What is your opinion on Adrien Broner?

Good fighter. Don't quite buy him as the best thing since the wheel yet like many other people do. Needs to be given a genuine elite opponent to fight, DeMarco was always overrated. If he ever does fight Burns and beats him then I will start believing that he's special. Right now though? he's just another product of Golden Boy's hype machine in my opinion.

Absolute **** in terms of his personality. Love it if he got KO'ed. Will it ever happen though? Who knows?

 

He's not a special talent, this is getting to DeGale levels of delusion. He's a decent fighter, fringe world-class against certain types of opponent, but has lost twice (even if not officially) to guys who gave him angles and popped a consistent jab.

So, while he can look pretty special smashing up the DeMarcos of the world, I think he'll fall short against the more skilled guys.

At 135, Burns beats him, IMO, and Vazquez has a good chance and Abril could easily mess him around, but likely wouldn't get the decision.

At 140, his chances deteriorate: Marquez takes him to pieces, so does Matthysse (but in a much more competitive manner), and I bet Khan could probably take him with some discipline (haha).

However, he'd do well with Rios, even though I think he'd struggle to take Brandon's pressure.

 

hmmm maybe Lacy the 2nd????

 

Talented fighter, I think a fighter who's been trying to find his indentity and is slowly getting there. He's a good athlete, Got his weaknesses which make him beatable (human at end of day) but he's developed in the last 2 years nicely and is growing as a fighter which means it may be best to strike while iron is hot in terms of fighting him.

I think 140 him vs Garcia is a hell ova fight!. Both guys developing into fully established world class world champions. He's got lot of questions to be asked still so tough to say who he loses to but don't see the guys at 135lbs doing it. Think it's going to take a guy with a bit of everything to beat him.

I think he will earn well and win another title at another weight. So far as far can be ..

 

I have to be honest, i thought the job he done on De Marco was pretty ****ing destructive, how far can he go? I'm not sure, but he has certainly announced his credentials as a world class fighter at the least!

 

But why was the DeMarco win so notable? Lovely bloke, but was soundly outclassed by Linares up until the stoppage and Valero, with slower hands and a smaller stature, absolutely took Antonio to school.

He wasn't up to much, but was a really solid win at 135.

 

I'd agree with that except that his footwork is awful. Has he actually improved? Not really, IMO. He's been very carefully matched (and that was why he nearly got upset by Ponce De Leon) to face guys that won't force him to reset.

 

World class ability

 

I don't rate him as highly as some do. I think he's far more likely to end up similar to an Andre Berto or Devon Alexander, rather than a Mayweather or Jones. He's a solid fighter but he'll need to improve a lot to fulfill the hype people are giving him.

 

Broner's a talented guy with a big personality, I think he'll be a major star but he does have glaring weaknesses

- Flat feet, Broner is rarely up on his toes & this affects his overall mobility
- Very wide stance, good for adding purchase to his punches but along with his flat feet restricts his movement
- Relatively average reflexes & defensive radar, his shell defence can be rather porous from range

Broner will struggle against lateral movement, speed & a good jab, especially as he moves up in weight & his physical advantages decrease. I'd love to see him vs Abril, that would be an impressive win if he pulled it off.

 

And its that crap footwork that will make things difficult for him against Burns

 

The obvious worry with Burns against him is Ricky's relative lack of power.

I don't think he'll have much grief landing his jab, but there's not a lot else to stop Broner simply attempting to walk him down if he's having any trouble.