Comments Thread For: Roy Jones Jr: Adrien Broner Faced Maidana Too Soon

[Nomadic]

His biggest mistake is going to be the rematch.

[IronDanHamza]

Not really.

Maidana was the perfect fight for a fighter that had the hype Broner had and a future "Superstar".

It's the perfect fight to look good in if you're supposed to be as good as Broner is.

That's why they picked him. They didn't fathom the thought of losing.

Can you imagine a Young prime Floyd against Maidana? Or Prime Pacquaio? Whitaker? Chavez? Even Oscar or Mosley. They'd destroy him.

It was a dangerous fight for sure but it was supposed to be a perfect one and Broner once again missed his "Gatti moment" that a lot of people were expecting after he failed to provide it with Pauli.

[richardt]

So what you're saying is that broner is overrated and everyone you've mentioned are better? You guys hate the way he carry himself and all the shït he talks so you guys give him a hard time, but reality is that broner has a great talent and IF he takes boxing seriously and stops all the other shenanigans he will go down as one of the greatest ever. Besides, he's in the entertainment business not in the pleasing everyone. As long as he entertains me, I could care less the way he lives his life. And BTW, none of the guys you mentioned were 3 div champs by the age of 23, so you could talk about how humble or underdogs they were, this is boxing and we only care about how good you fight. Everything else is pointless

This is Boxing, most boxing fans care about how a fighter fights, how a fighter conducts themselves in and out of the ring! You said "Everyone I mentioned" as being greater than Broner?????????? As in prime Jones, Mayweather, Mosley, Trinidad, yes they are ATG's. Problem with that??? And newsflash - if a fighter is going to act like an ASS and takes SHT's and video tapes himself doing that and then makes it public and tapes himself getting blow jobs, and punches old ladies and takes their purse, and is on video going down on a stripper and bites security guards and makes racial statements and shows up to a fight overweight, doesn't even try to make weight and doesn't apologize and then storms out of the ring AFTER a decision is announced, not everyone is going to ***ing like him! I actually prefer to like a fighter that I support! Radical concept!

[chepboxingking]

This is Boxing, most boxing fans care about how a fighter fights, how a fighter conducts themselves in and out of the ring! You said "Everyone I mentioned" as being greater than Broner?????????? As in prime Jones, Mayweather, Mosley, Trinidad, yes they are ATG's. Problem with that??? And newsflash - if a fighter is going to act like an ASS and takes SHT's and video tapes himself doing that and then makes it public and tapes himself getting blow jobs, and punches old ladies and takes their purse, and is on video going down on a stripper and bites security guards and makes racial statements and shows up to a fight overweight, doesn't even try to make weight and doesn't apologize and then storms out of the ring AFTER a decision is announced, not everyone is going to ***ing like him! I actually prefer to like a fighter that I support! Radical concept!

You just made my point! People like you pay so much attention to his off the ring behavior that you want to see him get his ass kicked every time he fights. The more you wanna see him get his ass whopped, the more you watch his fights, the more money you put in his pockets. This is the same strategy Floyd used, being hated so much for his off the ring behavior that people like you would watch all his fights to see him lose. See where that got him today, getting. Paid 50plus mils per fight all thanks to haters Like you. Same reason why mayorga was relevant as long as he was. Broner is 23 and he's making more in one fight than you'll prolly make in you're entire life because people like you pay to see him lose. He thanks you

[thebostonkid]

Adrian "has a problem" Broner

But Paulie said it best...Broner fought a lot of laundry mat fighters! Trying to build up a bull***** record. Had he kept fighting those same laundry mat fighter then his record would read 43-0. I give him credit for taking the fight with Chino, but it proves that he's just another good fighter not great fighter. Not another Cotto, De La Hoya, etc. but definitely not the next FMM.

[FromBA]

Not really.

Maidana was the perfect fight for a fighter that had the hype Broner had and a future "Superstar".

It's the perfect fight to look good in if you're supposed to be as good as Broner is.

That's why they picked him. They didn't fathom the thought of losing.

Can you imagine a Young prime Floyd against Maidana? Or Prime Pacquaio? Whitaker? Chavez? Even Oscar or Mosley. They'd destroy him.

It was a dangerous fight for sure but it was supposed to be a perfect one and Broner once again missed his "Gatti moment" that a lot of people were expecting after he failed to provide it with Pauli.

I don't agree. You keep underestimating Chino. In fact, Whitaker fought Julio César Vasquez (another Argentinian) in 1995 in Atlantic City. Vasquez (who was the LMW world champ) had almost the punching power Maidana has, but his workrate, speed and general ability were much lower. Whitaker won on points in a boring fight and Vasquez even floored him.

[Slip Stream]

Broner's a worthless bum, nuff said?

[chepboxingking]

But Paulie said it best...Broner fought a lot of laundry mat fighters! Trying to build up a bull***** record. Had he kept fighting those same laundry mat fighter then his record would read 43-0. I give him credit for taking the fight with Chino, but it proves that he's just another good fighter not great fighter. Not another Cotto, De La Hoya, etc. but definitely not the next FMM.

I love Paulie, but didn't broner beat him after saying all this about him? There's no doubt broner is not the next FMM, but who is? Dude is the greatest of all times. There's no shame in not being the next Floyd, but I do believe if broner takes boxing more seriously, he could be one of the best boxers to ever live. Dude is only 23yrs old AnD has accomplished a lot already

[richardt]

You just made my point! People like you pay so much attention to his off the ring behavior that you want to see him get his ass kicked every time he fights. The more you wanna see him get his ass whopped, the more you watch his fights, the more money you put in his pockets. This is the same strategy Floyd used, being hated so much for his off the ring behavior that people like you would watch all his fights to see him lose. See where that got him today, getting. Paid 50plus mils per fight all thanks to haters Like you. Same reason why mayorga was relevant as long as he was. Broner is 23 and he's making more in one fight than you'll prolly make in you're entire life because people like you pay to see him lose. He thanks you

You still don't get it. We already saw him get his ass kicked and with that he should be humbled by it. If you want to accept him not learning a thing or continuing to be an ass, that is on you. Did it occur to you Broner is not going to change his behavior if people like you slurp it up like it is manna from Heaven? MY POINT was that he is NOT what he thinks or thought he was and needs to grasp that to become a champ again. And you obviously do not know me because I have already indicated I am a huge fan of Floyd's boxing style. Go back to the post Canelo fight comments I made where I said Floyd put on a BRILLIANT performance so you got that one seriously wrong. And it doesn't take being an ass for a Boxer to make money, it takes skills. And the more he acts like an ass and thinks he is better than he is, he will not grow as a person or fighter. He was knocked down a peg. It is how he handles it that determines his future. Its not about wanting to see him beat, it's about wanting to see him become better and realize his behavior is what has gotten himself into trouble, NOT his fans and NOT his detractors. Get it? Got it? GOOD!

[IronDanHamza]

I don't agree. You keep underestimating Chino. In fact, Whitaker fought Julio César Vasquez (another Argentinian) in 1995 in Atlantic City. Vasquez (who was the LMW world champ) had almost the punching power Maidana has, but his workrate, speed and general ability were much lower. Whitaker won on points in a boring fight and Vasquez even floored him.

I think Vasquez was better than Maidana and also much larger.