Broner stops Rees; Bika defeats Sjekloca

broner33By Jim Dower: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) added another knockout on his resume on Saturday night in stopping a game but over-matched Gavin Rees (37-2-1, 18 KO’s) in the 5th round at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Broner, 23, knocked Rees down twice in the fight, once in the 4th, another time in the 5th. The fight was halted after Broner hurt Rees with a left to the body that knocked him down. After Rees got back to his feet, Broner flurried on him until Rees’ corner threw in the towel to have the fight stopped.

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Andre Ward predicting slaughter for Broner over Rees tonight

WardBy Scott Gilfoid: The talented Andre Ward is predicting an easy victory for WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) tonight against his 32-year-old challenger Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) in Atlantic City. Ward doesn’t have a dog in this hunt; he just sees the 23-year-old Broner has having far too much talent for Rees to be able to handle.

Ward commented on his twitter earlier today “Don’t blink because that fight shouldn’t last long. Easy Work!! Easy!! Like Too Easy!! Not about underestimating…but I can’t help what I see on film.”

It appears Ward studied some of Rees’ fights and then came to the conclusion he has little chance of winning.

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Enzo Calzaghe: Rees has a great chance of beating Broner

BronerReesNYPC_Hoganphotos(2)(Photo credit: Hogan Photos) By Scott Gilfoid: While most of the world sees Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) as just another knockout statistic on the resume of WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner’s resume tonight, his former trainer Enzo Calzaghe is giving him an excellent chance of beating Broner based on the two clips Enzo has seen of him in the past.

It’s unclear what clips Enzo actually saw of Broner because if he’s seen anything recent, he’d likely be giving Rees zero chance of winning. In fairness to Enzo, he must have watched two clips from Broner’s fight with Daniel Ponce De Leon because all the remaining fights on Broner’s resume have been totally one-sided.

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Atlas: Broner has to destroy Rees if he wants to be a huge star and make absurd money

broner42By Scott Gilfoid: ESPN analyst Teddy Atlas sees WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) having to completely destroy Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) tonight in their fight in Atlantic City, New Jersey for Broner to be seen in the same money class as guys like Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Rees is a fighter that Broner is supposed to destroy if he’s to become a billion dollar fighter someday, and if Broner struggles, doesn’t look impressive, and fails to score a knockout, he may not be the real deal.

Atlas said to ESPN “[Broner needs] A knockout. He’s fighting a fighter who’s only lost by knockout.

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Broner faces the tough slugger Rees tonight in Atlantic City, New Jersey

rees6By Steven Ocallaghan: Tonight Adrien Broner Defends his title for the first time against tough slugger Gavin Rees. Rees, a former world champ at light welterweight has dropped down to see if he can cut it at 135. Broner is the rising star of US boxing and at only 23 has captured 2 titles at 2 weights. Impressive. This week speaking to former cruiserweight champ Johnny Nelson, Nelson at first had to reprimand Broner to show some respect first, asked him about a potential fight against Burns.

Broner has openly called out Burns, but how serious can we take it. Fighters call out all the time. But the fighters who call out in my mind feel they have a point to prove. Burns admitted he hadn’t trained for the February Broner fight after his domestic clash with Walsh was cancelled, but they are two completely different fights.

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Broner willing to fight Burns in the UK if the money is good

broner4By Scott Gilfoid: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) says he’s open to fighting WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) in the UK if he gets the right kind of cash for the fight to be worthwhile for him, the star, having to travel for.

Broner said to Sky Sports when asked if he’d be willing to travel to the UK to fight Burns “As long as my check is right. It don’t matter where we fight. It’s going to be the same results. He’s not going to beat me.”

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Broner: I’m moving to 140 if Ricky Burns doesn’t fight me

burns5By Scott Gilfoid: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) says he’s going to move up to light welterweight next if he can’t get WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) to agree to fight him. That’s the last fight that Broner wants at 135, as there’s no one else for him to really compete against if Burns beats IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez next month in their fight on March 16th in London.

Broner said to Sky Sport “If Ricky Burns don’t fight me then I’m just going to go up in weight. That’s the fight I’ve been wanting. Ricky Burns, fight me. You was supposed to fight me this time. You ran again. You were supposed to fight me at 130 at first. You ran.”

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Burns: Rees is going to be a tougher opponent than Broner thinks

broner5By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns thinks WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) is going to have a lot tougher time with Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) tonight than he realizes. Burns says he’s sparred with Rees three times in the past, and he found him to be a tricky opponent to figure out.

Burns said to Sky Sports “People have been saying Gavin doesn’t have a chance. I’ve actually sparred with Gavin a few times. He’s a real nice guy. He’s very underestimated. When you see him fight, he’s got a good work rate, he likes to come and put it on you. He’s actually got a good boxing brain as well. He’s going to be a trickier fight than people think, and what Broner thinks as well.”

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Broner vs. Rees tonight: Could lightning strike twice?

broner#1By Steven Ocallaghan: On 27th September 1986 a young Jamaican born Englishman who went by the name of Lloyd Honeyghan went on to shock unbeaten American superstar Donald The Lone Star Cobra Curry. Not only did he shock the Cobra he shook the world.

Curry , from Texas was probably the pound for pound king at that time and with a record of 25-0 with 20 KOs, was the overwhelming favourite. The bookies even stopped taking bets.
In the build up to the fight Curry was heard saying “who is this ragamuffin” hence the reason Honeyghan called himself the ragamuffin man.

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Rees refuses to look at Broner during face-off at weigh-in

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By Scott Gilfoid: In a telling sign for what we’ll be seeing tomorrow night in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) flat out refused to look WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) in the eyes when the two came together for a face off at the weigh-in.

Not only did Rees refuse to look at Broner, but he didn’t even face him in the traditional sense. Rees turned sideways, as if to escape the menacing stares from the intimidating Broner. To say that Rees looked scared was putting it mildly. He looked downright frightened to the extreme.

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