i will start with the good. he took the fight in the first place when everybody talked about how protected he was. i knew that it was a dangerous fight and give him props for taking it. the other thing is that he showed that he has heart. he was definitely hurt a few times and still finished the fight.
now the bad. i used to try to like broner, but he is just a bad guy. i usually separate an athletes personal life from their sport but when you are such a bad person and then flaunt it, i cant root for you. also, the commentators were saying that maidana needed to make the fight ugly to win it but broner was the one making it ugly and started intentionally fouling maidana at the end of the fight. also, he tried to show boat in the first round when he was easily getting beat. dont showboat unless you are winning. otherwise you look ridiculous. he also kept complaining to the ref about something. probably because he was getting hit too hard.
and the ref was terrible. maidana didnt deserve to get a point taken away at all. it was hardly a headbutt. it was more of a push with the head and broner tried to sell it. if i were the ref i wouldnt have given broner time to recover since he was obviously faking it because he was hurt.
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