What we learnt from Broner-Maidana

bronerdown4by Fionnlough: Some people hate Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s), because he is loud mouthed. And so his loss to Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) last night by a 12 round unanimous decision in San Antonio, Texas has been particularly satisfying for many boxing fans. I enjoy watching Broner, I will put that out there, but will still try to be fair in this article.

We learnt (confirmed for some) that the cockiness that made Broner a star on TV is also a weakness

Many will say this is an excuse, but Broner has fallen victim to success.

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Maidana conquers Broner: All aboard the hype train

maidana45111By Jamie Eskdale: On Saturday night the hype train rolled out of the station in San Antonio Texas packed with dreams of being the next big star. 47 minutes later it crashed into the buffers destroying those dreams.

In this case the hype train was Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner and those buffers were Marcos ‘el Chino’ Maidana.

This was supposed to be a step up for Broner sure. However, this was never supposed to happen. Broner like his idol Floyd Mayweather Jr., live by their unbeaten record and this could turn out to be so damaging for him. This wasn’t some unbeaten unknown quantity he was up against.

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Maidana: I’m ready to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr.

maidana0003By Eric Thomas: Now that Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO’s) has defeated Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision to capture his WBA welterweight title by beating hm by a 12 round unanimous decision last night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Maidana now is very interested in facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) on May 3rd.

Maidana wants the big money fight that many boxing fans feel will go to Amir Khan. Maidana certainly proved that he deserves a fight against Mayweather Jr. last night by beating his slower, younger, smaller and less talented clone in Broner by the scores 117-109, 115-109, 115-110.

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Yo Adrien! There’s Only One Floyd Mayweather

broner84442By Chester Rivers: First, as an African-American male I apologize for the ignorance of Adrien Broner. The dry hump maneuver was a display of ignorance and poor taste. Secondly, I accept all the apologies of the readers who replied negatively to my article “Top 5 Under 25” when I purposely omitted Adrien Broner’s name.Now on with the rest of the article.

There’s only one word to describe what we witnessed between Adrien Broner and the new W.B.A. welterweight champ Marcos Marcos Maidana and that is EXPOSED!

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Broner runs out of ring after loss to Maidana

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (Dec. 15, 2013)—Argentine slugger Marcos “El Chino” Maidana stole the show—and the WBA Welterweight World Championship—on an action-packed night of world championship boxing on SHOWTIME Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

The 30-year-old former 140-pound world champion was supposed to be a “test” for rising star Adrien “The Problem” Broner’s budding career. And test him he did, right from the opening bell.

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Will Broner ask Maidana for rematch?

BronerMaidana_Hoganphotos(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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Maidana beats Broner: Problem Solved

maidana555(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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Maidana decisions Broner in upset; Thurman defeats Soto Karass

BronerMaidana_Hoganphotos1(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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Will Adrien Broner be a superstar after tonight?

8888433(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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Schaefer wants Broner vs. Mayweather mega-fight

0000(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer isn’t content with his young star WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner (27-0, 22 KO’s) slowly climbing his way to the top to become a mega pay-per-view star.

Schaefer wants to hurry it along by having Broner face the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) in 2014. But the thing is, Schaefer needs the boxing public to help him out by creating pressure on the two fighters to face each other in the ring, because both of them are good friends.

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