the most major "fail" prefight opinion about maidana vs broner

Maidana by KO. Points on it. https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/p480x480/1012732_376170302483647_1912039850_n.jpg People still underestimating Maidana. He has developed an inside game, a DLH-esque jab, and higher ring IQ and head movement. Broner is flat footed and has overrated defense. Maidana will find him and it only takes one. And guys who stand in front of Maidana are tailor-made for him. Broner has better defense but they will both tag each other. The difference is Maidana will eat those shots and Broner will break down. Glad you thought it through. There's no doubt in my mind Maidana will win, and most likely stop him. Alot of people in this thread are going to eat some crow, and have no been paying attention to Maidana and his development as a fighter. Exactly. Most of these people will look incredibly foolish for being stubborn and not giving Marcos the respect of an intelligent and driven fighter to improve his fundamentals and add weapons to his arsenal. All around EL CHINO has improved and the fact that people in here give him no chance is laughable. These are my pre fight opinions. Read 'em and weep. ^^^^

I never understood this notion either. I did pick Broner, however. I thought he would show lateral movement that we have never seen before out of him. Toe-to-toe, there aren't many that are going to beat Maidana at 147

My pre match impressions of these fighters: Broner: Pro: Young, Athletically Gifted, hands speed, combinations, Physically imposing, looks good against smaller guys. Con: Terrible footwork,power not tested at welterweight, overrated defensively, has trouble switching from defense to offence, not tested at the welterweight class, level of opposition is not the highest, had controversial victories, very high opinion of himself. I will prefice this by saying that I wanted Maidana to win. Maidana: Pro: Warrior mentality, power, can take a punch, has been in tough fights with hard punchers Con: Defence is leaky, lack of head movement, footwork not great, has been dropped, not athletically gifted (slow), seems to tire in the middle rounds, may have a softish body I've always thought Broner was a decent fighter that is able to fake looking better than what he really is. The shoulder roll makes people say he looks like Floyd but to me it doesn't. You see Floyd uses the shoulder roll in conjunction with his foot speed, movement, counter punching, adaptability and ring Iq. Floyd combines all these things to make his defense as impenetrable as possible. Broner doesn't. He poses using the shoulder roll while his feet are firmly planted as if the were encased in concrete. This gives people the illusion of a great defense. It works against smaller guy who head hunted since he could lean back and make them miss but he left his body open. His attack also looked great against smaller guys since he was physically superior. I never felt/feel that he was destined for p4p (FMJ status) as some people. Maidana for me is a good fighter. Who was thrown in with decent level opposition (where he was expected to lose) and while he didn't always win he always demonstrated great determination, heart, and power. Always dangerous with his attack, he always has a chance to turn a fight in his favor woth one punch. His defence, footwork, technical ability, are nothing special. I saw two scenarios the first being more likely. (pseudo probability 60-40%) A) I thought that this fight was going to be a hard test for Broner which he would pass. I thought that while Broner is nowhere near as good as he pretends to be, his athletic ability and precise punching would allow him to catch Maidana due to him having slow foot work, bad head movement, and a permeable defense. I thought Broner would slow Maidana down with body and possibly finish him. B) It is not to say I saw this as Maidana having no chance, quite the contrary if Maidana could get to Broner early he might be able to turn this fight into an early ko or a war of attrition. Tldr: Wanted Maidana to win, thought he would lose.

for those that had this opinion , im not trying to rub it in fellas ..obviously we get things wrong sometimes ..it happens.. and i got it wrong partially too .. i never thought broner would stand in the pocket vs marcos but i always thought it was not a good idea to do so ...

Ok ok, anyone that actually predicted Maidana to win a UD.... you win lol

I'm one of the idiots who picked Broner in a walk. Very, very happy to be completely wrong on this one! :dance:

I was about as oblivious to the truth of Broner as some were as oblivious to Danny Garcia's skills. Ah well, Broner can go keep partying at clubs. When he gets serious, he can get me back as a fan. He was too innaccurate with the few shots he threw, and was obviously scared. He didn't get to settle in the first two rounds and gauge his opponents like he usually got to do against smaller men.

Sounds like the stuff Dwyer was spewing, he was claiming that Broner was the KO artist in the fight. Dwyers analysis was horribly wrong He had 3 hedge bets and they all lost Broner to win the fight at -500 Broner by KO Maidana by KO If you follow his picks you can only blame yourself

I don't think any of us expected his output to be that damn low. He barely broke double digits in some rounds. this where he really showed he isn't great, he doenst throw much and trys to focus on defense when his defense isn't all that! Floyd knows how to shift and shape from one to the other and at times doing both at the same time! broner felt maidanas power and he was scared to throw. but he did finish strong for how bad he looked

I didn't expect Maidana to be able to catch him to the head. Paulie struggled to tag Broner upstairs so I didn't think the slower Maidana would manage it, but he did...and the rest is history.

Peoples misconception, and it's such a common one. LEVEL OF COMPETITION MATTERS. It doesn't matter how unbelievable you look until you face someone real. We saw who Broner is now, and what level he is at. Simple as that. He finally faced someone real.

For the love of boxing, I could not see how Broner was favored.

I don't think any of us expected his output to be that damn low. He barely broke double digits in some rounds.

Mine is during All Access when Broner was hitting the heavy bag, he said something like when Maidana loses and cries he will say shut up ***** Then Broner leaves crying :rofl: Jesus Christ you can even make this stuff up

Sounds like the stuff Dwyer was spewing, he was claiming that Broner was the KO artist in the fight.

I thought he would get away with it if he went to the body of Maidana but Maidana just jumped on from the get go. I knew that if Broner couldn't do damage to Maidana then he would be in big trouble but I figured he put a lot of damage on Maidana's body and everything else would fall into place. Maidana protected his body pretty well. He blocked more body shots then he did his face.

..was that broner would stand in the pocket and beat the living **** out of maidana and look good doing it, lol.. how did this become so popular is beyond me.... did you have this opinion pre fight and why?...discuss http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/no-rage-face.png