Rees training hard for Broner

1262By Scott Gilfoid: With a week and a half to go before the Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) vs. Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) fight on HBO on February 16th, Rees seems to be working out big time for this to fight to try and pull off a big upset.

It doesn’t look like it’s going to happen, but he sure seems to think he’s going to win judging by some of his recent comments. For a fighter that is a HUGE underdog, Rees has been sounding a tad cocky, like it’s a sure thing he gets his hand raised at the end of the fight.

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Rees: Adrien Broner has underestimated me

broner2By Scott Gilfoid: Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) doesn’t think WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) sees him as a real threat to beating him on February 16th in their fight at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Rees feels that Broner sees their fight as just another easy win for him to pick up against an over-matched opponent.

Rees said to RingTV “He [Broner] shows no respect for nobody…He’s underestimating me and in [2] weeks’ time he’ll know what it’s like in the ring.”

I guess that also can also apply to Rees. In two weeks’ time he’ll know what it’s like to be in the ring with Broner, and I suspect he’s going to be miserable after he finds out. When you have a mismatch like the Broner-Rees fight, the best that the over-matched opponent [Rees] can really hope for is that he doesn’t look too awful in getting blasted out.

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Rees unhappy with being an 80-1 underdog against Broner

rees45By Scott Gilfoid: #2 WBA, #5 WBO Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) isn’t pleased to learn that he’s a monstrous underdog going into his February 16th fight this month against unbeaten WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.

Rees was expecting the odds to be a lot closer, but he was reportedly shocked to hear that he’s an underdog by as much as 80-1 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Rees told thesun.co.uk “I understand Broner being a firm favorite, but I can’t believe my ability is being treated with such contempt. To regard me as an 80-1 chance is simply absurd. Do they think I’m some wet behind the ears novice?”

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Rees: I’m going to pull off a huge upset against Broner

rees3By Scott Gilfoid: A month from now this will all seem like a bad dream for Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) after he faces WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) in the United States on February 16th, and takes his knockout loss, and then flies back to his home city of Newbridge, Wales, in the UK.

Honestly, it’s not going to end good for Rees. But right now Rees is still hopeful, and still believes he has a chance to pull off a huge upset when they meet at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Reality will set in quickly once February 16th arrives, and Rees takes a one-sided beat down from the most talented fighter by far in the lightweight division.

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Broner-Rees: Gavin will have to be perfect to last 5 rounds

By Scott Gilfoid: If you want to see a textbook version of a mismatch then tune-in to the February 16th fight between WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) and Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) because this one isn’t going to last long unless Rees fights WAY above his head at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Rees: Adrien Broner is a Mayweather wanna be

rees34By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA light welterweight champion Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) thinks WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) is a Floyd Mayweather Jr. clone and he doesn’t think he’s nearly as good as Mayweather Jr. Rees feels he’s going to beat Broner next month on February 16th and show this to the boxing world.

Rees told Sky Sports “He’s [Broner] a Mayweather wanna be. We’ll see if he’s the real deal on February 16th. I don’t think he is.”

Broner isn’t really like Mayweather at all other than his habit of fighting flat-footed and using the shoulder roll defense that Mayweather is famous for. Beyond that, Broner and Mayweather are completely different fighters. Broner doesn’t have Mayweather’s hand speed, he can’t move like Mayweather did in his youth, and he’s much more of a puncher than Mayweather.

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Broner-Rees: Hopefully Gavin’s trainer stops the fight when it becomes too one-sided

rees45By Scott Gilfoid: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) has chosen to take an easy stay busy fight while he waits to see if the British fighter WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns will finally agree to face him after two years of chasing him.

Broner will be fighting Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) on February 16th in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This fight is seen by all to be a terrible mismatch and boxing fans aren’t really excited about this fight for obvious reasons, but Broner has to do his part in defending his World Boxing Council lightweight strap every so often while he waits for the more important fights to open up.

The Burns fight might ever happen because he’s fighting IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez on March 16th and there’s a really good chance that Burns will lose that fight, and once he loses then there’s no point of Broner in continuing to try and get a fight with him.

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Broner needs to watch out for Rees’ head to avoid getting sliced to ribbons on February 16th

rees3By Scott Gilfoid: If WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) wants to get out of his February 16th fight against British fighter Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) in one piece so that he fight on the May 4th Floyd Mayweather Jr. undercard on HBO, Broner is going to have to be extra careful to avoid Rees’ head during the action.

I’ve seen many of Rees’ fights and he just comes storming forward with his head lowered like a Billy goat when he’s throwing shots. Rees reminds me a lot of heavyweight Evander Holyfield with the way he comes charging forward with his head lowered.

Two fights ago, Rees sliced up Anthony Mazzache with a head-butt that had him bleeding like a stuck pig. Eventually, Mazzache the fight was halted in the 7th because of the blood preventing him from seeing. Broner can’t afford to get cut up because it’ll ruin his possible fight on May 4th, which will be a much bigger deal than this fight because the entire nation will be watching the card with it being a Mayweather fight card.

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Rees: It’s going to be a long night for Broner

broner45By Scott Gilfoid: Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) has a plan that he feels is going to enable him to beat WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) on February 16th and take his title in front of millions of Americans watching the fight on HBO. Rees isn’t saying what the plan is, but it must be a real gem for him to be able to negate the obvious talent imbalance in this fight.

Broner is so far superior to Rees in every facet of the game that it’s a wonder that the fight was put together in the first place by Broner’s promoters at Golden Boy Promotions.

At their recent telephone conference call, a way too cocky for his own good Rees said “It’s going to be a long night for you, Broner…I know it will be a great and fight that’s why I’m confident of winning.”

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Rees to Broner: You’re keeping the belt warm for me

broner7By Scott Gilfoid: It doesn’t seem to have registered yet with Britain’s Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) that he’s going to be obliterated by the talented WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) on February 16th at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Rees is still going on the belief that he’s going to win this fight and it’s somewhat amusing to see him spouting off.

Rees said to Broner “You’re keeping the belt warm for me.”

Keeping the belt warm for him? Are you kidding? It would be believable if Rees was actually fighting world class opposition in the last four years, but the guy has been taking the easy route since being stopped by Andriy Kotelnik.

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