Quote Originally Posted by Rantcatrat View Post
I like Broner in a way because he's entertaining. However, he needs to drop back to 140 and find his identity in the ring. He might need a different trainer too to work with him. I also don't think he needs a defensive specialist. I think he's most successful when he is offensive. Maybe a Robert Garcia or a Nazim Richardson. PBC also needs better matchmakers. Maidana conclusively beat up Broner and then they match him with another tough, brawler in Porter. He should have stayed at 140, and fought someone like Algieri, and continued to rack up wins. Perhaps though he's just been overrated all along, and it was just a matter of time.
See I agree he is most effective when offensive but thats the problem (excuse the pun). He has no plan b and when a fighter who only knows forward and is stronger than him comes at him, he has no clue what to do. He needs a better defense and he needs to learn how to fight goin backwards. If he could have learnt how to punch when Porter came in, he'd have softened him up to the point where Porter wouldn't want to come forward anymore and then he could have played his game.