By Jeff Aranow: The Spike TV card on April 1 will still go ahead if WBA light welterweight champion Adrien Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) is unable to fight on the card against challenger Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs), according to Dan Rafael.
Broner, 26, is dealing with legal problems for his alleged felony assault and robbery charges for an incident that allegedly took place on January 21 in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. There are reportedly arrest warrants out on Broner.
By Jeff Aranow: In less than two weeks from now, underdog Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) will be taking part in the biggest fight of his 13-year-year pro career when he faces WBA Super light welterweight champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) on April 1 at the DC Armory in Washington, DC.
Like in many of his fights during his career, the 35-year-old Theophane finds himself the underdog in this fight against the 26-year-old Broner. That doesn’t bother Theophane, because he feels that he’s better than Broner, and he’s ready to beat him and take his WBA title.
(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/Mayweather Promotions) By Jeff Aranow: Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) is a huge underdog for his fight next month against WBA light welterweight champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) on April 1 at the DC Armory in Washington, DC. The 35-year-old Theophane says he’s been receiving pointers from his promoter Floyd Mayweather Jr. in how to beat the 26-year-old Broner.
Maywether would know obviously because Broner’s boxing style is almost completely barrowed from Mayweather. Broner has adopted almost everything Mayweather does in the ring. It’s just that he does everything slower than Mayweather, and he’s not as mobile and probably never will be.
By Chris Williams: An irritated looking Adrien Broner walked out of his press conference earlier on Monday when he was being asked to do pose for photos with challenger Ashley Theophane in their kickoff press conference at the W Hotel Washington, D.C. – Altitude Room.
Broner was supposed to stay and have more photos taken and give interviews to the media in order to build interest in his first title defense of his WBA 140lb belt against Theophane on April 1 at the DC Armory in Washington, DC.
After Broner took off, Floyd Mayweather Jr, the promoter for Theophane, was left to answer questions from the media about why Broner bailed on the press conference. Mayweather did his best job of being diplomatic and not throwing Broner under the bus for him having left his own press conference.
(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/Mayweather Promotions) By Chris Williams: In a little over a month from now, WBA light welterweight champion Adrien Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) makes his first defense of his WBA title against Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) at the DC Armory, in Washington, DC.
The 26-year-old Broner said earlier today at his DC press conference that he sees himself as the replacement for Floyd Mayweather Jr. in taking over the sport of boxing. It’s unknown if Broner said this to get on the nerves of Mayweather or if he truly means it. Mayweather is Theophane’s promoter, and he was at the press conference with his fighter today.
It’s quite possible that Broner does believe that he’s going to be the one to take over boxing and carry the sport on his back for a decade or so until his replacement is discovered. Broner needs to beat Theophane in style on April 1, and then look to beat some of the higher caliber fighters at 140.
By Allan Fox: The April 1st title defense by WBA World light welterweight champion Adrien Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) v Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) will be taking place on a Friday at The DC Armory in Washington, DC.
With the fight taking place on a Friday night instead of on a Saturday, it gives you an idea of what kind of title defense it’ll be for Broner. It’s difficult to perceive it as a competitive affair because the 35-year-old Theophane hasn’t done much to earn the shot in the traditional manner.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA light welterweight champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) is saying that he’s going to kick his over-matched opponent Ashley Theophane’s backside on April 1 in their fight in Washington, District of Columbia. Broner, 26, says it’s going to be fun against the 35-year-old Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs).
I guess it will be fun, but it’s not exactly sporting though. Theophane isn’t even ranked in the top 15 by the four sanctioning bodies, and he’s been beaten in the past by lesser fighters than Broner. Theophane has losses to Pablo Cesar Cano, Darren Hamilton, Ali Oubaali and Danny Garcia. Broner might be better than Garcia too.
By Dan Ambrose: In what has to be seen as disappointing news, WBA light welterweight champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner’s first defense of his WBA title has been confirmed against unranked second tier fighter Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) for April 1 on Premier Boxing Champions on Spike TV, according to Fight News.
This is sad event in my view, because Theophane is not a top 15 ranked contender at 140, and it’s just really troubling that a mismatch like this could take place. The 35-year-old Theophane is with Mayweather Promotions, so that could be one of the reasons why the mismatch is being made.
By Scott Gilfoid: Mayweather Promotions fighter Ashley Theophane thinks former IBF/WBA light welterweight champion Amir “King” Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) has a chance of getting the better of the bigger and stronger WBC 160lb champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) if he uses his superior hand speed and footwork in their fight on May 7.
Theophane says that Floyd Mayweather Jr. was able to beat Canelo with his hand speed and boxing skills in their fight in 2013, so he thinks it is definitely possible for Khan to beat him too. With that said, Theophane, 35, is siding with Canelo to win the fight based on his size advantage.
Theophane expects Canelo to be big after he rehydrates in the 24 hours before the fight, and he sees the Mexican star looking huge on the night of the fight.
By Scott Gilfoid: It looks like WBA light welterweight champion Adrien Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) is going to carry forward with his first title defense being against 2nd tier fighter Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) for his first title defense of his WBA 140lb belt rather than against one of the ranked contenders in the division. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is saying that Broner will be facing his fighter Theophane.
It’s unclear why Broner would want to be fighting Theophane other than for a favor to Mayweather. The problem with Broner fighting unknown 2nd tier fighters as a favor for Mayweather is that he could get stuck fighting Mayweather’s lower level fighters and that might not be a good career move for Broner.