personally feel he lost to those three guys.

Quintero fight was when Broner was 19 years old. The Quintero and Ponce fights happened before he achieved a divisional ranking and fought most of the top 10 ranked opponents that he did fight. So that is not a good argument for his career being on the downswing unless you're insinuating that he peaked when he was 18 years old fighting 4 rounders.

While I scored the Paulie fight a draw, there is no denying that the majority of respectable posters on this site, those in the media, and fellow boxers/trainers scored for Broner and most of the 10 or so posters that are most respected and have been around since before I have all discussed in the following days how the real robbery would have been if Paulie was declared victorious.

One must acknowledge consensus opinion to some degree, even if they disagree with it.

 

Khabib is a legit opponent for him, I'll say that.

 

We seen what happened when he fought someone his own size.
He looked good beating up LWs

 

I'm just wondering, is he trying to be so annoying on purpose in order to create a marketable villain type of persona or is he just an annoying person by nature?

https://twitter.com/SHOsports/status/648951037479415808

 

I agree with Smoak in that the DeMarco fight was probably Broner's peak. Broner showed good heart in the Maidana fight to get through the rough spots and go the distance, but in terms of his actual fighting he wasn't sharp. And of course, Welterweight isn't a good weight for Broner either.

 

I'm guessing any time you don't agree with me?

Word.

Annoyance from that post would surely come from disagreeing with something or perhaps not having a sound response. What did I say that got you sad?

 

Uh, no. Anyone who scored Broner/de Leon or Quintero for Broner doesn't know how to score a fight, simple.