Malignaggi v Broner / Mitchell v Banks Chat Thread

[IamInuit]

If you're advertising yourself as a legitimate successor to Floyd who is an actual all-time great fighter then you've got to actually back that bragging up in the ring. And Broner is never going to be able to do that. It's just a question of how long then networks let him stay away from a legitimate threat before he gets exposed.

I still say he has a difficult style to beat behind that shoulder. I knew Paulie would look good early but he's got that slippery, speedy moving style to do it. His stance will continue to be a problem with the speedy type slicksters. He cant move sideways at times against that kind of fighter. The trouble is there are not many of those kinds of fighters from 135 through to 147. The Ponce fight was a bit of an anomaly. That style will not beat Broner now. Broner looked like he was holding back but it could very well be the extra weight. People need to separate what they feel about him as a person to have an objective discussion about the boxing. That is hard to do at times for us all when you hear the shit that comes out of his mouth. Still its not fair to say well look what Ricky, Khan etc etc did and deduce to much from what Broner did or did not do. Those matchups are just totally different from feet to fists. Broner runs the risk with any kind of mover/puncher if he continues to remain flat footed in a freak stance that does not allow him to step around or move to the side. Floyd even commented on his feet.

[p4pking]

I think his style could land him in deep shit against Zab of all people Seriously, anyone who can really counter punch with some pop has a great chance to blast Broner out if he keeps fighting like that early on, it's bizarre.

[KickMuck]

The fight that i just watched was a complete surprise. We all thought that Broner was going to take this easily. How wrong was we? Paulie fought in his own way like a true champion and a veteran. I honestly thought before the fight started that Broner would finish Maliginaggi with in 6 rounds so i was clutching at straws for Paulie (see my first post). Part of me feels pitiful towards the guy who has least chance in a fight so i usually side towards the underdog, I dont know why but i just do, like way back in school i stood up for the victims of bully's.

We all knew that Broner was going to win. But after watchin this fight and reflecting on it for a while I cannot see how he won this. Malignaggi came out in the first 3 rounds steaming, Broner landed nothing, round 4-5 Broner looked better, he landed a few solid shots all the while Paulie on the back foot but keeping the jab and the 4 sometimes 5 shots landing to the body and head, granted not much power but still scoring. Broner started looking stronger in round 6-7 and was catching Paulie with some nice clean shots and at this point i thought Malignaggi was out of gas and was sure to start loosing. Paulies punch rate and avoidance looked consistent throughout the fight untill i think rd 11 where Broner looked better. Broner was behind on points and i think he knew it from his performance in the last round.

To take a belt from a well weathered fighter in his home town at the ridiculous decisions on the cards that we saw i think is stupid.

I will watch the fight again when its available and have a closer look but from what i saw, Decision was complete bollox

[Dia bando]

Mitchell V Banks in a word a STINKER.

[Beanz]

Bika - Periban. Both hopelessly swinging for the rafters, there are so many super middles that are probably licking their lips after watching that crappy microwave meal and quite a lot of middles getting the cutlery out.

Mitchell-Banks. Was Banks waiting for a signal to finish it that never came or was he worried after nearly accidentally finishing off his next meal ticket before cashing it in ? Mitchell just proved again exactly what he is not.

Malinaggi-Broner. Getting on your bicycle is not the same as moving and throwing scoring punches. The commentary team need to get Adrian's balls out of their mouths before brushing his lower afro for him. It is fair to bring up Khan, Hatton and other earlier opponents handling of Paulie because, yes styles make fights but high output non punchers like Paulie do not age well. They fought a better Magic Man and Broner just had his shorts pulled down around his ankles. He may have won the fight but that was after getting repeatedly smacked in the face and failing to inflict anything but minimal damage on a fighter he should have stopped. At 147 and 140 there are a lot of People who will put him on his bejazzled arse. Paulie speaking to Floyd cracked me up and respect to him for going the distance and speaking his mind. The decision was OK but the scoring was a bit wide. Politics and B/S.

[Dia bando]

Bika - Periban. Both hopelessly swinging for the rafters, there are so many super middles that are probably licking their lips after watching that crappy microwave meal and quite a lot of middles getting the cutlery out.

Mitchell-Banks. Was Banks waiting for a signal to finish it that never came or was he worried after nearly accidentally finishing off his next meal ticket before cashing it in ? Mitchell just proved again exactly what he is not.

Malinaggi-Broner. Getting on your bicycle is not the same as moving and throwing scoring punches. The commentary team need to get Adrian's balls out of their mouths before brushing his lower afro for him. It is fair to bring up Khan, Hatton and other earlier opponents handling of Paulie because, yes styles make fights but high output non punchers like Paulie do not age well. They fought a better Magic Man and Broner just had his shorts pulled down around his ankles. He may have won the fight but that was after getting repeatedly smacked in the face and failing to inflict anything but minimal damage on a fighter he should have stopped. At 147 and 140 there are a lot of People who will put him on his bejazzled arse. Paulie speaking to Floyd cracked me up and respect to him for going the distance and speaking his mind. The decision was OK but the scoring was a bit wide. Politics and B/S.

In a nutshell on the 3 fights my friend.

[walrus]

Well I said a day or two ago watching Broner win will not be as bad as listening to his mouth after the win. Damn did I call that, although it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out. Paulie did ten times better than I thought. I didn't see him winning this but it got close to a draw. Too bad Paulie couldn't find a way to stop Broner comming in on him. Pauline was backing up too often. All in all a good fight.

[beenKOed]

Broner is becoming increasingly harder to cheer for after each interview. He just chips away at you.

If you're advertising yourself as a legitimate successor to Floyd who is an actual all-time great fighter then undertake.
you've got to actually back that bragging up in the ring. And Broner is never going to be able to do that. It's just a question of how long then networks let him stay away from a legitimate threat before he gets exposed.

Some of you are acting like you didn't know Broner is a walking asshole.
We did learn something about Broner, if he stays at welter he is going to get his ass kicked. I hope he stays at welter, but I think he was just cherry picking Paulie, like many of you have already said, and will now drop back to 140 or 135.
Paulie did much better than I thought he would, for a few rounds I thought he might get the big upset.
Just thought I'd add that I didn't actually see the fights but y'all did a good job with your posts.

[Memphis]

Whats all this bollocks about a tart? Was a bit of gash part of the purse?

[Rantcatrat]

I eat crow. Paulie did much better than I expected. Sorry I doubted him the way I did. Broner is not as good as made out to be. I got caught up in the hype for a second there. I'll reign in my views on him. Good, but not great. He's only 23, and still a work in progress.

[Rantcatrat]

Bika - Periban. Both hopelessly swinging for the rafters, there are so many super middles that are probably licking their lips after watching that crappy microwave meal and quite a lot of middles getting the cutlery out.

Mitchell-Banks. Was Banks waiting for a signal to finish it that never came or was he worried after nearly accidentally finishing off his next meal ticket before cashing it in ? Mitchell just proved again exactly what he is not.

Malinaggi-Broner. Getting on your bicycle is not the same as moving and throwing scoring punches. The commentary team need to get Adrian's balls out of their mouths before brushing his lower afro for him. It is fair to bring up Khan, Hatton and other earlier opponents handling of Paulie because, yes styles make fights but high output non punchers like Paulie do not age well. They fought a better Magic Man and Broner just had his shorts pulled down around his ankles. He may have won the fight but that was after getting repeatedly smacked in the face and failing to inflict anything but minimal damage on a fighter he should have stopped. At 147 and 140 there are a lot of People who will put him on his bejazzled arse. Paulie speaking to Floyd cracked me up and respect to him for going the distance and speaking his mind. The decision was OK but the scoring was a bit wide. Politics and B/S.

Excellent recap. I thought I'd add that Bika, in his last two fights, has lacked the spark of his earlier years. Has age caught up with him? Are you insinuating that Banks lost on purpose to get another Mitchell pay day? Broner isn't as good as we thought.

[IamInuit]

Bika - Periban. Both hopelessly swinging for the rafters, there are so many super middles that are probably licking their lips after watching that crappy microwave meal and quite a lot of middles getting the cutlery out.

Mitchell-Banks. Was Banks waiting for a signal to finish it that never came or was he worried after nearly accidentally finishing off his next meal ticket before cashing it in ? Mitchell just proved again exactly what he is not.

Malinaggi-Broner. Getting on your bicycle is not the same as moving and throwing scoring punches. The commentary team need to get Adrian's balls out of their mouths before brushing his lower afro for him. It is fair to bring up Khan, Hatton and other earlier opponents handling of Paulie because, yes styles make fights but high output non punchers like Paulie do not age well. They fought a better Magic Man and Broner just had his shorts pulled down around his ankles. He may have won the fight but that was after getting repeatedly smacked in the face and failing to inflict anything but minimal damage on a fighter he should have stopped. At 147 and 140 there are a lot of People who will put him on his bejazzled arse. Paulie speaking to Floyd cracked me up and respect to him for going the distance and speaking his mind. The decision was OK but the scoring was a bit wide. Politics and B/S.

Excellent recap. I thought I'd add that Bika, in his last two fights, has lacked the spark of his earlier years. Has age caught up with him? Are you insinuating that Banks lost on purpose to get another Mitchell pay day? Broner isn't as good as we thought.

To the Broner haters yeah I suppose it is but its certainly not the fight I watched. As stated many times before, the beginning of the fight was predictable and the Miller and Feldman cards were ridiculous not the 117-111 card. Broner loses rounds because many of you guys hate him. Same thing happened to Floyd, Leonard and Robinson.

[Master]

Whats all this bollocks about a tart? Was a bit of gash part of the purse?

They were both dating the same girl.

[Spicoli]

Bika - Periban. Both hopelessly swinging for the rafters, there are so many super middles that are probably licking their lips after watching that crappy microwave meal and quite a lot of middles getting the cutlery out.

Mitchell-Banks. Was Banks waiting for a signal to finish it that never came or was he worried after nearly accidentally finishing off his next meal ticket before cashing it in ? Mitchell just proved again exactly what he is not.

Malinaggi-Broner. Getting on your bicycle is not the same as moving and throwing scoring punches. The commentary team need to get Adrian's balls out of their mouths before brushing his lower afro for him. It is fair to bring up Khan, Hatton and other earlier opponents handling of Paulie because, yes styles make fights but high output non punchers like Paulie do not age well. They fought a better Magic Man and Broner just had his shorts pulled down around his ankles. He may have won the fight but that was after getting repeatedly smacked in the face and failing to inflict anything but minimal damage on a fighter he should have stopped. At 147 and 140 there are a lot of People who will put him on his bejazzled arse. Paulie speaking to Floyd cracked me up and respect to him for going the distance and speaking his mind. The decision was OK but the scoring was a bit wide. Politics and B/S.

Excellent recap. I thought I'd add that Bika, in his last two fights, has lacked the spark of his earlier years. Has age caught up with him? Are you insinuating that Banks lost on purpose to get another Mitchell pay day? Broner isn't as good as we thought.

To the Broner haters yeah I suppose it is but its certainly not the fight I watched. As stated many times before, the beginning of the fight was predictable and the Miller and Feldman cards were ridiculous not the 117-111 card. Broner loses rounds because many of you guys hate him. Same thing happened to Floyd, Leonard and Robinson.

Brother, Broner losses rounds because he thinks all he has to do is wear a costume and act like a transparent caricature to become as good as he thinks he already is. Not being anything like a Floyd, Leonard or Robinson in ring talent (ffs, really) doesn't help either.

[Rantcatrat]

Bika - Periban. Both hopelessly swinging for the rafters, there are so many super middles that are probably licking their lips after watching that crappy microwave meal and quite a lot of middles getting the cutlery out.

Mitchell-Banks. Was Banks waiting for a signal to finish it that never came or was he worried after nearly accidentally finishing off his next meal ticket before cashing it in ? Mitchell just proved again exactly what he is not.

Malinaggi-Broner. Getting on your bicycle is not the same as moving and throwing scoring punches. The commentary team need to get Adrian's balls out of their mouths before brushing his lower afro for him. It is fair to bring up Khan, Hatton and other earlier opponents handling of Paulie because, yes styles make fights but high output non punchers like Paulie do not age well. They fought a better Magic Man and Broner just had his shorts pulled down around his ankles. He may have won the fight but that was after getting repeatedly smacked in the face and failing to inflict anything but minimal damage on a fighter he should have stopped. At 147 and 140 there are a lot of People who will put him on his bejazzled arse. Paulie speaking to Floyd cracked me up and respect to him for going the distance and speaking his mind. The decision was OK but the scoring was a bit wide. Politics and B/S.

Excellent recap. I thought I'd add that Bika, in his last two fights, has lacked the spark of his earlier years. Has age caught up with him? Are you insinuating that Banks lost on purpose to get another Mitchell pay day? Broner isn't as good as we thought.

To the Broner haters yeah I suppose it is but its certainly not the fight I watched. As stated many times before, the beginning of the fight was predictable and the Miller and Feldman cards were ridiculous not the 117-111 card. Broner loses rounds because many of you guys hate him. Same thing happened to Floyd, Leonard and Robinson.

Even if what you say is correct, still, we are talking about Paulie Malignaggi!! If you're a Floyd Mayweather or a Manny Pacquiao, you utterly dominate someone on Paulie's level. You walk through his pitter patter punches and stop him, or you completely outbox him. Be honest: Broner did neither. Broner's power won last night; NOT his boxing skills. If anything Paulie outboxed him.