Did Broner show a lot of heart vs Maidana?

Yes as it was the first time he was in a war and he was in there for all 12.

Of course he did....any other fighter a couple fights removed from being @ 135 would've got to or ktfo by chino...maybe Crawford would've made it to the end or won @ the time

Chino was dirty as hell. HAB lost the fight, true but you cant get mad at a fighter who shows all heart. If only Matthyse did the same.

broner tried to find a way out of the fight when he got headbutted but the ref forced him to fight

yet you call a quitter a warrior so, this is what is all about? :lol1: broner tried to get maidana DQ, very honorable and warrior like :lol1:

not at all. most all the posters in this thread has already said why. yet you call a quitter a warrior

the bombs broner was taking was hell. even tho broner lost in such a satisfying way for some, staying in there with chino is a great display of fighting spirit.

more than Ortrees.

Yes he did.

On another forum I was reading today a lot of people kept mentioning the heart Broner showed in the Maidana fight. My question is why do people keep saying this? I mean he took some good punches that I'm sure it didn't feel good to take for 12 rounds but it's his job. This wasn't an especially brutal beating. The fight wasn't necessarily that close but it wasn't a one sided beatdown, Broner had some good rounds too, it was just another fight. Also he tried to quit in round 8. Call it what you will but to me that was a blatant attempt to get out of he fight by trying to get Maidana DQ'd. Taking that into account the best I can say is that he did was he was suppose to do, what he was paid (very well) to do. He fought for 12 rounds Stopped reading right here. BoxingScene is so far above every other site in the world when it comes to boxing that anyone not 100% committed to BoxingScene is a suspect individual to say the least.

No he didn't, he showed what kind of a p****y he is/.

this thread is yet another example of what cowardly scum most posters on this forum are. talking down the heart of a world champion behind the safety of a laptop far away from the ring. it wasnt a legendary show of heart or anything like that but broner showed he is a true champion, he showed he is a tough guy. you cant just look at a few seconds of him trying to get a point deduction from maidana and judge him on that alone when he fought like a warrior the rest of the fight. which includes getting up and fighting his ass off after the incident. Ok, relax tough guy. I never said he was a quitter or had no heart or anything of the sort. I said I ddin't think it was a fight that showed that he had some great heart. I simply think he did what he was suppose to do. You said in another post (and I'll parapharse) "if everyone is suppose to finish fights then no one has ever shown heart." I disagree with that bc I give guys extra kudos if it is especially difficult to win, this is not one of those fights. It was not a massacre, it was a tough fight that if he were to stop it he would be labeled a quitter. There has to be some middle ground. I just don't think finishing this fight was anything exceptional as some have made it out to be

Yes! Broner showed immense heart! I was truly expecting him to quit at any moment, but he never did, and towards the end of the fight he was actually coming on really strong. Even though Broner lost it was still a very impressive effort on his behalf. I love threads like these because it let's me add to my ignore list! I swear NSB is full of such disrespectful cancerous posters.

I wouldn't label him a "warrior" just yet, his constant complaints to the ref and the rolling round on the floor refutes that. He definitely showed heart though, fought back well after a horrible start only to take another beating when Maidana got his second wind but he still finished the fight on his feet and was throwing punches til the last bell. It's the only admirable thing he's done his whole career. Of course he went back to being his normal self by running out of the ring as soon as the decision was announced. So yeah, he showed he had some heart by finishing the fight and not quitting but we've seen many fighters, on a lower level do that with more dignity than what Broner showed that night.

no he didn't. there was an article i read sometime after the fight that said broner wanted to quit, but his trainer convinced him to keep fighting. broner has no heart, dignity and honor. he is a coward and should consider retiring forever. lots of fighters "want" to quit, it happens, as it does to any of us in life. I can't tell you the amount of times I've wanted to quit during exam season when things aren't going my way, it happens but then you need someone or something to give you that pick up and to help you get going again. Fighters have trainers. Ali wanted to quit after he was blinded by Liston and Dundee kept him going. Leonard wanted to quit in the 9th during the Hagler bout but his trainer kept him going, think it was Dundee again. Broner, to his credit came back and fought on gamely, the kid is hated but he has heart.

I try my best. I never liked Broner or bought into the hype, but detractors can sure be difficult when discussing a fighter they can't stand. What Broner did wasn't honorable, but sometimes when you're back's against the wall you do what you have to do to win even if its frowned upon. What he did wasn't much different than Trinidad hitting Vargas low when he was hurt or Corrales spitting out his mouthpiece twice against Castillo, both of who wound up winning those fights, mind you. I guess the main difference is the manner in which Broner acted. He overdid it and looked like a total jackass in the process. This is what's important. He did it because he wanted to WIN, not to QUIT. He wanted to win, no matter how. When he saw that the ref didn't fall for it, he resumed fighting. It's a far cry from what Zab Judah did in the Khan fight. He let the ref count him out just so he could complain afterwards that it was a low blow...

Aside from the novela-like delayed break down he had to the headbutt, and complaining that the second KD was a push, I thought he showed as much heart as some one who's getting their ass handed to them at that level would show. Aside from the headbutt incident Broner fought like a warrior. The fact he's an obnoxious little prick shouldn't overshadow the fact he showed he's a warrior, and deserves respect at least in showing he has balls.

I thought he showed some heart in that fight but I'm glad he got his a## beat.