Broner vs Rees fight thread.

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CompuBox Analysis: Broner vs. Rees

Friday, February 15, 2013 at 10:00AM


by CompuBox

If Adrien Broner sought to emulate the career path of his idol Floyd Mayweather Jr., the verdict as of Saturday is this: So far, so good.

Like "Money," Broner won the WBC super featherweight title, then, in his last fight, won the WBC lightweight belt, gaining them in the same order and from the same sanctioning body as his hero. On Saturday, "The Problem" will face arguably his most experienced opponent in terms of facing world-class opponents in Welshman Gavin Rees, who comes into the fight with a 37-1-1 (18 KO) record.

The 32-year-old Rees is looking to make his own bit of history. Should he upset Broner, he will become only the second onetime 140-pound titlist to drop down and win a belt at 135. The first: Carlos Ortiz, who beat Joe Brown in April 1962 after holding the 140-pound crown previously.

The identity of Saturday's winner may be found in their previous CompuBox-tracked fights:




Also Max Kellerman takes a look at just how good Broner is;

Lightweight champion and possible superstar-in-the-making Adrien “The Problem” Broner returns to our screens on Saturday, when he defends his title against Welshman Gavin Rees. Love him or hate him (and there are plenty of fans who feel one way or the other), it’s impossible to ignore the brash young man from Cincinnati. His meteoric rise has included dominant (and sometimes controversy-tinged) wins against the likes of Eloy Perez and Vicente Escobedo; most recently, he annihilated Antonio DeMarco in what may have been the stand-out performance of his career so far.

We sat down with HBO Boxing analyst Max Kellerman, who will call Saturday’s fight alongside Jim Lampley and Roy Jones, and he offered his thoughts on Broner’s boxing, personality and career trajectory.



There’s Surely Somebody Out There Who Can Beat Broner or Give Him Trouble, But We Don’t Yet Know Who It Is

“It is to Broner’s credit that a guy like Gavin Rees, who’s a legitimate fighter, is ordinary compared to him. And the thing is, most fighters are ordinary compared to Broner. There are two kinds of fighters who could give Broner trouble. One is a guy who is on his level: if he fought Floyd Mayweather, that would be a difficult fight, right? For both guys. And the second is someone who possesses whatever kind of style happens to trouble him. We’re not sure what that is yet: is it a southpaw, someone who’s aggressive but cute, like Daniel Ponce de Leon was at the time Broner fought him [and struggled to a decision win in 2011]? Because Broner struggled in that fight, does that mean that’s the kind of fighter who will always trouble him? Or was that just a younger fighter having an off-night against a veteran?”



He Maximizes His Advantages

“His basic philosophy seems to be: I’m faster than you, I’m stronger, I hit harder, I’m more skilled, I have a better defense. There are two directions you can take that. You can totally minimize the risk in the fight and win as you please. Or you can say, because I have all these advantages, then the more exchanges there are, the more damage I’m going to do. So Broner steps inside punching range and beats the hell out of guys.”



If He Ends Up as Good as We Think He Might Be, We’ll Look Back on His Last Fight as Exhibit A

“I’m not saying Broner is going to the Hall of Fame. But if he is, his victory over Antonio DeMarco is a time capsule fight. If Broner turns out to be this super-special great fighter, that is a classic example of a great fighter in his prime. DeMarco was widely regarded as the second best guy in the division, and how many more perfect fights can you have? It was one of the more thorough beatdowns I’ve ever seen. It was a virtuoso performance.”



His Personality May Grate, But He Aims to Please

“He’ll turn some people off because they view him as arrogant. But if you talk to him, he’s a good guy. His celebration of self is meant to include other people. He wants you to celebrate him too. It’s not intended to be alienating. Floyd Mayweather has a celebration of self in which, to a certain portion of the population, he wants to play as the antihero. Broner isn’t really doing that. He isn’t going to change who he is to make you like him, but he wants you to like him.”



Let’s Line Them Up and See What We’ve Got

“I believe Broner and Broner’s people think that they’ve got the goods, and I think it’s first come first served. That’s what it seems to me. Broner is such a superior talent that it’s simply a matter of staying consistent and ultimately showing us what we suspect: That he’s much better than everyone, and he’s one of those guys who can fight one top guy after another and lick them. That’s the suspicion and now here’s the fun part: Let’s see if he can do it.”



Note: Following the postponement of the Johnathon Banks-Seth Mitchell rematch, which was scheduled to open Saturday’s broadcast, Broner-Rees will now be preceded by a super-middleweight contest between Sakio Bika and Nikola Sjekloca. Montenegro’s Sjekloca is undefeated but untested on the world stage; he’ll be up against by far the toughest and most experienced opponent of his career in Cameroon-born veteran Bika, who has been in with the likes of Joe Calzaghe, Lucian Bute and Andre Ward. The winner of the bout will be in line for a crack at one of Ward’s super-middleweight belts.

[sparxz]

As i thought Rees was never gonna give up easily, think the stoppage was a good call, tbh Rees was never gonna pick up the pace of rounds 1 and 2 again which he needed to, to win the fight. Broner was too big and too strong for Rees. But a bigger puncher than Rees would deffo be a problem for 'The problem'. Rees proved that there is a gameplan that could work, if you are a bigger puncher.

What now for Rees? he showed his heart and fight,Ranked 2 by the WBA which is vacant is that a possibility? and ranked 5 to Ricky Burns WBO title, That would generate alot of interest in england, and also give a comparison on burns and broner against Rees. Other than that do you think he is still willing to fight and defend his European title?

[Imperial Ghosty]

He has plenty of options open to him and fighting for another world title isn't out of the question. The cynic in me thinks he was handpicked to make a potential fight with Burns more lucrative, beat another brit to make you more well known over here.

[KingMonkey]

Nothing cynical about that Ghosty, its almost certainly what happened. Marketing innit.

[WHU_Champo_League_in_7Yrs]

http://www.boxingscene.com/rees-ricky-burns-t-get-close-beating-broner--62492

http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/story/193677.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Rees has sparred burns a lot and are amtes but here he strongly suggests that Burns isn't in the same league

I think Burns would want the fight but Warren wont'. Actualy i think that he'll match Burns against rees and bill it as a huge british clash

[AlexHuckerby]

The thing with that is what channel is it on, Warren won't let it be anything other than BoxNation and Hearn will want it on Sky as it is a big fight.

[88Chris05]

And there's the potential stumbling block, Alex.

Right now, Rees only has a decent ranking with the WBO. If Burns can keep hold of that belt until 2014, then perhaps Rees could work his way in to a mandatory / number one contender position for that strap which would make dealings a little easier on both parts. I guess there's even a possibility that, if Rees did get a top contender spot with the WBO, the fight could potentially go to purse bids, in which case it'd simply be about who can stick the most cash up out of Warren and Hearn, and the man who comes off second best there will just have to like it and lump it that their fighter is appearing on another channel.

[AlexHuckerby]

To be honest with you Chris, looking at what Hearn was saying before the Broner fight he wasn't even thinking of putting him in with Burns, from the sounds of it he was hoping Rees put in a good performance against Broner, of which he did, and the fact that Rees holds a high ranking with the WBA a fight against Abril was suggested to be possible on HBO for Abril's interim belt.

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