By D.A: Last week we saw Adrien “The problem” Broner suffer his first defeat in a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision to Marcos “El Chino” Maidana in San Antonio, Texas. Broner took a hellacious beating and suffered his first 2 career knockdowns.
From what I was seeing by many boxing fans, casual or hardcore at least 90% were saying Broner would outbox “Chino” with ease and Maidana was tailor made. I am one who rooted for Maidana and was proven right. Now we know Broner is not the future nor is he the next Floyd Mayweather Jr., and never was to be exact. But a few months ago we saw Danny “Swift” Garcia outclass Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse on the undercard of “The One”.
Despite being the Champion Garcia was the underdog and Lucas was expected to brutally knockout Garcia and take his titles in the process. Lucas started out good for the first 5 rounds till Garcia adjusted to his style and out-boxed the Argentine male. To make it a long short story, Broner and Matthysse both lost.
Why I am implying this fight – Broner-Matthysse – should happen? The fact is Broner is most likely going to campaign at 140 unless he wants to get less money fighting at 135 and defending his WBC title. Broner would be better off fighting at 140 against more popular fighters and his first fight should be against another man who is coming off a loss- Matthysse.
If Broner were to beat Matthysse that’d most likely give him an automatic title shot against the 140 kingpins. It’d be a great fight for both men who are looking to bounce back and get another shot at the titles. Broner could be a smart guy and campaign at 140 and maybe add his 4th division title, because Broner is obviously or was trying to establish his own legacy.
Broner would be smart to go for a title at 140 and not press for another backside whooping by Maidana. Broner needs time to grow more into the 140-147 divisions and get more experience fighting guys with such power. An even better idea, why not Matthysse vs. Broner on the Floyd undercard in May? Both coming off losses and both looking to bounce back, would be a great fight for both men and for us fans. But what I am thinking Broner will do is, keep his current trainer (ignore Mayweather Sr.), not fight on the undercard of Floyd’s date, stay at 147, and press for a rematch.
From what I’ve been seeing, Broner is taking the wrong road, but who knows what’ll happen. These are just my thoughts, and obviously looking for the rematch against Maidana is a bad idea for Broner. Or Broner could avoid Matthysse and look to fight the Lamont Peterson vs. Dierry Jean winner for the IBF 140 lb. paper title.
Like I said Broner could be a smart guy, but it’s looking like Maidana’s beating didn’t quite give him the reality check. But who knows, we’ll just have to see.
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