Floyd Sr. thinks he can fix Broner’s flaws

By Boxing News - 12/17/2013 - Comments

broner784445By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Sr. is willing to take over the training for former three division world champion Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s) to try and fix his flaws to help turn his career around after his loss to Marcos Maidana last weekend. Floyd Sr. doesn’t see Broner being able to progress without his help. He sees him as being too limited for him to be able to make it back to the top to be a top guy.

Floyd Sr. was the one that initially taught Floyd Mayweather Jr. how to fight. and the shoulder roll defense is something Floyd Sr. taught him when he was young. Broner uses the same defensive style, but he’s not as good it as Floyd Jr. Broner does a good job of blocking a lot of shots, but he’s not as fast with his head and upper body at getting out of the way of incoming punches.

“I can train him to where no one will be able to hit him at all,” Mayweather Sr. said to Hustleboss. “I’m very interested in [training him] it, but he’s got to be interested. What I’ve seen, I know I can change. It’s time for him to make a change [in trainers]. He’s not going to get nowhere with what he’s got right now. He’s not going to climb with that at all.”

It’s going to be up to Broner if he wants to accept Floyd Sr’s help at this point. Knowing Broner, he probably won’t look to change trainers because he probably feels that doesn’t need Floyd Sr’s help. That could change if Broner continues to take losses one after another. At some point he may realize that he needs some kind of change for him to get to the next level, and Mayweather Sr. might then be someone that he looks to for help.

As knowledgeable as Floyd Sr. is it would still be a monumental task for him to be able to fix the many holes in Broners’ game, because he’s too flat-footed and he doesn’t have the kind of hand speed, power or high work rate that he needs for him to be able to excel in the welterweight division.



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