Adrien Broner, the fighter that boxing fans hate to love

[Master]

Broner is a talented fighter who is following the same recipe that made Floyd successful which is to annoy as many boxing fans as possible that they will pay to see him get knocked out. If Broner can stay at the lower weight he will beat everyone out of sight. His real challenges will be against Rios, Garcia and Khan. We would all love to see him get his ass handed to him against them or should he win he will get our respect and we will become his greatest fans.

[beenKOed]

Someone needs to remind Jim Lampley and his cheerleaders that when Broner was being billed a "destroyer" against a 81-1 underdog and losing rounds, Mayweather in his 26th fight was annihilating one Diego Corrales.

People don't 'hate' Broner they hate the fact that hes being prematurley annointed in the same mention as proven greats and Champions. Fact is, hes absolutley nothing like Floyd in the ring and even his 'look at me I'm a bad guy' act is forced. "He was tough as a steak".. He can't even get the punchline right. Its a $2 steak Adrien. His act is so transparent that it doesn't come of as real. Haymon needs to get a new writer.

Totally agree with Broner's "bad boy act" looking forced.
It's like a bad standup comedian, and nothing but a few crickets greeting every bad joke.

But HBO isn't alone in doing the "premature annointing".
I haven't exactly heard Broner say he doesn't belong up there yet.

And therein lies the danger. He's becoming so full of himself, he's bound to start underestimating future opponents (if he's not doing so already).... and eventually will get dumped on his ass by one of them. Personally, I like watching him fight. I like his aggresiveness.

I like Broner fights too, it's all the BS that irritates me. I wish the dude would stop touching his face all the time.

[imp]

The whole point of boxing is to hit and not get hit...pretty much the same in any contact sport.

Floyd does this very well.

Broner hits hard but theres no way of knowing whether it was harder than floyd or not as they faced different opponents.

With broner the new face of HBO and floyd leading SHOWTIME boxing is very much where it needs to be.

3-4 years and floyd will retire and hopefully the changeover goes smoothly as no one has figured out a way to beat these two..and no one will..especially floyd..too much skills.