I agree in theory but in practice I just don't think he has good footwork in him. I think he needs to get that left shoulder up a bit. Work on upper body movement, he's always seemed stiff. And have his trainer work over and over and over again on reflexive punch selection. He throws the wrong punches. You can get away with that when you physically overwhelm opponents but when things are more equal physically the guy that does the right things at the right times wins.
Broner is accustomed to bullying and walking guys down at the lower weights where he had the size advantage.. if he is going to remain at 147, he's going to have to change his approach.. he has to box more and use his skills.. his power at 147 is a non factor.
Its his delivery and not a case of 'learning from mistakes' but them being a part of his approach all this time and getting away with them. You fix those and make adjustments in your early learning fights in an ideal scenario...a PDL fight, the Escobedo fiasco and what it nearly and should have cost him...Maligianni living with him inside and putting a light on his holes...instead he changed nothing and said he meant to get hit cause it didn't hurt or some dumb shate...now he is already on the premier stage and they still exist at a massive price. No way can I see him getting a "do over" in weight class or a step back in level of opposition with high visibility. He will and must now learn on the job and play catch up..cram session...or he'll be a trivia question very shortly. We've seen this play out before.
Good post. Its a problem with his head most definitely and a real false sense of security. Hell as a fan I was blinded by his style. He's another one of these guys who's fine it seems when things are going his way or the punches dont sting. As far as Brocks thread title goes he punches hard enough.
His big problem is that he just doesn't throw punches.
Guys who use that defense shell (Toney, Floyd, Bhop, Locche, ect) used it as a way to counter and set up offense. Maidana found out pretty quick that he could fire away without consequence because Broner wasn't looking to counter, so he did. He came in and smashed Broner to the body and head, and Broner let him do it like an idiot and gave away round after round.
I can't figure Broner out. He's supposed to be "virtuoso", a guy with incredible speed and skill who can dominate his opponent. But in the last several fights, his gameplan seems to be to give away rounds until he makes it that he may need a KO to win.
I've never seen real virtuosos like Floyd, Roy Jones, Ray Leonard, ect do that. Why does he think that's a smart way to fight? It's unreal.
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