Adrien Broner Vs. Eloy Perez (Spoilers)

Um, wow?

Broner looked like a king in there against a more than competant unbeaten opponent. Used every attribute almost perfectly, he was criticised in the past for being wild with his punches, well nearly everything was straight as an arrow!

Looked the real deal and my God he's so ridiculously confident, what do you lot make of the 3rd round when he started dancing with Perez and making him look foolish and almost ridiculing him? Was that a bit much?

Showed great power again and dominated every second, cant help but buy my ticket for the hype train boys!

I have said it before but he is HUGE for a SFW he must be walking at about 145 or something!

So confident isn't he. good for the sport and he did a fine job on his opponent. Looking forward to seeing him out again.

Very early days but I get a feeling we might see some awesome episodes of 24/7 from him!!! He's like Mayweather on ecstacy!

If he stays at SFW for another 12 months I'd love to see a Gamboa fight!

Some may think he's big headed or egotistical, I think he's genuinely funny and quite the character.

He shouldn't be at Super Feather though... the kid looked like a Welterweight in the ring on the night.

However, his jab-left hook is fast, accurate and beautiful and his lead right has been photocopied directly out of Mayweathers blueprint.

After the fight I thought of the fights he could have, and sticking him in with Gamboa would be a sexy choice!

Broner really does look like the real deal at the moment. Biggest problem is he has a division that isnt offering a huge amount. Unifications will be hard to get with the other titles tied up in Asia.

Hasn't Gamboa already moved up?

wow, hes a monster at the weight.
he comes across as a complete tool though. still, least he's a character.

Great character for boxing to have...looking to step into that "villain" role once Mayweather retires I guess.

People have called him a Mayweather clone (which has been a fair assessment I think) but this guy definitely has the makings of a star.

He's massive at 130 and he'll definitely move up. Can understand why Burns didn't want anything to do with him. Very quick, good defence, good jab & explosive power.

Be very interested to see how this kid progresses.

Wonder what the chances are that he'll become Burns mandatory when he inevitably moves up?

Burns will go to LWW lol.

By which time Bradley will have moved up so he can fight someone like Cano for the vacant title.

To be honest I know its premature but outside of Gamboa at LW (and we still dont know how he will handle moving up 2 weight div. and I think is only like 5"5) who do we realistically think can beat Broner?

Depends what weights we're talking because it appears that the big three of Guerrero, Marquez and Rios are moving up to 140lbs and beyond, all of whom i'd give a chance to at the current time for different reasons.

AlexHuckerby wrote:To be honest I know its premature but outside of Gamboa at LW (and we still dont know how he will handle moving up 2 weight div. and I think is only like 5"5) who do we realistically think can beat Broner?

I havent seen him fight much but the WBA 130lb champion Uchiyama is quite highly regarded. A fight between him and Broner would make sense but would probably be hard to make.

No chance would it happen though, Uchiyama probably makes decent money in his home country, Broner is the superstar now, he won't to go to (is it Japan?) and I doubt Uchiyama would wanna risk his belt coming over to America. I guess it would be the best fight out there at SFW but I think I may have only seen Uchiyama once.

The old dilemma of the WBO belt rears it's head again.

I think Broner will run into some problems when he has to go up the weights. At the moment he can be pretty inactive in fights knowing that when he does land it'll do some damage and he'll win the round. Against a bigger guy with a decent work rate like Rios I think he could find a few rounds slipping away from him when Rios keeps coming forward and throwing punches, will be interesting to see how he reacts.

He is such a good talent it's unreal. Deserves to be called mayweather although I don't think his reflexes are as good as floods but that's nothing to be ashamed of.

Atm he can hold the centre of the ring and hurt his opponents. As he goes up he won't look so big so won't be able to do the same thing.

Guerrero, rips and Gamboa are the big players at 135 each with there own advantages over adrien and at 140 there are good fighters like Matthysse, Bradley (who will move down after manny) Peterson and the young fighter Garcia. Plenty of options and all beatable.

Couldn't wait to get to the office today and start talking about this guy. Seriously; wow. As a Floyd fan (yes I choose to ignore the bad stuff) this fella looks the business. Definitely massive for the weight so stepping up shouldn't be an issue. Arrogant as f*** with it. He ticks all the boxes. After reading about him a little bit this was the first time I'd seen him and I can't wait to watch him again, let's hope he makes the fights.

He looked very good and , as already said, huge for a SFW. Didn't really warm to his 'character' but at least he is interesting and looks like he is able to walk the walk.

To be honest though the amount of times I have read Boxing needs another Prince Naseem type character is unreal, then one comes and most arent sure whether they like it or not.

I've been of the impression that Burns didn't duck him he thought he would be better at LW as he was beginning to struggle to make weight, i.e starving himself. He could still make the weight I reckon but wouldnt be at his best so it wasnt really a duck just that if he were to fight someone like Broner at least he wouldnt have to worry about the weight and being at full strrength which is not really a duck.

Theres no real incetive for Broner to go after Burns now. Why would he go after a smallish name like Burns for a mandatory end of a purse when he is a world champion now?

It seems inneviteable he will move up sooner or later but I would expect him to have a few more defences of his title to build his stock and interest in him and then seek out some bigger fights and pay days.

manos de piedra wrote:Theres no real incetive for Broner to go after Burns now. Why would he go after a smallish name like Burns for a mandatory end of a purse when he is a world champion now?

It seems inneviteable he will move up sooner or later but I would expect him to have a few more defences of his title to build his stock and interest in him and then seek out some bigger fights and pay days.

I think he'd struggle with a fighter like Burns in all honesty, with Ricky's work rate and reach, hand speed isn't too shabby either, and he has a great chin. Let's see him tested before saying he'd basically walk through anyone.

Did anyone see his interview after? "Max, I should have worn my jewellery in there 'cos I don't think I got hit ONCE!"

He's gonna be awesome in the future.

steven24 wrote:

manos de piedra wrote:Theres no real incetive for Broner to go after Burns now. Why would he go after a smallish name like Burns for a mandatory end of a purse when he is a world champion now?

It seems inneviteable he will move up sooner or later but I would expect him to have a few more defences of his title to build his stock and interest in him and then seek out some bigger fights and pay days.

I think he'd struggle with a fighter like Burns in all honesty, with Ricky's work rate and reach, hand speed isn't too shabby either, and he has a great chin. Let's see him tested before saying he'd basically walk through anyone.

I'll have whatever you've been smoking. If he moves up to LW and is ordered to fight Burns, I'd fear for Burns safety. More importantly, Burns will fear for his safety and probably move up a weight.......again. He will KO Burns in one round. I'd like him to fight Mitchell. Issue a slow painful beating on him.

Mitchell isn't good enough for the world stage. Doesn't hit hard enough and has no defence. Definately see Ricky lasting more than a round against Broner, after all his style is about not getting hit and using his height and reach, he wouldn't be mixing it up, don't think Broner fights at a high enough pace to tire Ricky enough to trap him on the ropes. I think it would be a tough fight for Ricky but i wouldn't write him off. Everyone done that against Katsidis except a few.

AlexHuckerby wrote:To be honest though the amount of times I have read Boxing needs another Prince Naseem type character is unreal, then one comes and most arent sure whether they like it or not.

Good point. I think most people tune in to watch them though even if its to see them get beat. Boxing needs charismatic fighters preferably without the recent type of 'charisma' we have seen

The Galveston Giant wrote:Mitchell isn't good enough for the world stage. Doesn't hit hard enough and has no defence. Definately see Ricky lasting more than a round against Broner, after all his style is about not getting hit and using his height and reach, he wouldn't be mixing it up, don't think Broner fights at a high enough pace to tire Ricky enough to trap him on the ropes. I think it would be a tough fight for Ricky but i wouldn't write him off. Everyone done that against Katsidis except a few.

Haha, put Murray away and floored him, quicker than a big puncher like Rios did, also ruined Murray, but doesn't hit hard enough? gimme a break. Broner to beat Burns in a round is absolutely laughable, Burns and Mitchell aren't a fat slow feather duster puncher like Eloy Perez.

The Galveston Giant wrote:Mitchell isn't good enough for the world stage. Doesn't hit hard enough and has no defence. Definately see Ricky lasting more than a round against Broner, after all his style is about not getting hit and using his height and reach, he wouldn't be mixing it up, don't think Broner fights at a high enough pace to tire Ricky enough to trap him on the ropes. I think it would be a tough fight for Ricky but i wouldn't write him off. Everyone done that against Katsidis except a few.

Don't get Steven started......

I honestly can't pick anyone out there right now to beat Broner. Perhaps Guerrero if he gets it right purely because the Ghost is tall rangy fighter.

For Burns vs Broner see Hatton vs Maywether, late ko.

Mitchell....? Well I'd pick him to beat Burns but I'm biased. He definitely hits hard enough and Broner is far from unhitable but I think Mitchell takes too many in the process. Broner by earlier stoppage than Burns.

steven24 wrote:

The Galveston Giant wrote:Mitchell isn't good enough for the world stage. Doesn't hit hard enough and has no defence. Definately see Ricky lasting more than a round against Broner, after all his style is about not getting hit and using his height and reach, he wouldn't be mixing it up, don't think Broner fights at a high enough pace to tire Ricky enough to trap him on the ropes. I think it would be a tough fight for Ricky but i wouldn't write him off. Everyone done that against Katsidis except a few.

Haha, put Murray away and floored him, quicker than a big puncher like Rios did, also ruined Murray, but doesn't hit hard enough? gimme a break. Broner to beat Burns in a round is absolutely laughable, Burns and Mitchell aren't a fat slow feather duster puncher like Eloy Perez.

I suppose it depends on how highly you rate Murray, i didn't.