Adrien Broner #1 rated lightweight in Ring ratings

Image: Adrien Broner #1 rated lightweight in Ring ratingsBy Scott Gilfoid: The talented WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) is #1 in the Ring Magazine lightweight ratings, although he’s still not recognized as the full lightweight champion just yet. However, it’s still a great to see the 23-year-old Broner recognized by the Ring to be the top lightweight in the division after defeating Antonio DeMarco by an 8th round TKO last Saturday night.

Here are the Ring’s current lightweight rankings:

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De La Hoya: Broner is Mayweather, Hopkins and myself in one package

Image: De La Hoya: Broner is Mayweather, Hopkins and myself in one packageBy Scott Gilfoid: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya sees newly crowned WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) as being a combination of three of the top fighters in boxing for the past two decades in terms of talent. De La Hoya believes that Broner will be a huge pay per view star in the near future.

De La Hoya said to RingTV “Broner, to me, is Floyd Mayweather, [Bernard] Hopkins, myslef, you can name them all, all wrapped into one. That’s who Broner is.”

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Broner, Froch, Bellew, Banks: What did we learn?

Image: Broner, Froch, Bellew, Banks: What did we learn?By Rusty Nate: Well after a wonderful weekend of fights what did we learn from it all? We’ll start at the bottom and work up……

Bellew Vs Bolonti – UD

I think this was an amazing fight. Not because it was full of knock downs or because they both went to out and out war but because it showed us a HUGE amount about the character of Tony Bellew.

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Adrien Broner interested in Marquez or Burns for next fight

Image: Adrien Broner interested in Marquez or Burns for next fightBy Scott Gilfoid: After totally destroying the fight that most boxing experts considered to be the best fighter in the lightweight division last night in WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco, Adrien Broner gave a road map of where he’d like to go in his next fight in early next year saying he’d like to fight either Juan Manuel Marquez or Ricky Burns.

In an interview by RingTV, Broner said “Marquez can still make 135. Ricky Burns. He has a good following. We can make that fight in Vegas, but we’re not going over there.”

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Adrien Broner: Where to next?

Image: Adrien Broner: Where to next?Like most people I haven’t seen Adrien Broner’s earlier fights, but a quick glance at his record looks like it was plain sailing for his first 19 fights with only 3 of those going the distance. Granted this record may be flattering as he didn’t fight anyone of note but in his last few fights he’s looked as impressive as you’d hope a fighter who idolizes and models himself on Floyd Mayweather should look. It’s unfair on the 23 year old to compare him to the best fighter of his generation but the similarities are unmissable.

The way he stalks his opponents using the windshield wiper defense, leaning back throwing sharp straight right hands and discarding right hand punches with a casual roll of the shoulder reminds you of only one person and while I’m hesitant to claim he’ll accomplish as much as Mayweather it’s difficult to see him being far outside the top 10 p4p rankings for the next 10 years. The only problem for the problem now is which route to take next.

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Broner beats Antonio DeMarco by 8th round stoppage

Image: Broner beats Antonio DeMarco by 8th round stoppageBy Marcus Stewart: Adrien Broner managed to capture the WBC lightweight championship from Antonio DeMarco. The fight was stopped after the corner man through in the towel as DeMarco’s corner believed that their man was in no position to continue.

After the fight Adrien Broner said to HBO that he’d fight anyone and that he didn’t care who. I doubt that’s true somehow. The smaller Broner I can see being dominated by the much more talented Scot which is that of Ricky Burns. He has the better power, better foot movements and all round better boxing ability. He’s beaten some very credible opponents while Broner is still yet to step up to the hype that he’s created for himself.

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Broner needs a bigger name than Ricky Burns for his next fight

Image: Broner needs a bigger name than Ricky Burns for his next fightBy Scott Gilfoid: I know there’s already been talk in the past of Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) possibly fighting a unification bout against WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns (35-2, 10 KO’s) in the first quarter of 2013, but I think Broner and his promoters at Golden Boy should forget about those small-time plans and look for a MUCH, MUCH bigger name than that.

Broner facing Burns is a fight that won’t resonate with the United States boxing fans and it’s not even worth wasting a valuable fight for Broner. It’s clear that Burns isn’t in Broner’s league, as it was even before Broner destroyed World Boxing Council lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (28-3-1, 21 KO’s) by an 8th round stoppage last night in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Shaw: Adrien Broner can be the next Mayweather Jr

Image: Shaw: Adrien Broner can be the next Mayweather JrBy Scott Gilfoid: Gary Shaw, the promoter for former WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco, was in awe of the performance put on by Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) last Saturday night in giving DeMarco a methodical beating en route to getting an 8th round stoppage. It was a vintage Mayweather-esque type of show by Broner as he electrified the huge crowd with his beautiful pinpoint shots and his airtight Mayweather-like defense.

Shaw said this about Broner as quoted by ESPN writer Dan Rafael: “I think he can be the next Floyd. He’s fast, he has the moves, he has great defense. Obviously, he has punching power. He hurt DeMarco a few times, cut him up. I think Broner is the total package.”

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Broner impresses in destroying DeMarco

Image: Broner impresses in destroying DeMarcoBy Gareth Rees: Adrian Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) won his second world title in a second weight class as he destroyed Antonio DeMarco (28-3-1, 21 KO’s) in an 8th round TKO stoppage to win the WBC Lightweight title. Throughout the fight it was obvious that Broner was a different class compared to DeMarco.

The first three rounds were quite tight as Broner was patient sticking behind his jab and defending well as always, with the southpaw DeMarco gaining very occasional success focusing on a body attack. But from the 4th round onwards Broner went up through the gears and started to really batter DeMarco with his pin-point power punching, landing on average 39 power punches per round between rounds 4 and 8.

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Where Was Tony? DeMarco No-Shows Title Defense

Image: Where Was Tony? DeMarco No-Shows Title Defenseby Miguel Antonio “Miggs” Barragan: There’s a saying in the boxing world, that once it’s beaten out of you, it’s gone forever, and there’s no getting it back. Well they sure talk a lot, do they not? Oooh, I’m spitting fire. Could it be that be that last Saturday night we saw a boxer that no longer had it?

I talk about Antonio “Tony” DeMarcos’ (28-3-1, 28 ko’s) performance, or lack thereof, against recently cemented star Adrien “The Problem” Broner (25-0, 21 ko’s). And by “had it” I mean that killer instinct we’re used to seeing from Antonio DeMarco. Not only did “The Problem” have no problem disposing his opponent in 8 rounds, winning by TKO when Antonio’s corner threw in the towel, but he also dethroned DeMarco of his WBC Lightweight title, all in one fell swoop.

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