Broner: Malignaggi won’t be helped fighting at home in New York

By Boxing News - 04/25/2013 - Comments

broner545By Allan Fox: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) will be moving up in weight two divisions on June 22nd to fight WBA World welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) in Malignaggi’s own hometown in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center.

Broner isn’t bothered at all that he’ll be fighting in front of a large pro-Malignaggi audience on June 22nd when he ventures into the Barclays Center. Broner sees his own talent being more than enough for him to get either a KO or a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision victory in this fight.

Broner said: “I don’t care where the fight is. I’ll fight him in a closet, his backyard, my backyard, the Barclays Center, at a barbecue. It don’t really matter to me. Being in his hometown ain’t gonna help him when I start beating his a**.”

Broner plans on staying at 147 if and when he beats the 32-year-old Malignaggi. However, if Broner truly has his mind made up about wanting to stay at welterweight then he’s going to have to be okay with defending the title against the likes of Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Ed Paredes, Diego Chaves, and Jessie Vargas. Those are the main guys that the WBA has ranked as of now.

Thurman and Brook could be tough fights for Broner, and Vargas could be a problem too because he’s bigger than Broner by a couple of inches. Thurman by far is the most dangerous of the bunch because of his power and size. Golden Boy Promotions will no doubt be looking to make that fight in the future because they promote both guys.

Malignaggi is going to be up against it in this fight because he doesn’t have Broner’s power, youth or speed. Malignaggi has more experience but that’s only going to carry him so far in a fight against someone with Broner’s power and defensive ability.



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