By Robbie Bannatyn: On paper it looks like former three division world champion Adrien Broner is heading to the Boxing Hall of Fame, but he could be half way to gatekeeper status if he loses to Khabib Allakhverdiev on Saturday night at the U.S. Bank Arena, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
It seems fatalistic to assess 26 year old Adrien Broner’s career in this way, yet in the context of his situation it really isn’t that far from the truth. His comprehensive defeats to Marcos Maidana and Shawn Porter proved he can’t cut it in the welterweight division, and anything less than a convincing victory against the unheralded Allakhverdiev will raise serious questions whether he can cope against the cream of the 140lb weight class.