What could bring Adrien Broner to at least be on Paquiao's level? Also does he still have a chance or is he done? BTW this is a serious thread and i'm not trolling.
Good that you put that part in, because getting him on Pac's level (at least no less!!!) would require a bloody miracle. He just isn't even close to Pac's current level, not to mention the lightyears he's removed from Pac in 2009/10. There's a reason only a small # of fighters make it into the ATG top 100, and that has to do with serious talent and dedication. Wich he lacks both.
As Floyd Jr is always saying, hard work and dedication so a mentality transplant or possibly hypnosis. Would probably require more intelligence as well, not that I think Pac or Floyd are geniuses.
He will never be elite, and it's a shame. I was so happy to have a champion caliber fighter from Cincinnati. But, his mouth and in ring BS ruined it. Did I think he was going to be the best? No. But, instead of being a tough fighter people respect, he is a clown that people laugh at. He will never be elite, boxing wise, not popularity wise. He takes to many punches and is no longer able to bully like he did at lower weights. He has 1 loss to a journeyman, and arguably 3 more. The guy is pathetic and a laughing stock.
So, basically his career won't be anything? Where do you see him in three to five years and do you think he will be an afterthought?
He blew it when he jumped straight to 147. His (monetary) ambition surpassed his talent. If he'd hung around at 135 and beaten Burns, Vasquez, and Abril, jumped to 140 and beaten Lucas, Danny, Khan, Rios, Alvarado, Ruslan, and then jumped up to 147, he would have done what Pac would have done.
And you really believe he would have managed to do that with his history of fightresults, weightproblems and his overall skillevel? :blood
nothing could help him short of a brain transplant. guy is on par with the Dirrell brothers as far as idiocy.
To be, as you say, at least on Manny Pacquaio's level would mean being arguably top 20-50 ATG. In order to do it he would have to start over: Unify at lightweight, beat all comers at 140 (Garcia, Matthysse, Khan etc) win belts and have a marquee victory at 147, win titles at 154 and maybe at middleweight too. I'd be astonished if anything like that happened.
Yes he can be with a more serious attitude. He moved up way too quick. One minute talking about Ricky Burns then Maidana a few months later. It was too much of a jump at this stage...