Quote Originally Posted by bzkfn View Post
The issue for me is seeing how easy Paulie was to hit against Hatton, Broner hits hard in close, is very accurate and has alot more speed than Ricky. I just can't see Paulie boxing and moving away for 12 while winning rounds. He'll have to take some shot along the way, and his ego will force him to stay in the pocket. If he does this he will take a pasting IMO.
Or how easy he was to hit against Khan. I am one of the few that likes Paulie, but at the elite level, as @erics44 said, he just doesn't have the power.

Broner beats him easily. It's a perfect first fight for Broner at 147 because Paulie can't punch. Paulie took the fight because he's rumored to be getting a 7 figure pay day. He was waiting for that level of pay day to cash out. This is it. In my opinion, he'll face Broner, lose, and move on to full-time announcing.

The only thing that gives me any pause at all on that prediction is that for the first two and half rounds Rees, who isn't close to the boxer Paulie is, touched Broner up. At the very least, Paulie can do that. I just don't think that's enough to win a fight.

I still would have liked to see Broner face Miguez Vasquez at lightweight, and there are a ton of fights to be made for him at 140, harder, tougher fights than Paulie will be.