Adrien Broner

Adrien Broner

Burns vs. Vasquez moved to April 20; Broner will have to find another opponent for June 15

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burns334By Thomas Cowan: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns has had his March 16th WBO/IBF fight against Miguel Vasquez moved to April 20th. The fight is being moved because Vasquez is suffering from a viral infection, so he won’t be able to make that date. Nathan Cleverly’s proposed fight on the same card has also been moved to April 20.

Burns will be frustrated that the date has been changed but he’s going to have to deal with it and stay focused because this is the biggest fight of his career so far. It’s going to be an extremely tough fight for Burns but I think he will get the win.

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Malignaggi & Bernstein think Abril could give Broner problems

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abril3By Scott Gilfoid: Showtime analysts Paulie Malignaggi and Al Berstein both believe that WBA World lightweight champion Richar Abril (18-3-1, 8 KO’s) would be more than a handful for WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) if this fight gets made at some point in the future.

In light of the news released today about Golden Boy Promotions making a try for Malignaggi as Broner’s next opponent, we not see Broner facing Abril anytime soon because Broner would be moving up two divisions to face Malignaggi at welterweight.

But if Malignaggi says no, which is a definite possibility with him, then Broner vs. Abril is a fight that we could be seeing in the near future if Golden Boy Promotions is unable to match Broner against WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns in June.

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Malignaggi: Golden Boy offered me Adrien Broner fight in June

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malignaggi53By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) is saying that Golden Boy Promotions offered him a title defense against WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner in June in a fight that would take place at welterweight.

Malignaggi says he’s interested in the fight, but the World Boxing Association has already ordered him to defend his WBA title against Diego Chaves in a fight that could possibly take place in Abu Dhabi for some reason. Why Malingaggi, an American citizen, would fight there is anyone’s guess.

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Abril wants Adrien Broner next

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broner563By Dan Ambrose: WBA lightweight champion Richar Abril (18-3-1, 8 KO’s) dominated #2 WBA Sharif Bogere (23-1, 15 KO’s) tonight in beating him by a 12 round unanimous decision in a fight that was televised on Showtime. It was a good performance from Abril, who said after the fight that he wants WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) next.

Abril, 5’11”, would be a tough fight for the 5’7” Broner because it would force Broner to come forward to be the aggressor. Broner wouldn’t be able to lean backwards using the shoulder roll against Abril because he’s be picked apart by Abril’s long arms.

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Garcia: Adrien Broner needs to face bigger and better fighters

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broner55555By Scott Gilfoid: Trainer Robert Garcia believes that it’s time for WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) to step it up and start facing bigger and better fighters rather than languishing at lightweight and beating up on smaller guys with limited skills.

Garcia shot down the idea of Broner ever facing one of his guys like former WBA lightweight Brandon Rios. Garcia sees it as impossibility due to the two fighters working for different promoters.

Garcia said to thaboxingvoice.com “Broner still got some work to do; he needs to fight bigger guys, bigger names. Brandon’s [Rios] already proven.”

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Broner: Guerrero is an easy fight for Mayweather

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guerrero45By Chris Williams: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner doesn’t see anything in WBC interim welterweight champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero’s game that will worry WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. when they get in the ring and face each other on May 4th on Showtime/WBC pay-per-view at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Broner said to hustleboss.com “That’s [Guerrero] easy money [for Mayweather]. His work ethic, that’s what inspires me. He’s on top for the last 17 years, and he’s still hungry. There ain’t too many people who can do that.”

This will be easy money for Floyd. Guerrero is just too slow and made to order to order for Mayweather. Guerrero likes to come in straight up like he did in his last two fights against Selcuk Aydin and Andre Berto, and then all he does is throw a lot of punches. Guerrero got away with it with Aydin and Berto, because those two guys are pretty limited.

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Schaefer wants Broner-Burns on June 15th in Las Vegas

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burns4545By Scott Gilfoid: In what will likely prove to be an exercise in futility, Golden Boy promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has reportedly contacted the promoter for WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) to see if he can agree to match Burns up with WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) on June 15th in a unification bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to Steve Kim.

All I can say about that is good luck, Schaefer. I can already hear the excuses flying for why Burns can’t take that fight, something along the lines of him needing more time to prepare than just three months or maybe he can’t the fight because he needs to move up to another weight class.

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Adrien Broner to fight on June 15th in Las Vegas, Nevada

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broner777By Chris Williams: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) will be back in the ring in the summer defending his title against an opponent still to be determined on HBO on June 15th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Broner, 23, was previously mentioned as a possibility to fight on the May 4th undercard headlined by Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Robert Guerrero on Showtime/CBS. However, Broner fights for HBO, and that likely was the major obstacle that got in the way of him fighting on the Mayweather-Guerrero fight card because it would have been a no-brainer to put him on the card.

Golden Boy Promotions also likely wanted a Mexican fighter to be fighting in the co-main event, which is why they moved the Abner Mares vs. Daniel Ponce De Leon from April 20th to the co-main event on the Mayweather-Guerrero card on May 4th to replace Saul “Canelo” Alvarez after he pulled out of the co-main event on that card.

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Adrien Broner a good replacement for Canelo on May 4th card

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broner3By Dan Ambrose: By Dan Ambrose: If WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) chooses not to fight on what figures to be a highly successful May 4th pay-per-view card on Showtime/CBS, Golden Boy Promotions is likely going to position WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner as the replacement for Canelo on the card.

I don’t know about you, but I think Broner is a more than adequate replacement for Canelo if he chooses to not to fight on the card.

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Rios: Broner thinks he’s the next Mayweather

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broner6664By Allan Fox: Former WBA World lightweight champion Brandon Rios isn’t impressed with WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s), and he sees him as a want to be Floyd Mayweather Jr. clone, but without the skills that made Mayweather a great fighter. Rios feels he would have no problems beating Broner if they were to fight at some point in the future.

Speaking with fighthubtv.com, Rios said “He [Broner] thinks he’s the next Mayweather…he said I would never touch him. If that little 5’4” midget [Gavin Rees] guy landed all those shots…imagine letting me hit you…he blocks well, but not well enough to call him the next Mayweather. He’s not that type of fighter. He does get hit.”

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