Adrien Broner vs. Eloy Perez on 2/25

By Boxing News - 12/13/2011 - Comments

Image: Adrien Broner vs. Eloy Perez on 2/25By Dan Ambrose: WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner (22-0, 18 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his newly won title on February 25th against #2 ranked World Boxing Organization contender Eloy Perez (23-0-2, 7 KO’s) in a fight that will be televised by HBO at the Scottrade Center in Saint Louis, Missouri.

The Broner-Perez fight will be shown on the undercard of the Devon Alexander vs. Marcos Maidana fight, which hopefully lives up to expectations.
Broner, 22, recently won the WBO title by stopping Vicente Martin Rodriguez in the 3rd round month on November 26th. The fight was a mismatch, as Broner, who fights a lot like Floyd Mayweather Jr., had too much speed and power for the much slower and hittable Rodriguez.

Before getting him out of there, Broner had to deal with a furious attack by Rodriguez, who basically bum rushed Broner and tried to overwhelm him with punches. It didn’t work, because Broner was able to pick Rodriguez apart using his excellent counter punching skills.

Perez, 25, has an unbeaten record but he’s actually a step down for Broner from his last opponent in terms of power. Perez is fairly fast and a decent boxer, but he’s no puncher.

If he tries to slug with the much stronger and faster Broner, it’s going to curtains for Perez. It probably will any way because Broner isn’t just a little bit better than Perez, he’s a lot better. We’re talking an entire level above Perez in class.

If you were to ranked the best fighters at super featherweight, Perez would likely fall around the #20 mark, while Broner would be at #1. That’s how far apart these two fighters are.

It still makes for a decent fight on HBO because Perez still has an unbeaten record but that’s the only real thing of value you can get from him. He’s definitely not the best fighter that could be matched against Broner fight now. Ignore the inflated ranking for Perez by the WBO, he’s more of a bottom 20 guy. Broner destroys him.



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