"Broner...Sky is Limit"

[CubanGuyNYC]

Originally Posted by 110110110

Did you only watch the last 10 sec of the DeMarco fight ?

I am not saying DeMarco dominated, but he landed plenty body shots and straights to make broner work for the victory.

broner is a very good prospect, but I see nothing in his fighting that would sugest that he is the second coming of floyd or roy jones.

lol No, I watched the whole fight. Plenty of body shots? Hmmm...I don't agree. Tony made Broner work in the sense that he threw punches, but not much more than that. I'm not big on "Compubox," but the numbers bear this out.

What I saw was this: The first three rounds were fairly uneventful. Broner was in control, but he hadn't started the onslaught yet. In the fourth, Adrien started to press on the gas. By the fifth, Broner was racing down the highway. This is boxing, so the fight has to go on, but the writing was on the wall...it was over. DeMarco took a pounding from there on.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Originally Posted by mathed

Don't get me wrong, I bet on him to beat DeMarco....I think he has skills but I always respond this way when a guy suddenly becomes the "greatest boxer in the world" because of a win over a game opponent. If the hype wasn't so great and he wasn't such a prick, I'd probably be a fan but he is kind of a punk and the hype that he is getting is just setting him up for failure.

These media moguls always do this to the guys they want to succeed and they make it seem as though these guys are untouchable - which is most certainly not the case.

I feel the same way about Broner as an individual. Frankly, I've wanted to see him get his ass kicked.

Originally Posted by mathed

DeMarco stood there doing nothing and eating potshots for about 3 rounds so I just can't say that Broner overcame a great obstacle on Saturday night. He looked good but I think more than a few posters will agree that DeMarco was chosen as an opponent to make Broner look good, which is what happened.

What happened from the fourth round on weren't pot-shots. Broner was putting together some heavy-handed combinations, while standing in the pocket. Granted, Tony's approach was tailor-made to make Adrien look good, but I don't know if you can say he was "chosen as an opponent to make Broner look good." DeMarco was the WBC champ, after all. It's not like he was some eighth-ranked contender.

Originally Posted by mathed

Maybe I'll try to subdue my transparent dislike for the guy for now until what my intuition tells me will happen actually happens. I saw times where Broner could have been exploited to a great degree had there been someone different in front of him but he fought and beat who he had in front of him and for that he deserves full credit.

@ the bold.

Maybe you're right. Maybe someone can exploit holes in Broner's game. But it's one thing to see holes, and another thing to exploit them. Adrien is pretty damn talented. He finally proved that to me.

[Big Dunn]

Originally Posted by CubanGuyNYC

I feel the same way about Broner as an individual. Frankly, I've wanted to see him get his ass kicked.



What happened from the fourth round on weren't pot-shots. Broner was putting together some heavy-handed combinations, while standing in the pocket. Granted, Tony's approach was tailor-made to make Adrien look good, but I don't know if you can say he was "chosen as an opponent to make Broner look good." DeMarco was the WBC champ, after all. It's not like he was some eighth-ranked contender.




@ the bold.

Maybe you're right. Maybe someone can exploit holes in Broner's game. But it's one thing to see holes, and another thing to exploit them. Adrien is pretty damn talented. He finally proved that to me.

Just curious. Demarco moved less than all Broner's other opponents. So how did this fight impress you more?

I now demarco was more "respected" but his style was tailor made for Broner.

[THE REED™]

Anyone know Broners pay for this fight?

[CubanGuyNYC]

Originally Posted by Big Dunn

Just curious. Demarco moved less than all Broner's other opponents. So how did this fight impress you more?

I now demarco was more "respected" but his style was tailor made for Broner.

It was the way Broner showcased his skills against a solid fighter...a current champion, in fact. He stood in the pocket and dodged, slipped, blocked practically everything Tony threw at him. Then he returned fire with relentless power and accuracy. That match was fought in the proverbial phone booth. I fully expected Adrien to take the approach he did against Ponce De Leon, pot-shotting his way to a decision.

DeMarco didn't move much because Broner didn't give him cause to. In hindsight, it would appear that maybe Tony should've used more movement. But is it realistic to have expected a come-forward Mexican fighter to move around much against Adrien Broner, of all people? A Broner who was indeed inviting him to come forward? Adrien fought the way he did by design, and he executed brilliantly. In a sense, he beat DeMarco at his own game.

[IronDanHamza]

DeMarco has no choice but to try and go toe to toe.

He tried boxing and it clearly wasn't working so he tried to force the fight and atleast try and win, props to him.