Broner-Maidana is no longer PPV.. GBP's Christmas present

[Beanflicker]

When did Maidana suddenly become considered a pushover? He's a dangerous guy with a lot of wallop behind his punch.

The last few fights, all anyone could talk about was how Broner was fighting guys (Rees and Paulie) who he knew couldn't punch worth a shit and wouldn't be able to hurt him. Now he's fighting p4p one of the nastiest bangers in the sport who is also a legit top 10 WW, and people are still talking shit.

I'm not saying Maidana is a Pacquaio, Bradley or Mayweather. But come on, he's not a pushover, especially for a guy like Broner who loves to stand in the pocket and throw bombs himself.

This is a potential great action fight for free... stop complaining!

[ykdadamaja]

Broner was talking all of that stuff about only fighting on ppv from here on in. GTFOOH!!!

[p4pking]

Good deal, I wouldn't think of buying that on PPV but it's still a nice fight. Broners going to look good here imo, could even be a DeMarco type showing. He's not going to have to look for Maidana, he'll be able to get set and let his hands go to the body. The guy reminds me vaguely of Canelo as much as anyone else in truth, maybe I'm nuts there but he's not great on his feet and needs to plant them to get off, kind of punches in a shell etc. Still don't see Maidana winning this though, Broner can hurt him and will tee off.

[Kirkland Laing]

They're saying they only pulled the PPV becausae it's so close to Christmas and wouldn't sell and that Broner will be PPV from next year on. Alvarez has three fight dates for next year and they're all going to be PPV. There are going to be a lot of PPV fights on Showtime next year.

[p4pking]

That makes sense, kind of lame that they would declare a guy "PPV only" before he's really proven he can sell them, but whatever.
I could see buying Broner-Garcia if it had a really good undercard, but thats about it, and they aren't going to make that fight.

[Kirkland Laing]

Even if they do 2-300 000 buys per event, and they should do that easy with Alvarez, that's a lot of money at fifty dollars a pop. They can pay guys like Alvarez and Broner much more than they'd earn as the main event on regular cable and actually make some money as well. I'm guessing this is a new business model by Showtime/GBP.

[powerpuncher]

something that many people have forgotten is that maidana has become a little more controlled in his last few fights and he uses his speed more. i dont think that he will necessarily come flying in from the opening bell.

[erics44]

nowt wrong with maidanas display against alexander, alexander held all the way through the fight and should have been dq'd

[p4pking]

nowt wrong with maidanas display against alexander, alexander held all the way through the fight and should have been dq'd

You know I'd agree, if Maidana didn't seem grateful to enter the clinches himself half the time. He was kept on a leash for almost that entire fight, Alexander did some good work when he wasn't holding and MM didn't really do anything much at all. I think Broner is a really good infighter and will exploit the range Maidana needs to get off, hoping for a good fight though.

[Hulk]

nowt wrong with maidanas display against alexander, alexander held all the way through the fight and should have been dq'd

You know I'd agree, if Maidana didn't seem grateful to enter the clinches himself half the time. He was kept on a leash for almost that entire fight, Alexander did some good work when he wasn't holding and MM didn't really do anything much at all. I think Broner is a really good infighter and will exploit the range Maidana needs to get off, hoping for a good fight though.

Alexander has been boring as of late and that fight really pissed me off. However, he's a very good boxer and I doubt Broner could beat him.

[p4pking]

Agreed, didn't even think of Alexander-Broner, guess because I wouldn't want to see it very much. Seems like Alexander has been talked about for just about everyone in the last year or so, he was supposed to fight Brook, then Khan, even Floyd.

[jon09]

War Maidana.

[FinitoElDinamita]

Victor ortiz is officially off this card.. He's fighting Luis Collazo in January

[Beanflicker]

Good call by powerpuncher