Hearn: Rees has his tactics right to beat Broner

By Boxing News - 02/12/2013 - Comments

BronerReesNYPC_Hoganphotos(Rich Kane – Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions) By Scott Gilfoid: Mathchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn thinks Gavin Rees (37-1-1, 18 KO’s) can pull off an upset on Saturday night against WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) by not making the same mistakes as former WBC 135 lb. champion Antonio DeMarco did in losing to Broner last November by an 8th round knockout. DeMarco stood in front of Broner, and Hearn and Rees both think this was the wrong way to fight Broner.

Hearn said to Sky Sports “I’m excited and I think he’s going to do alright…I think he’s got a great chance, I really do…I think Gav will get the tactics right…”It’s a no risk fight. So what if he loses on HBO having put up a good account of himself…He’s [Rees] difficult to hit, and I think his lack of size might help him.”

I wonder if Hearn is talking about the same Gavin Rees that I’ve seen fight countless times because the Rees I know isn’t hard to hit, isn’t elusive and isn’t someone that you would feel excited about in predicting the outcome of his fight with Broner.

Rees said to I Film London “He [Broner] was saying he didn’t know my name, didn’t know this, didn’t know that. He likes to play games. He was calling me Kevin. I’m going to go in there and give it a shot and I’m fully confident of victory. I’m ranked #6 by Ring Magazine, and if I’m not good enough to fight then who is he going to fight? I’m going to show him how good I am. I’m really, really condiment I can win this fight. Come Saturday night, we’ll see who the real deal is.”

Hearn said at the press conference “We’re here to win; we’re not just making up the numbers. I can promise the toughest fight of Broner’s career on Saturday night. Gavin deserves a hell of a lot more respect than he’s getting, and him and his team are extremely confident going into the fight and we believe we’re going to cause a massive upset. We’ll really make a statement for British boxing.”

I think Hearn is getting a little carried away by his emotions. It’s not personal with boxing fans and the betting community. They see Rees as a huge underdog because they don’t see him as talented to win, and that’s just the way it is. I wonder if Hearn would be saying the same things as other people are if he wasn’t promoting Rees?



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