Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi this Saturday, June 22nd in Brooklyn, New York

broner4534By Allan Fox: Unbeaten Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) will step up two divisions this Saturday night to face WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) on Showtime at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Malignaggi will be making his second title defense of his World Boxing Association title that he captured last year with a 9th round TKO win over then champion Vyacheslav Senchenko in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Broner, 23, has been anointed by some to be the next Floyd Mayweather Jr., but he’s still not faced the kind of quality opposition necessary to tell you whether he can live up to that praise.

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Broner open to facing Maidana if he gets past Malignaggi on June 22nd

broner45233By Allan Fox: Unbeaten Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) isn’t ruling out a fight against #2 WBA Marcos Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s) if Broner is able to snatch the WBA welterweight title from champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) in their fight next Saturday, June 22nd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The general consensus is with the boxing public that Broner, if he beats the light hitting Malignaggi, will immediately vacate the WBA title rather than having to defend the belt against dangerous punchers Maidana, Keith Thurman and Diego Chaves.

Any one of those fighters could quickly unseat the 23-year-old Broner as the champion if given a chance and it’s likely that Broner’s promoters at Golden Boy Promotions won’t let that happen by taking Broner back down into safer waters at 135.

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Broner: If I don’t KO Paulie, then he’s getting battered; it’s cool

broner454By Allan Fox: Undefeated Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) doesn’t seem to care much how he beats WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) on June 22nd just as long as he beats him in their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Broner said to Showtime “If I knock him out, that’s cool. If I don’t, he will get battered and bruised. He’s another stepping stone to my legacy.”

The real test to Broner’s legacy isn’t the Malignaggi fight, because that seems like a prime example of Golden Boy Promotions picking out the perfect opponent for Broner to fight at 147.

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Malignaggi: Broner’s going to cry at the end our fight

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By Scott Gilfoid: WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) sees his opponent Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) breaking down and blubbering and blaming his management after he beats him on June 22nd at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. Malignaggi gives Broner credit for being a talented fighter, but he doesn’t think his talent will travel up two divisions to beat him.

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Malignaggi gets heated in conference call with Broner

malignaggi65By Scott Gilfoid: WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) really lost it during today telephone conference call with Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) for their fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Malignaggi broke in on Broner’s portion of the conference call.

Malignaggi said “I’m gonna beat you like you stole something. I’m going to beat the s**t out of you. I’m going to beat the s**t.”

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Malignaggi: Beating Broner will legitimize me

malignaggi4533By Allan Fox: WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) sees a victory over unbeaten Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) as giving him a sense of legitimacy to boxing fans and most importantly to himself because some people see Broner as the guy that will be one day in the near future take over for Floyd Mayweather Jr. Broner and Malignaggi will be facing each other in two weeks on June 22nd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Malignaggi told Jim Rome at CBS “Some people see him as the possible future of boxing, and possibly the guy that takes over for Floyd Mayweather. Beating this kind of guy really legitimizes me a lot from my own personal satisfaction.”

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Maidana in line for Broner-Malignaggi winner, but likely won’t get fight

maidana4By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s) did what he had to do last night to stay in the hunt for a shot against the WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi last night by defeating Josesito Lopez (30-6, 18 KO’s) by a 6th round TKO at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.

Maidana is ranked #2 by the World Boxing Association, and there’s a possibility that he could get a shot against the winner of the June 22nd fight between WBA champion Malignaggi and Adrien Broner. However, the rumors are that the winner of that fight will be facing Shane Mosley instead, and that’s likely to happen no matter who emerges as the winner of that fight.

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Rios picks Malignaggi to beat Adrien Broner

malign1By Allan Fox: Former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios is picking WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) to beat unbeaten challenger Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) this month in their fight on June 22nd at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Rios sees Malignaggi’s experience, mobility and even his power as being too much for the 23-year-old Broner.

Rios said to esnewsreporting.com “Broner hits hard; Malignaggi doesn’t. Malignaggi can box, he can move around and he can also throw punches back. We’re going to see what Broner can do. I’m going with Malignaggi because he’s older and more experienced. I’m not picking Malignaggi because I don’t like Broner. I just think he’s going to win.”

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Is Mayweather, Broner, Ward and Deontay as good as people think?

mayweather464By A punchers chance: Floyd Mayweather, Adrien Broner, Andre Ward, Deontay Wilder. America once had a proud history in boxing. Not any more in my opinion.

All the above named fighters are good and at some point great. For instance, Floyd “Money” Mayweather. What boxer who’s heart is all for boxing calls himself money? Sugar Ray Leonard. Don “The Cobra” Curry and “The Hit Man” Tommy Hearns. Fighters who wanted to be the best, not just earn the most.

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Mosley could face Broner-Malignaggi winner or Mundine

mosley445(Photo credit: Alma Montiel) By Allan Fox: 41-year-old Shane Mosley (47-8-1, 39 KO’s) is being mentioned as a possible opponent for the winner of the June 22nd fight between WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) and Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s), according to Badlefthook.

Mosley will get the winner unless he chooses instead to face former WBA super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine (44-5, 26 KO’s) in a fight that would take place in August or September in Australia.

Mosley is reportedly being offered good money for the Mundine fight to face him at 154. Mundine, a middleweight, would drop down 6 pounds to take the fight.

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