neither got stopped but both took ass whopping Broner was champ and lost but showed heart and fought it out until the end.
While Mikey was Challenger but he showed no hope of winning at all just showed up to survive.
Garcia took an expected L.
Broner got exposed and has never really recovered. He went from young undefeated champion to a gatekeeper after that loss.
Not even close.
Broner did the stanky leg, knocked down twice. He was also already fighting at 147, even held the WBA 147 title. He tried to mock Maidana by humping him and got humped back and humiliated. Cried on his way out.
Garcia went 12 rounds, was first fight at 147, and never went down. Everyone is just going to put that in the past. It was very anti climactic. There was no excitement in that win.
Is this a joke? Obviously Mikey...
Broner lost to an inferior fighter, but it was more of a humbling experience and he fought his way back after a bad start.
Mikey Garcia can't take ANY positives from his fight with Spence. He was shut out 12-0. Absorbed over 300+ punches and he gave up. After the 4th round he went into survival mode and didn't look to fight back. He was content to not get finished.
The concession that will always be there for Mikey though is he went up 2 weight classes and in his 1st fight fought the most avoided dude at the weight. Sure, he got outboxed but his stock didn't really plummet where nobody wants to see him in other fights around 135-140 let alone still being a fav in most. People tend to forget the hype behind Broner during that time which made his loss the laughing stock of the General Sports World in the States. He's still gotten fights since then but was never taken seriously again as it concerns his "Elite" status (which IMO he never genuinely had).
Broner. Wasn't Maidana the underdog? Just about everyone with the exception of the most hardcore Mikey fan knew he was going to lose. I think even Mikey knew it.
We don't know yet w/ Mikey because his story's not over yet. I think it's safe to say Broner's is and it began with the Maidana fight. The stanky leg knockdowns / memes, ***** talking prior to the fight didn't help him when Maidana beat his ass. Since then, what has Broner done? If Mikey fights Pacquiao and beats him, even this Pacquiao, he'll land bigger fights (what weight class, not sure).
Is this a joke? Obviously Mikey...
Broner lost to an inferior fighter, but it was more of a humbling experience and he fought his way back after a bad start.
Mikey Garcia can't take ANY positives from his fight with Spence. He was shut out 12-0. Absorbed over 300+ punches and he gave up. After the 4th round he went into survival mode and didn't look to fight back. He was content to not get finished.
Listen....Mikey took THE biggest L. He campaigned for the Spence fight that nobody believed he would win anyway, and went out there and stunk up the joint.
Broner on the other hand, actually gained my respect in the Maidana loss. Why? He actually fought back and showed what he was made of.
Any lesser man would've packed it in against Maidana that night and we've seen it in the past.
Mikey took the L.
neither got stopped but both took ass whopping Broner was champ and lost but showed heart and fought it out until the end.
While Mikey was Challenger but he showed no hope of winning at all just showed up to survive.
Broner damn near got his jaw broke and got his ass BEAT! It was supposed to be Broner's big party, a fight most people expected him to win, in dramatic fashion. AND the card had Thurman/Soto-Karass and LSC/Seda in good/decent fights.
Mikey's fight was a FOREGONE conclusion when the fight was announced. Only difference is it ended up being a lackluster glorified sparring session and not the KO that Spence SHOULDVE given to the smaller, weaker and slower Mikey.
AND the whole card was full of showcases.....a dud.
Broner took the BIGGEST L, period.