By Scott Gilfoid: WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner (23-0, 19 KO’s) recognizes that he’s on the cusp of super stardom as he goes into his bout this month against fodder opponent Gary Sykes (20-2, 5 KO’s) at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Broner is destined for greatness, another Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the making.
Broner said this on his twitter “I’m going to be the biggest star in boxing soon.”
So true, so true. He’s a star waiting to be revealed to the world.
Right now, boxing fans are still lucky enough to see the 22-year-old Broner on regular HBO. That’s going to change in the near future as Broner takes over where Mayweather Jr. leaves off when he retires. Broner has got the goods and then some. He’s not only blazing fast, but also a great defensive artist. He can do everything Mayweather can do, but is much better wit when it comes to interviews and/or press conference banter. Broner is perhaps in a class all to his own, because there isn’t out there that includes great soundbites with comedy. Broner has it all.
As for his fight on May 19th, it’s basically a slaughter, but you can’t blame Broner for it. His promoters pick his opponents, not him, and there’s no one out there that can give Broner a good fight anyway.
Let’s be honest here. If they dragged out guys like Kevin Mitchell or Ricky Burns from the UK, we’d get the same results as what will be seeing on May 19th. Broner would be simply way too good for them and would smash them in one or two rounds at the most. The super featherweight division has got a lot of good quality opponents, but Broner simply is so far out in front of them that there’s no comparison.
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