By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently chose to step forward and defend WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s), who some fans have been critical of due to his Mayweather-like fighting style in the ring, and the way he seems to be mirroring Mayweather outside of the ring as well at times.
Mayweather said “How you going to criticize him [Broner] when he’s following the greatest. His ultimate goal is to be great, so he should follow greatness. That’s why when there’s another great champion coming up, they should follow Adrien Broner. It’s about passing the torch, helping one another. I’m here to help him, not hurt him.”
There are some definite similarities between what Mayweather does in the ring, and what Broner does in his fights. However, Broner brings a little more excitement to his fights than Mayweather did earlier in his career, as he tries to KO his opponents by standing in there with them in the pocket.
Mayweather is fighting more like that now, but more because he no longer has the choice due to his ability to move around the ring having been curtailed due to age. When Mayweather was younger, he was known to be a safety first fighter that preferred to play it safe and not get hit. Broner is a different type of fighter in that respect. He’s willing to trade in order to get his opponents out of there.
If Broner is copying Mayweather’s personality on purpose in giving sound bites before and after his fights, then he’s brilliant for doing it because it seems to be working incredibly well. For Broner to copy Mayweather in such a perfect manner, it could lead to him smoothly transitioning into Mayweather’s spot in the very near future as the #1 pay per view attraction in boxing. It would be really be something if Broner is able to streak past Manny Pacquiao to the #1 spot when Mayweather chooses to retire or ends up losing fans through defeats.
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