Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
Another positive I'm going to bring up is the fact that Broner chose Maidana personally to fight.

Mayweather recently revealed that Broner's management hand-picked Malignaggi because he had no punching power and wasn't seen as a threat. But because people were slamming Broner for fighting guys with no power, he went out and chose Maidana himself, against his management's wishes.

I think that deserves a thumbs up. The fans called him out and he answered the criticism by finding one of the biggest bangers in boxing.

Didn't work out for him obviously, but we should respect him for having the balls to go against his management and fight a real dangerous guy.
I think you are giving a bit too much credit. Honestly...they took Maidana VERY lightly. He thought he could dominate him because Miadana wasn't fast and skilled enough. Broner wasn't physically prepared...and he clearly underestimated his opponent. It takes a lot of audacity and false confidence to go up against a dangerous puncher with heart and not respect him. But that is what he did. He wasn't in great shape...and he had barely a 2 month camp after a lengthy hip hop tour. Add all that to his technical and tactical flaws...he payed the price.