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

:pimp2: Sorry but I have zero interest in watching and or promoting a Broner fight, HBO can fuck themselves with that shit. If someone wants to start a Broner vs. Gavin Rees thread, please feel free to do so.

Feb. 16
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.

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I'm looking forward to the Bika-Sjekloca fight more than the main event, because Broner vs. Rees is a mismatch.

I'll be rooting for Rees to win, but I think it's unlikely.

Bika-Sjekloca is the more interesting matchup.

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Originally Posted by Freedom

I'm looking forward to the Bika-Sjekloca fight more than the main event, because Broner vs. Rees is a mismatch.

I'll be rooting for Rees to win, but I think it's unlikely.

Bika-Sjekloca is the more interesting matchup.

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Well, HBO is sticking this POS Broner in our faces like he's the next Mayweather. Until they put someone competitive in front of him, like Rios, D. Garcia, Lucas, et al, I couldn't give a shit less about looking at this clown.

I'll watch the 2 undercard fights, Bika vs. Sjekloca, and Hopkins vs. Whittaker if they show it, and switch channels when the "main event" comes on.

cheers

I will miss this, should catch the repeat a few weeks later.

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Originally Posted by Freedom

I'm looking forward to the Bika-Sjekloca fight more than the main event, because Broner vs. Rees is a mismatch.

I'll be rooting for Rees to win, but I think it's unlikely.

Bika-Sjekloca is the more interesting matchup.

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Well, HBO is sticking this POS Broner in our faces like he's the next Mayweather. Until they put someone competitive in front of him, like Rios, D. Garcia, Lucas, et al, I couldn't give a shit less about looking at this clown.

I'll watch the 2 undercard fights, Bika vs. Sjekloca, and Hopkins vs. Whittaker if they show it, and switch channels when the "main event" comes on.

cheers

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I don't like Broner either and its very obvious he's not facing any punchers or anyone truly world class or elite. However, we can't just stick our head in the sand and pretend Broner isn't a good young fighter.

Bika is the man ! Love watching that animal fight, hope he beats this other guy so he can get a rematch with the now more vulnerable Bute.

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Originally Posted by Freedom

I'm looking forward to the Bika-Sjekloca fight more than the main event, because Broner vs. Rees is a mismatch.

I'll be rooting for Rees to win, but I think it's unlikely.

Bika-Sjekloca is the more interesting matchup.

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Well, HBO is sticking this POS Broner in our faces like he's the next Mayweather. Until they put someone competitive in front of him, like Rios, D. Garcia, Lucas, et al, I couldn't give a shit less about looking at this clown.

I'll watch the 2 undercard fights, Bika vs. Sjekloca, and Hopkins vs. Whittaker if they show it, and switch channels when the "main event" comes on.

cheers

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I don't like Broner either and its very obvious he's not facing any punchers or anyone truly world class or elite. However, we can't just stick our head in the sand and pretend Broner isn't a good young fighter.

Bika is the man ! Love watching that animal fight, hope he beats this other guy so he can get a rematch with the now more vulnerable Bute.

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I don't like the muther-fucker, and I couldn't care less how good he is, I just can't stand looking at him.

The DeMarco winner is a solid dominate victory!

I'll give Broner a pass here if he meets the Vasquez/ Burns winner next

I lost a lot of respect for Broner when he came in over-weight for the Escobedo fight, but his performance vs DeMarco was flawless!

I don't know why people are saying "I'm not going to watch this" it's free not PPV lol. It's pretty boring watching them keep feeding Broner bums as they continue the hype machine behind him but meh it's free so I'll watch after all it is boxing on saturday night what else am I gonna watch? .. I'm more intrigued in the Hopkins fight I still dont know how to feel about him.

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I don't know why people are saying "I'm not going to watch this" it's free not PPV lol. It's pretty boring watching them keep feeding Broner bums as they continue the hype machine behind him but meh it's free so I'll watch after all it is boxing on saturday night what else am I gonna watch? .. I'm more intrigued in the Hopkins fight I still dont know how to feel about him.

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A lot of folks had DeMarco rated highly at 135 going into the fight & still do, I would have had him in the top 10 going in but around 4-5, he was well behind vs Linares who imo is the best fighter he had fought since being stopped by Valero

That was really Broners 1st fight at the weight & he took on one of the top 5 guys, I think people are being a little hard on him because of his grinding personality

If he fights the winner of the unification fight next then I see no reason to complain

He is sort of in a lose-lose situation with some fans, if stepped over 135 & went straight to 140 to face some of the top guys there, there would be those saying he avoided Burns, DeMarco & Vasquez

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Originally Posted by Galaxy

The DeMarco winner is a solid dominate victory!

I'll give Broner a pass here if he meets the Vasquez/ Burns winner next

I lost a lot of respect for Broner when he came in over-weight for the Escobedo fight, but his performance vs DeMarco was flawless!

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I'm with you, I don't care for some of his actions but he is very good. He's never out of position, has fast hands and always sees a weak spot.
If he keeps his sideshow out of the ring I'll be happy. Broner took care of DeMarco with no problem at all, so it's hard to figure out why everyone is complaining about weak opponents.

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Originally Posted by Galaxy

The DeMarco winner is a solid dominate victory!

I'll give Broner a pass here if he meets the Vasquez/ Burns winner next

I lost a lot of respect for Broner when he came in over-weight for the Escobedo fight, but his performance vs DeMarco was flawless!

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I'm with you, I don't care for some of his actions but he is very good. He's never out of position, has fast hands and always sees a weak spot.
If he keeps his sideshow out of the ring I'll be happy. Broner took care of DeMarco with no problem at all, so it's hard to figure out why everyone is complaining about weak opponents.

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I'm with you

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Originally Posted by outspoken

I don't know why people are saying "I'm not going to watch this" it's free not PPV lol. It's pretty boring watching them keep feeding Broner bums as they continue the hype machine behind him but meh it's free so I'll watch after all it is boxing on saturday night what else am I gonna watch? .. I'm more intrigued in the Hopkins fight I still dont know how to feel about him.

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I feel the same way. Can't stand Broner's attitude and gimmick, but I'll watch it and root for the Brit.

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

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Originally Posted by THE PHILOSOPHER

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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. ;)

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

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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.

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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.

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

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?

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

Broner looks massive compared to Rees.

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?

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.

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.

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

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

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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.)

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Thoughts on that?

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?

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.

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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.

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@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.

:pimp2: 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

:pimp2: -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

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:pimp2: -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

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

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:pimp2: -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

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

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That's not what i'm seeing on the HBO listing for tonight's card mate. Sky sports may be airing some of the other undercard fights like the WBC super middleweight eliminator fight, with Demetrius Hopkins vs. Charles Whittaker et al, a bit earlier.

The Corona girls are on form tonight. Lots of silicone with your beer.

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The Corona girls are on form tonight. Lots of silicone with your beer.

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I've always wondered why they advertize Corona with a slice of lime, is it because all Mexican beer is swill and they have to mask the taste with bitter citrus?
Is it just me, or do the Corona girls all look like they, have full time jobs in a Mexican brothel.

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The Corona girls are on form tonight. Lots of silicone with your beer.

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I've always wondered why they advertize Corona with a slice of lime, is it because all Mexican beer is swill and they have to mask the taste with bitter citrus?
Is it just me, or do the Corona girls all look like they, have full time jobs in a Mexican brothel.

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Any beer you need to add any kind of taste to isn't proper beer. Mexican beers like Corona and Sol are like fucking lemonade. Total piss.

The two girls tonight are of a higher standard than usual.

I wonder if you can buy those fucking outfits.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

The Corona girls are on form tonight. Lots of silicone with your beer.

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I've always wondered why they advertize Corona with a slice of lime, is it because all Mexican beer is swill and they have to mask the taste with bitter citrus?
Is it just me, or do the Corona girls all look like they, have full time jobs in a Mexican brothel.

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Any beer you need to add any kind of taste to isn't proper beer. Mexican beers like Corona and Sol are like fucking lemonade. Total piss.

The two girls tonight are of a higher standard than usual.

I wonder if you can buy those fucking outfits.

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All the Mexican beers are piss water, including Dos Equis, I bought a 12 pack of the "amber", drank 2, and gave the rest away to a friend who seems to be enamored by the advertizements, and wouldn't know the difference.

Might as well make this the official fight thread.

I just got in, but apparently Cherry is winning this fight. I'm surprised.

Escobedo isnt very good and everytime they exchange he gets hurt

Hes done, dropped 3 times in total. Is this one of the opponents that made Broner look good? ;D

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The Corona girls are on form tonight. Lots of silicone with your beer.

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I've always wondered why they advertize Corona with a slice of lime, is it because all Mexican beer is swill and they have to mask the taste with bitter citrus?
Is it just me, or do the Corona girls all look like they, have full time jobs in a Mexican brothel.

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Any beer you need to add any kind of taste to isn't proper beer. Mexican beers like Corona and Sol are like fucking lemonade. Total piss.

The two girls tonight are of a higher standard than usual.

I wonder if you can buy those fucking outfits.

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All the Mexican beers are piss water, including Dos Equis, I bought a 12 pack of the "amber", drank 2, and gave the rest away to a friend who seems to be enamored by the advertizements, and wouldn't know the difference.

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:mad: Blasphemy! Ok ok the only reason I drink Tecate half the time is in hopes of one of its ring girls materializing. I dig Models and Corona w/ orange. Sol tastes like a mouth full of wet dirt.

Time! WAR REES...cough :-\