Adrien Broner
By Mr. Pennington: In the words of one the great trolls/blogger I once knew, well, well, well. On December 14th, we witnessed something that many predicted would happen. Adrien “the Problem” Broner was beaten by the now WBA welter weight champion Marcos “El Chino” Maidana.
To put this in perspective, you must accept that we are all in one way or another a troll/fan. That said, in Saturday’s main event there were many intricate scenarios played out before our eyes.
By Duke Pahulu: The first loss of Adrien Broner’s career was an initial shock to me. I had Broner beating up Marcos Maidana going into the fight. I believed Broner would stay inside and mess him up with body shots and uppercuts ala Antonio Demarco. But then I took a second look at Broner’s last fight with Paulie Malignaggi.
What I took away from that fight was that if Broner had stopped talking smack and started throwing more, he would have taken Paulie out of there. But after the Maidana fight, I realized I had it all wrong. Broner didn’t carry his power with him to 147. And Broner didn’t make up for the lack of power. He fought the same way he did at 130 and 135.
By Michael Byrne: Last Saturday night the welterweight division saw some big action at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Marcos Maidana’s domination of WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s) is capturing all of the headlines, and understandably so.
In a quick ‘something to think about’ before the fight, I offered the suggestion that if lightweight Gavin Rees was able to find Broner’s chin in their fight earlier this year in February, then the similar-but-wildly-superior Maidana would be able to do the same. However, whether you were one of the few who expected Maidana to become champion again or not, I think pretty much everyone was surprised by just how badly Broner was dominated.
By Robbie Bannatyne: The litany of articles that have surfaced since Adrien Broner’s humbling at the heavy hands of Marcos Maidana seem to invariably label the Argentine’s victory as a ‘major shock’ or ‘stunning upset’. I never subscribed to this school of thought. The only real surprise to me was that Broner was not badly knocked out.
He deserves great credit for having the bravery to still be standing on his own two feet until the final bell. Sadly for him, his impressive punch resistance and reasonable powers of recovery are the only positives he can take from his first ever defeat as a professional.
By Eric Thomas: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he’s not sure if Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s) will stay in the welterweight class now that he’s been beaten by Marcos Maidana. Schaefer says that Broner can still make the lightweight class, where he still holds the WBC lightweight title. Schaefer thinks Broner might drop back down to 135 to continue campaigning as a lightweight.
Based on the comments that Broner has said since his loss about wanting an immediate rematch with Maidana, it doesn’t look at the moment that Broner plans on going back down to 135. His ego could be keeping from making that move at the moment.
By Allan Fox: WBA interim 147 lb. champion Keith Thurman saw last Saturday’s fight between WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner and Marcos Maidana and he feels that Broner wasn’t nearly ready for the type of fight that he needed to fight in order to beat the hard hitting Maidana.
Thurman notes that Broner didn’t use movement, didn’t throw a lot of punches, and he didn’t appear to be mentally ready to fight in the aggressive manner that he needed to in order to beat Maidana. Broner’s loss came to no surprise to Thurman, because with the way that Broner fought, he deserved to lose
By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Jr. believes that his “little brother” Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s) will be able to successfully come back from his 12 round unanimous decision loss to Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) from last Saturday night and still continue to have a successful boxing career.
Although Broner lose his WBA welterweight title in his defeat to Maidana, Mayweather still sees Broner as a champion in his mind.
Mayweather said to Hip Hollywood “Adrien Broner is a true champion. I love Adrien. I take my hat off to him. It’s crazy. When you’re at the top people want to be at your side. But as soon as you take a loss, people want to talk bad about you. It goes with the territory. In competition someone has to win and someone has to lose. Hold your head up.”
By Jay McIntyre: It always seems oddly self-serving to publish an article that talks about how right one was when making a prediction. With this humility in mind, I want to look back on what was a very fun bout to watch. Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) and Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s) were able to provide a significant measure of entertainment in a fight that was marred by some controversy. Thankfully, however, the outcome was not a victim of any errant stupidity.
I feel I would be remiss if I did not point out that this fight certainly served to be a cautionary tale about the perils of hubris. While Broner clearly has observable talent in the ring, much of the lead-up to the fight had me slightly concerned about his priorities.
By Timothy Medina: Last night in San Antonio, Texas at the Alamodome, a new champion emerged from the welterweight class. Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) triumphed over Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s) to be crowned the new WBA Welterweight champion. Maidana is the one who was able to solve “The Problem” and now he reigns supreme in his weight class.
Broner transformed himself into boxing’s biggest villain with all of his trash talking, the mind games he played with past opponents and the cockiness he displays in and out of the ring. These tactics had drawn a lot of attention to him which was very smart of him to do. Yet, it created a lot of hatred towards him as well. Many boxing fans were hoping for a fighter who could finally solve “The Problem”. In the eyes of many including myself, Paulie Malignaggi had solved him though the judges did not see it.
by Jordan C: After the defeat came, after the cameras were off, after the hype bubble had been burst by Marcos Maidana, Adrien Broner reportedly spoke to the press. He called for a rematch without a tuneup, according to sources. He said he’d be back.
Back to where?
We had seen Broner’s weaknesses before. They were apparent in his fight against Paulie Malignaggi. They presented themselves again in his fight against Marcos Maidana. This was not an off night. This was not an accident.