(Photo Credit: Stephanie Trapp / SHOWTIME) By Scott Gilfoid: Adrien “The Problem” Broner (28-1, 22 KOs) will be looking to add another scalp to his resume this Saturday night against former Chris Algieri victim Emmanuel Taylor (18-2, 12 KOs) in a fight televised by Showtime from the U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio.
After three straight un-Broner-like performances, Broner is ready to show his old talent by scoring a knockout against the 23-year-old Taylor in front of his loyal fans in Cincinnati.
Broner needs an impressive knockout right now to show boxing fans he’s for real, and to win back a lot of the fans that jumped ship after he got beat by Argentinian Marcos Maidana eight months ago in December.
Broner wants to show that he’s not the person who lost the fight to Maidana. He’s much better than that. Broner has improved his game and taken care of the flaws he had in the past. He’s put more emphasis in training hard, and he believes his hard work is going to pay off when he gets inside the ring on Saturday against Taylor.
“I’m still AB, I’ll give him an [backside] beating for sure,” Broner said. “I didn’t come to play any games. I’m here to kick his [backside]. I’m not playing around. If I feel like dancing, I’m going to dance. But I’m going to get the job done and it won’t be going to a decision.”
The knockout is a must for Broner. He’s not knocked anybody out since he stopped little Gavin Rees in the 5th round two years ago in 2012. It’s hard to believe that a talent like Broner has gone two years without knocking anybody out, but it’s true. He developed some bad habits by not throwing combinations, and that came back to bite him in the backside when he moved up to 147.
Broner found out that he couldn’t destroy the bigger welterweights with his single pot shots the way he’d done that at super featherweight and lightweight. The thing is when Broner was knocking everybody out in those divisions, he was throwing combinations in flurries.
For some reason he fell in love with his power in his fights against Eloy Perez, Antonio DeMarco, Vincente Escobedo and Rees by throwing single power shots instead of fast combinations. Broner was able to destroy those guys with the single shots, but not the bigger welterweights.
Broner has his work cut out for him in trying to stop Taylor on Saturday night. This guy has never been knocked out before during his 5-year pro career, so it’ll be a big deal if Broner can get him out of there.
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