Broner vs. Rees/Sakio Bika vs. Nikola Sjekloca on HBO Saturday - fight/chat thread

[Master]

Bute may want to fight Bika to see what he has left after the smack down from Froch.

Broner is the real deal and I would love for him to fight out best lightweight and that is not Gavin Rees.

[Rantcatrat]

Winner of Sakio Bika vs. Nikola Sjekloca is likely to face Bute next!

No interest in that fight. Bute already beat Bika and Bika will win this weekend, but it's a good fight on paper. Glad to see Bika back in the ring. It seems like he hasn't been in a meaningful fight in forever.

As for Broner, I understand the dislike for his personality, but his thrashing of Demarco was legit. There's no reason for him to go up in weight if he can make 135 comfortably. I want to see him against Vasquez at 135, if he gets by Burns. That said, I understand why people would not want HBO wasting $ on a Rees fight. The outcome is predetermined.

Agree. No reason for Bute to fight Bika again. For Broner, I do not understand the hatred levelled at the guy. He's a goofball clown who looks a little silly with his Floyd worship but so what. Irrelevant. I don't watch boxing matches because of a particular persons personality. That is merely a by-product of the main ingredient which is pugilism. Lots of my favourite fighters were wing nuts.

Many people were taking Demarco across the boxing forum world and several sports writers. Of course which is the norm these days after suffering from a good ole can of whoop ass, he is a bum.
And if someone could I'd like to know a reason for calling Gavin a bum also?

Hbo probably got that fight for a song and we do not know if anyone else was offered the fight. Keep in mind that this is an optional defense but he will be faced with a mandatory next. I have a feeling that he will go to 140 because they will not be able to come to terms with Burns. In addition there appears to be a lot more options in that area. I don't think anyone is going to be lining up to fight him at 135. I think he will be a welter by December or shortly thereafter.

Burns has beat Vasquez first and I'm riding with Vasquez in that one.

[Kirkland Laing]

I'm looking forward to the Broner fight to be honest. I'm just hoping Rees does well enough so that Broner has to show us what he's got. At least both of them have managed to stay uninjured for this fight. This is the first main event of the year that's been televised by the two big US channels that's survived, right?

[Tam Seddon]

Photos: Adrien Broner Steps To Gavin Rees at Presser - Boxing News

Broner looks massive compared to Rees.

[Tam Seddon]

Gavin Rees on Broner: I'm Going To Knock This Prick Out! - Boxing News

Rees is sounding confident, he says hes never been stopped though...But i swear Kotelnyk stopped him?

[Rantcatrat]

Rees has literally every single thing stacked against him in this fight. He doesn't have one advantage going into it. It'll be another Litzau blow-out. This is the true definition of a stay-busy fight. No risk, while waiting for the result from Burns-Vasquez.

[TigerFan]

To be honest, I think the whole card could end up being mismatches. I hope I'm wrong. The best fight IMO is Escobedo-Cherry.

[TigerFan]

HBO to air Bika-Sjekloca bout - Dan Rafael Blog - ESPN

[TigerFan]

HBO to air Bika-Sjekloca bout - Dan Rafael Blog - ESPN

Excerpt from that article

HBO will unveil a makeover to its "World Championship Boxing" theme music, graphics, logo and lighting. (Also, the iconic theme to its "Boxing After Dark" series will be no more when HBO makes a change to that, too, for the next edition of that show.)

Thoughts on that?

[IamInuit]

The stage is set for you Broner haters. He's huge like this is some big surprise. Tell me at what weight area did he fight in earlier in his career? And who of all these threats to Broner have offered him a fight? I can wait..... This fodder of discrediting an opponent because you hate his challenge gets a little long in the tooth. Many of you make a federal case of the Ponce fight then who’s to say it doesn’t happen here?

[Spicoli]

Hey, its fights. I'm in. Didn't realize this card was coming really as its been a hectic week. Bika is always fun. I'm not so much pissing on the Broner "showcase" aka a day at the batting cages as I am Demetrius f'kn Hopkins being on yet another major HBO card Go figure...pays to have connections. Broner shut his mouth and went to work against DeMarco...I respected that display. That said hes still a cheap gimmick and concerned more about being a reality star. HBO will def spoon feed him and hope to continue the Mayweather like horseshit. Honestly his punchlines are not even that good, he needs a new writer, and they sure as Hell shouldn't give him anymore on air time in between big fights to "rap" in the ring. That was horrible.

[Mars_ax]

Hey, its fights. I'm in. Didn't realize this card was coming really as its been a hectic week. Bika is always fun. I'm not so much pissing on the Broner "showcase" aka a day at the batting cages as I am Demetrius f'kn Hopkins being on yet another major HBO card Go figure...pays to have connections. Broner shut his mouth and went to work against DeMarco...I respected that display. That said hes still a cheap gimmick and concerned more about being a reality star. HBO will def spoon feed him and hope to continue the Mayweather like horseshit. Honestly his punchlines are not even that good, he needs a new writer, and they sure as Hell shouldn't give him anymore on air time in between big fights to "rap" in the ring. That was horrible.

@Spicoli -
I plan on watching the 2 undercard fights, and changing channels when the main event comes on. The only thing i'm interested in seeing is whether or not Boner makes the Lightweight limit for this fight, I bet he doesn't and this won't be a title fight Saturday night.
Check the weigh-in results friday.

[Mars_ax]

These fights start tomorrow night @9:00 PM ET on HBO here in the States/Canada, and @ around 2:00 AM Sunday for you lot in the UK/Europe.

At Atlantic City, N.J. (HBO): Adrien Broner vs. Gavin Rees, 12 rounds, for Broner's WBC lightweight title; Sakio Bika vs. Nikola Sjekloca, 12 rounds, WBC super middleweight eliminator; Demetrius Hopkins vs. Charles Whittaker, 12 rounds, junior middleweights.

cheers

[Mars_ax]

-Heads up, it looks like HBO isn't going to air this card until 10:30 PM ET or about 2 hours from now, first we get a wrenching gutful of Jay-z's ugly, skanky, 'ho, 'Bounce'. Just guessing, chances are, the only undercard fight that will be shown will be Sakio Bika vs. Nikola Sjekloca.

cheers

[ross]

-Heads up, it looks like HBO isn't going to air this card until 10:30 PM ET or about 2 hours from now, first we get a wrenching gutful of Jay-z's ugly, skanky, 'ho, 'Bounce'. Just guessing, chances are, the only undercard fight that will be shown will be Sakio Bika vs. Nikola Sjekloca.

cheers

Well, Sky sports is still saying the fights start at 2am uk time, which is only 10 minutes away?