Broner: from future fighter of the decade to joke. What went wrong?

[Earl-Hickey]

It wasn't even that long ago when it looked like this kid had it all.

He was slick and skilled with nice tight D and he had real ko power too.

He was chilling with Floyd at the clubs and seemed set.

Fast forwards a couple years and the dude is looked at as like a bad joke.

I mean maidana was sposed to be a cherry pick by broner. The stiff slow plodder from Argentina had been beaten by Khan and taken to school by Devon. Broner was sposed to style on him

So where did it all go wrong

[Dinamita 03]

Broner was never slick nor did he have a tight D. The shoulder roll and fast hands fooled a lot of people. He's simply not a skilled technician, relying solely on speed and power.

[WesternChamp]

tried to follow big bro's footstep too soon. floyd didnt go to jail until the later half of his career. this dude broner here landed in jail already during the early half of his career.

[HanzGruber]

Inflated ego. He was never gonna be Floyd but he was obviously good. Skipping 140 trying to be like Floyd "weight don't matter" is where it all went bad.

[PivotandRoll]

It wasn't even that long ago when it looked like this kid had it all.

He was slick and skilled with nice tight D and he had real ko power too.

He was chilling with Floyd at the clubs and seemed set.

Fast forwards a couple years and the dude is looked at as like a bad joke.

I mean maidana was sposed to be a cherry pick by broner. The stiff slow plodder from Argentina had been beaten by Khan and taken to school by Devon. Broner was sposed to style on him

So where did it all go wrong

Maidana wasn't supposed to be such an improved fighter. That was a broken man being lead from the arena after that fight. Too much too soon and the sad part is it was meant to be a building block fight but instead he was in with an animal.

[Dodger07]

Broner was never slick nor did he have a tight D. The shoulder roll and fast hands fooled a lot of people. He's simply not a skilled technician, relying solely on speed and power.

Pretty much this.

[Boxfan83]

Maidana wasn't supposed to be such an improved fighter. That was a broken man being lead from the arena after that fight. Too much too soon and the sad part is it was meant to be a building block fight but instead he was in with an animal.

EXACTLY, he lost a fight he wasnt supposed to. Floyd puts a lot of pressure on these dudes saying they are the future and what not. Then Floyd groupies grovel at ever word he says so this creates an un-conquerable ora, then once reality hits, it hits hard. People need to judge these fighters for themselves and not by what Mayweather says, geez look what happened to that poor kid in Rio, that was a **** ton of pressure and talk he got just because Floyd was interested. Spence is another 1, hes a good fighter but hes flawed. The best AA fighter in boxing right now is Terrance Crawford but he dont have Floyds approval and hes with Top Rank so the brothas overlook him. Of course I will get trashed but people dont like to hear the truth.

[Derranged]

at future fighter of the decade.... Maybe if he found diuretics strong enough to keep him at 130 for his entire career.

[Beercules]

He was never that good. They just fell for a fake shoulder roll and hanging out with Floyd.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

he started fighting people his size...that's what went wrong