Adrien Broner

(Photo credit: Hogan Photos) By Gerardo Granados: Tonight at San Antonio, Texas, the former three division world champion Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s) was defeated and lost his WBA welterweight belt to a hungry lion named Marcos “Chino” Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) at the Alamodome.

It was a big upset and a genuine pleasure to see the courageous performance of Maidana who had struggled in the past against skilled boxers. This bout made me remember a fight that took place many years ago between Prince Naseem Hamed and Marco Antonio Barrera.

Chino not only out-punched and out-landed Broner but he also out willed himself to win by 12 round unanimous decision. I had the fight scored 117-109 for Maidana.

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(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) by Jordan Capobianco: Everyone who knew anything about boxing said Adrien Broner would win by unanimous decision. Everyone who knew anything about boxing said Marcos Maidana was dangerous, would come out strong, and slowly fade through a combination of Broner’s punches and the energy expenditure of his own missed or blocked shots. The boxer was supposed to elude and attack, the puncher was supposed to punch and fade.

Everyone who knew anything about boxing said Maidana would win 3-4 rounds, most likely the early ones, and Broner would dominate from there. Even Maidana himself said he needed a knockout to win since he wouldn’t get a decision. And everyone was wrong.

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(Photo credit: Hogan Photos) By Allan Fox: Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) pulled off a huge upset tonight in defeating WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The final judges scores were 115-110, 116-109, 117-109.

Maidana knocked Broner down in the 2nd and 8th rounds with tremendous left hooks to the head. Broner was badly hurt in the 2nd round, as he got up on weak legs and took punishment for the entire round. It’s surprising that Broner was able to make it out of the round.

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(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Rav: With WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner (27-0, 22 KO’s) facing hard hitting Marcos Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s) tonight, I’m struggling to see where is this superstar status coming from for Broner and here are the facts. Amir Khan as a prospect was selling out arenas in the UK fighting pretty much bums, but tickets were sold like hot cakes and also his fights were PPV.

We have seen Ricky Hatton, David Haye and Carl Froch sell 20,000 + tickets in no time and do tremendous pay-per-view numbers too. Last February, Broner fought Gavin Rees in front of barely 4,000 fans in Atlantic City, New Jersey. So where were his superstar fans? It seems to me Broner struggles to sell tickets. He also fought Paulie Malignaggi in his hometown in Brooklyn, New York last June, with the Malignaggi pulling in the majority.

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By Michael Byrne: WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner (27-0, 22 KO’s) has dismissed Marcos Maidana’s power by claiming power is useless if you can’t land your punches, thereby claiming his speed and defensive capabilities will leave Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s) missing all night in their fight tonight on Showtime at the Alamodome in San Antonio Texas.

Former WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi was able to find Broner all night with beautiful combinations last June, although Broner did take the sting off a lot of these shots with his gloves. And Malignaggi is a much faster, accurate puncher than Maidana.

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(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Allan Fox: WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner (27-0, 22 KO’s) says he’ll knock challenger Marcos Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s) out immediately in the 1st or 2nd rounds if he comes out aggressively tonight in their fight at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Broner feels that for Maidana to be able to hang around in this fight then he’s going to have to fight very carefully so that he doesn’t walk into anything big from him. In other words, Maidana will need to fight like Paulie Malignaggi did by staying mostly on the outside throwing jabs and trying to avoid Broner’s single pot shots.

Broner said at yesterday’s weigh-in “If he comes in there with some dumb s***, I’m flat-lining him. Easy money.”

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(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) By Chester Rivers: A few months ago I penned my opinion about who I thought was the top 5 fighters under the age of 25. One name that was omitted was 24 year old Adrien Broner and the readers let me hear their opinions through negative comments and replies. This Saturday December 14, 2013, young Broner will have his chance to prove me wrong against hard hitting Argentine Marcos Maidana in San Antonio, Texas.

Some of you asked me why Broner’s name was omitted. I based my opinion largely on Broner’s limited resume against true punchers. Broner has only face one true power puncher Daniel Ponce De Leon. Against De Leon many feel Broner loss the fight because he struggled with De Leon’s power and awkward style.

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