Comments Thread For: Adrien Broner Facing a Robbery Charge in Ohio

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

There's a lot of good guys in boxing like Robert Guerrero who I've been following since he was at 126. Guerrero was always a promising talent but could never land the big fights at the lower weights. (Pacquiao, Marquez, Barrera, Morales, etc.)

Where I'm going with this is, why don't people support fighters like Guerrero? Why do fighters like him have to go on Twitter to beg for fights while guys like Broner get placed into pound for pound lists, headline HBO fights in AC and generate good ratings for HBO.

Fact of the matter is, boxing fans (you guys in this very thread) are infatuated with controversy. You don't want the good guys to be on top. That's boring and there's nothing to talk about. You see it all the time.

What were they saying about Dawson/Ward 24/7: "they're boring family guys. Who wants to see this?"

You guys don't want boring, family guys to be on top. You want controversy. You want a bad guy to root against. You want ignorance. You want that street ****.

Mike Tyson got away with raping a young woman but was an even bigger megastar when he came out of jail. Setting record PPV buys and gate figures against no-names like Peter McNeeley.

That's what boxing fans want. That's what's going to get you guys to tune into HBO WCB, buy $70 PPVs and pay $400-$500 for tickets. That's what you guys want to talk about on boxing forums. You don't want to talk about Robert Guerrero handing out turkeys on Thanksgiving to lower income families.

Bad guys in boxing get ahead because its what the fans want. Period. If you don't like it, be proactive and stop watching their fights and support the good guys.

That's not what I meant. Nobody in this thread cared about her 2 years ago given that it only had 8 responses. It gets bumped overnight and now all of the sudden its over 200 responses.

This same outrage should have been present in 2010 when the incident happened. And people like you should have been proactive with your outrage and not support Adrien Broner by contributing to his ratings on HBO.

But like I said in my last post. This is what you guys crave as boxing fans. You love controversy, you love villains and that's why certain guys are being appointed the next generation of stars and others aren't.

If boxing fans wanted good guys to get ahead, Andre Ward with his skills, resume and character should be the biggest star in the sport right now. But that's not what you want to see or talk about. You want Broner.

Awesome posts man. Great, great points. Well said.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

That's not what I meant. Nobody in this thread cared about her 2 years ago given that it only had 8 responses. It gets bumped overnight and now all of the sudden its over 200 responses.

This same outrage should have been present in 2010 when the incident happened. And people like you should have been proactive with your outrage and not support Adrien Broner by contributing to his ratings on HBO.

But like I said in my last post. This is what you guys crave as boxing fans. You love controversy, you love villains and that's why certain guys are being appointed the next generation of stars and others aren't.

If boxing fans wanted good guys to get ahead, Andre Ward with his skills, resume and character should be the biggest star in the sport right now. But that's not what you want to see or talk about. You want Broner.

For me it's not about the fact that a pro athlete committed a crime, that's nothing new.

For me it's the TYPE of crime. What kind of moron is this kid to do something so dumb and petty?

**** if you are going to commit a crime, at least make it worth while. $40 bucks? LOL....

[Mr. Philadel]

More like the pro-broner crowd is bitter and pathetic. Yeah its from 3 years ago which really isnt a long time. And how would you feel if broner cracked your mother in the face and stole her purse? Broner fans are all disappointed he didnt punch their mother, disgusting.

dude, the Broner base don't five a **** about his past or private life....Broner is a professional fighter who has a few character flaws....whats the big deal?!?...Broner's been kicking mud holes in dude's asses over the past year and a breeze so the Broner base is good...real good!!...no complaints on this bus

I know what the problem is around here and the problems themselves know EXACTLY what they're trying to do....its nothing ****ing new under the sun...this **** has been done over and over before....anyway, don't ask the question as if it was YOUR mother who was ALLEGEDLY victimized here....for the record, if it was my mother I wouldn't be online taking safe shots at the dude...thats for sure!!

[junior gong]

People are going way overboard with this stuff. He isnt the only bloke who has done some dumb **** when he was young and this was a little while ago. Look, he may come across as annoying as hell and he will polarise opinion as long as ****** things keep falling out of his mouth, but he's 23 and a world champion who stands to have a lucrative and succesful career. He can have a great future in and out of the ring, its up to him, but its ****** to hang him for a mistake made in his teens or write him off because you assume he is going to be a bust in the future.

Let him live.

[Southpawology]

dude, the Broner base don't five a **** about his past or private life....Broner is a professional fighter who has a few character flaws....whats the big deal?!?...Broner's been kicking mud holes in dude's asses over the past year and a breeze so the Broner base is good...real good!!...no complaints on this bus

I know what the problem is around here and the problems themselves know EXACTLY what they're trying to do....its nothing ****ing new under the sun...this **** has been done over and over before....anyway, don't ask the question as if it was YOUR mother who was ALLEGEDLY victimized here....for the record, if it was my mother I wouldn't be online taking safe shots at the dude...thats for sure!!

Of course they dont, birds of a feather flock together. He probably gets extra street cred points from all his fan boys on here for it.

[bigsmoothh]

not suprised at all.............

[Evol]

So since Broner is such a bad guy most of you guys will ignore threads about him, stop commenting on him and stop watching his fights. AMIRITE??

But why u mad tho?

[The Hammer]

i'm not a saint, and i've done some things of which i am not proud,, but i have never and would never smash a goddamn grandmother in the face to rob her of her purse.

Neither have I.

Max Kellerman may approve of it, but any decent person would agree that it's very low to beat and rob an old lady.

[The Nephilim]

Let's face it, baby Bron-Bron is a piece of **** who wants attention, so why are his fanbois whining now that he's getting it?

Attention can be both positive and negative.

Perhaps some of us didn't see this story two years ago, so what?

There's also a big difference between 2 years ago and 20. It's not like this is some mistake Bron-Bron made in the distant past.

Unless you consider 2010 ancient times, lol.

[toyboy33]

Ah ****. I thought this was something recent......old news that wasn't even news when it was fresh.