Broner skipping 140

[Frank Ducketts]

nope Broner will be at 135 for 2.5 more years and in that time, all the top 140 would have moved up or lost a step already.

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[Pez]

a lot of good tests at 140. skipping 140 is unacceptable in my book. way to rob us of some really good matchups.

[The Tase]

All B-level fighters who NOBODY knows.

147 is currently occupied by 3 ATGS and about 5 p4p ranked fighters (although those rankings are a joke) makes perfect sense to want to fight in that divsion, from both a business standpoint and well as a professional one.

Legacies and drawing power aren't built off of average B-level contenders. Implying that Broner's "ducking" a division filled with B-level fighters to fight in a higher weightclass filled with ATG's has to rank up there as one of the more incredibly ******ed points of view that you'll find on a boxing message board. About as equally ******ed as if someone were to assert that Mosley moved up to Welterweight back in the early 2000's (where the biggest draw in the sport was present) as apart of a super secret plan to duck Tszyu, Judah & Mitchell.

your avatar is disturbing.

[The Tase]

i think rios, khan, broner, any name fighter with the physical capabilities to fight at 147 should all go to 147 while ppv fighters like marquez, floyd, and pac are still fighting. Dont lose out on a massive payday while guys like that are still around.

they can immediately better position themselves into possible ppv fights just by fighting at 147. Its the proactive approach. Make noise and they have no choice but to take a look at you as a possible opponent.

[Bigg Rigg]

I wanna see him fight Gamboa or Linares and then he can go up. But I think he is going straight to welterweight when he does leave 135.

[#1Assassin]

you cant duck a weightclass, you can pick whichever one you want and you can only duck fighters at that weight whatever it is.

so if broner (or anyone else) decides to skip a weight class entirely they arent ducking anyone in that weight class. if he moves to 147 and takes easy fights you can say hes ducking the best at 147, but he still wouldnt be ducking anyone at 140.

[Larry the boss]

calm down damn,the man just got to 135 and hasnt announced anything yet...hell ya'll wanted him to og straight to 147 to fight Guerrero not that long ago

[Larry the boss]

In all fairness, the guy's only been at a new weight class for two fights. I have never seen fans so hell bent on trying to force a guy to move up. He could still fight Burns/Vazquez, Abril, or even Gamboa (long shot, but still). I'm certain he'll be at 140 by next year, just give it time.

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[New England]

it's amazing how often fighters do this. de la hoya, pacquiao, even floyd himself all spent very little time at 140. shane avoided it completely.

there's almost always more money at 147. "welterweight" just sounds better than "junior welterweight." the fights are much easier to promote. obviously that's dumbing it down, but the reality of the difference in pay grade remains.

[New England]

"duck 140 to go to 147"


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