Adrien Broner has revealed that his welterweight fight against Blair Cobbs is officially on May 31st. It’s unknown which network or location the clash will be shown. Broner posted on social media, revealing that he’ll face the 34-year-old Cobbs (16-1-1, 10 KOs) next.
Cobbs hasn’t fought in two years since his win over Maurice Hooker, and he’s not ranked in the top 15 by any of the four sanctioning bodies at 147.
Trash Talk & Press Conference Gold
Broner-Cobbs should have an interesting build-up to their fight with wacky press conferences and interviews. This fight is more for entertainment purposes rather than one that has any meaning in the sporting sense. It’s more cheap junk food type entertainment. Broner’s last fight sold for $24.99 on FITE TV last June.
“May 31st the return of “The Can Man” and @blairtheflair go get it!!!!! #WorkOrDie🆎,” said Adrien Broner on Instagram announcing his May 31st against welterweight Blair Cobbs.
Realistically, I don’t see the Broner vs. Cobbs winner fighting for a world title at 147 or 140 against any of the champions. If you threw the winner of this fight in with IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, it would create a firestorm of criticism that would be a bad thing for the career of the talented champ.
Don’t Expect it on the Big Screens
It’s unlikely to be shown on DAZN, Amazon Prime, or ESPN pay-per-view. Broner’s last fight against little-known Bill Hutchinson was shown on FITE TV PPV last June.
The organizers of the Broner vs. Cobbs event on May 31st need to consider putting it on regular on-PPV if they want it to attract significant numbers, given that neither of these guys is a big attraction.
The PPV Struggle
The 34-year-old former four-division world champion Broner’s days as a PPV draw are long since past, and he’s now an aging guy just hanging on until the bitter end with his best days long past.
The former four-division world champion Broner (35-4-1, 24 KOs) is rated #9 WBA, #15 WBC, and is coming off a 10-round unanimous decision win over Bill Hutchinson last June.
It’s hard to believe how far the ‘Can Man’ Broner has dropped off from being one of the biggest stars in the sport from 2010 to 2015. AB’s departure from being a major talent was after taking a beating at the hands of a prime Marcos Maidana in 2013.
Broner was never the same fighter after that match, but one possible reason is that he enjoyed the money he made and did not put in the work in the gym.