By Scott Gilfoid: If Adrien Broner (24-0, 20 KO’s) can destroy WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (28-2-1, 21 KO’s) next month on November 17th, HBO’s Max Kellerman feels that the 23-year-old Broner will be ready to break the top 10 pound for pound lists in boxing. I completely agree with Kellerman. A great win over the tough as nails DeMarco should put Broner in the top 10, although I doubt that will happen.
Kellerman told Thaboxingvoice.com “If he [Broner] dominates DeMarco, that’s a real bold statement. To me, he jumps to the top ten on many pound for pound lists as many expect he will end up anyway.”
Right now Ring Magazine has the following fighters in the top 10 list:
#1 Vacant
#2 Manny Pacquiao & Floyd Mayweather Jr
#3 Andre Ward
#4 Sergio Martinez
#5 Nonito Donaire
#6 Juan Manuel Marquez
#7 Wladimir Klitschko
#8 Timothy Bradley
#9 Vitali Klitschko
#10 Anselmo Moreno
I think most of those fighters are solid picks for the top pound for pound rankings. However, I think you can make an argument that Broner deserves to replace Tim Bradley if Broner can blast through DeMarco with ease on November 17th. Bradley, although unbeaten, is a flawed fighter and not what I think of when I’m picturing pound for pound fighters. Broner is definitely fighting on a higher level as Bradley and he’s lot more entertaining as well.
Broner just has to look good against DeMarco so that he can quiet his critics, many of which still to this day think that Broner deserved a loss in his fight with Daniel Ponce De Leon last year in March. I’m not one of them. I had Broner easily winning that fight, but it wasn’t a great performance I’ll give you that. Broner gave De Leon WAY too much respect and he should have taken the fight to him because I think he could have knocked him out the same way that lesser puncher Juan Manuel Lopez did in his 1st round knockout win over De Leon in 2008.
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