Broner vs. Malignaggi looking like a real possibility for June

broner56By Scott Gilfoid: WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns really blew his big chance to land a unification fight against WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) when he had the opportunity to get that fight, because it’s now looking more and more like Broner will be facing WBA World welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) on June 22nd.

According to Fighthype, HBO wants the Broner vs. Malignaggi fight after having lost Floyd Mayweather Jr. to Showtime/CBS, and they need Broner at welterweight, not lightweight for him to get the big numbers that Mayweather was getting.

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Broner’s adviser and trainer approve Malignaggi fight

broner451By Eric Thomas: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner’s adviser Al Haymon and trainer Mike Stafford both have given their approval of a fight between Broner and WBA World welterweight Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, KO’s), according to Gabriel Montoya. The fight will take place in June, likely on the 22nd at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Malignaggi is reportedly eager to take the fight if he’s given a big enough payday in the process. HBO reportedly wants the fight as well, and that right there could be enough to make this a reality.

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Scenario not so farfetched…..

broner3By James Le Blanc IV: What if I asked you who you thought would win out of a fight between big brother Floyd Mayweather and little brother Adrien Broner? We haven’t even considered this being a possibility but as I look at the landscape of what’s been going on for both Mayweather and Broner, I’m not so sure this is a farfetched scenario. Let’s start with Floyd Mayweather’s landscape. 

He just signed a 6 fight deal with Showtime with no clear opponent for September (If you remember Floyd has committed to a date in September and the opponent apparently will not be the presumed Canelo Alvarez). Other than Canelo there are a few names being thrown out there. We know it will not be Pacqauio who must avenge his losses and even when he does the Top Rank and Golden Boy feud will not allow that to happen. 

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Malignaggi expects to face Adrien Broner next on June 22nd

malignaggi43By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) says he expects to be facing WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) next, according to Steve Kim. The fight will take place on June 22nd at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told Dan Rafael of ESPN “Paulie told me he is interested, and HBO likes that fight. People will like that fight. Paulie did tell me he would take it. He’s not sure if Broner would take it. I put it to Al Haymon [Broner’s manager] to talk to Adrien. I think it would be a very interesting fight.”

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Schaefer: I offered Ricky Burns a lot of money to fight Broner but was turned down

broner45By Scott Gilfoid: After learning that WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns’ fight with IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez was experiencing some difficulties, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer made one last attempt to try and set up a unification bout between Burns and the Golden Boy promoted WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner, but the HUGE offer made to Burns was reportedly turned down by his manager.

Schaefer said to Dan Rafael of ESPN “I offered Frank [Warren] a lot of money for Burns to come over. It’s a VERY big number…At least Ricky is going to make double or triple what he can make in this fight with Vazquez. Frank said, ‘I’m on board, but the manager doesn’t want to fight Broner.’ He said there’s nothing he can do.”

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Broner’s trainer wants Malignaggi fight in June

broner33By Scott Gilfoid: If Adrien Broner’s trainer Mike Stafford has his way, Broner will be facing WBA World welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) in June at welterweight rather than having Broner waste time trying to chase WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns, who Stafford believes doesn’t want any part of Broner.

Stafford said to Nyfightblog at ESPN “If Paulie think Adrien’s not a welterweight…Adrien spars with middleweights. That fight [Malignaggi vs. Broner] sounds good…Adrien would come in around 141, 142. I’d rather have it in Brooklyn than in Abu Dhabi…I say June.”

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Malignaggi: I’ll fight Adrien Broner for the right price

malignaggi34By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi (32-4, 7 KO’s) was recently offered a fight against Adrien Broner by Golden Boy Promotions, and Malignaggi says he’s definitely interested in that bout if he gets a big payday out of it. Malignaggi missed out on a nice payday bout against Ricky Hatton after Hatton was stopped in his brief comeback by Vyacheslav Senchenko.

Malignaggi said to RingTV “We’ll get it on for the right price and under the right circumstances, being that it would be for the welterweight world title. I would fight him, absolutely.”

Malignaggi has a fight scheduled on June 22nd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, while Broner is scheduled a week earlier on June 15th at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Broner cool to the idea of facing Abril in unification bout

broner111By Scott Gilfoid: WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) appears to be bored by the idea of facing WBA lightweight champion Richar Abril (18-3, 8 KO’s) after watching his 12 round unanimous decision win over Sharif Bogere last Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Joint, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Abril hugged and ran his way to a decision by the scores of 116-110, 115-111 and 116-110, and this totally turned off Broner from wanting to fight him.

Broner said to esnewsreporting.com “I’m Mr. HBO. No, no no [in response to the question of whether he’s interested in facing Abril]. You know where they [Abril-Bogere] just fought? They fought in my basement. If I had a party, that’s how many people that would come out.”

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Canelo, Thurman, Broner, Crawford- the Future Faces of Boxing?

thurman74By Lance Lank: Just a couple years ago it seemed that after Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao retired from the sport of boxing that there would be no new stars. That there would be no one that the public would be interested in, let alone pay money to see fight on PPV cards.

The only rising star seemed to be Andre Ward, but having already easily beaten every top contender at 168 and the best at 175 there were no opponents left that might pose the slightest problem to the super middleweight king. That much has stayed true. Sure, Ward can move up to 175 and fight Tavoris Cloud, but that might not seem so good if Cloud gets beat by the ageless wonder Bernard Hopkins this Saturday.

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Schaefer: Ricky Burns’ manager turned down fight with Adrien Broner

broner874By Scott Gilfoid: Well, I guess it really doesn’t matter that WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) is still interested in facing IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez (33-3, 13 KO’s) instead of the more lucrative fight against WBC lightweight champion. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer reached out to Burns’ promoter Frank Warren about a fight on June 15th, but the answer was no, according to Dan Rafael.

Rafael said on his twitter “Schaefer told me he reached out to Warren about @ricksterko facing @AdrienBroner in June sted [instead] of resked [rescheduled] Vazquez. Said Burns manager [Alex Morrison] declined.”

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