Comments Thread For: Adrien Broner Withdraws From Omar Figueroa Clash, Citing Mental Health; Rest Of Showtime Card To Move Forward

[Zodogg]

Probably weight at 170lb

[BrotherMouzone]

Broner was never legitimately a candidate for P4P. His resume is trash and his belt wins were just his side having money to pay no hopers with belts. Dude was all smoke and mirrors and whereas that’s the point where a promoter builds a champion and his confidence, broner saw that as his entire career. That’s the warmup for most fighters, broner ended the warm up and said “I’m ready for the hof” much like a lot of folks here, real boxing heads get into who you beat, how, and what condition where they in. Same reason Canelo fans can’t understand why we don’t think he’s the greatest or fury fans or Danny Garcia too. Nice occasional wins, 90% trash resumes. Example: Canelo beat Mosley, yeah, but by then Mosley was a three round fighter. That’s where so many future arguments will die in this sport with this generation. Broner just can’t get right.

Maybe not "legitimately" but he did reach as high as #6 or maybe even #5 P4P when he was undefeated and was still top 10 when he lost to Maidana...

[b Murphington]

Maybe not "legitimately" but he did reach as high as #6 or maybe even #5 P4P when he was undefeated and was still top 10 when he lost to Maidana...

He was a pretty big deal and well known in boxing circles.

My old man heard about him from a coworker. The fact that my old man knew about him tell ya something. My old man is a casual fan.

[MusoMeanderings]

still time to win fotd

[boxing IQ]

Don't know what the real reason behind this is, but hope Broner finds what he needs.

If you wanna box, train like you do. If you wanna keep living like a rockstar, well, it severely distracts from all the other things you've accomplished.

What do you wanna do, Broner?

[-Kev-]

If it is truly a mental health issue, I won’t trash the guy.

But it sounds like something else is going on, it could be weight issues.

At the same time, Broner has displayed signs of mental health problems for the past decade. Ever since losing to Maidana his MH issues really flared up.

Are any of you really surprised at the prevalence of mental health problems in boxers? They’re in a sport in which, technically, shouldn’t actually be allowed. Especially if you could somehow “see” the injuries that the brain goes through.

I see people pointing to Ry and Broner. But look at also DSG in his post fight interview, the man broke down and cried while discussing his mh issues. His response to that? He called himself a “b/tch”. Because that is what mh is linked to in men’s world. You’re a b/tch, you’re a woman, you’re weak, you’re soft. Etc. So most boxers, who participate in a very manly sport, don’t like talking about it or getting help for it. Because the fanbase will usually consist of macho men who will call them out on it and talk about “back in my day”.

It affects different boxers differently. But more times than not, boxing is a terrible idea. If you get fcked up a lot, there is a time where you can leave before it’s too late and that time is different for everyone. Could be sooner, could be later.

[Marvin S]

Broner is completely shot!

[famicommander]

Broner couldn't even beat Santiago without help from the judges. Figueroa may be washed but he's still got may more in the tank than Broner. AB just doesn't want the smoke anymore.

[b Murphington]

If it is truly a mental health issue, I won’t trash the guy.

But it sounds like something else is going on, it could be weight issues.

At the same time, Broner has displayed signs of mental health problems for the past decade. Ever since losing to Maidana his MH issues really flared up.

Are any of you really surprised at the prevalence of mental health problems in boxers? They’re in a sport in which, technically, shouldn’t actually be allowed. Especially if you could somehow “see” the injuries that the brain goes through.

I see people pointing to Ry and Broner. But look at also DSG in his post fight interview, the man broke down and cried while discussing his mh issues. His response to that? He called himself a “b/tch”. Because that is what mh is linked to in men’s world. You’re a b/tch, you’re a woman, you’re weak, you’re soft. Etc. So most boxers, who participate in a very manly sport, don’t like talking about it or getting help for it. Because the fanbase will usually consist of macho men who will call them out on it and talk about “back in my day”.

It affects different boxers differently. But more times than not, boxing is a terrible idea. If you get fcked up a lot, there is a time where you can leave before it’s too late and that time is different for everyone. Could be sooner, could be later.

Yeah not to mention that brain injuries have been proven to exacerbate mental health issues, along with another host of bad sh#t.

I’m legitimately surprised there aren’t more old school retired boxers who, at 60 yrs old, are aimlessly walking around the streets of their neighborhood, in their bathrobes. All because they have Alzheimer’s disease caused by years upon years of taking heavy blows to the head.

Actually, there probably are and we just don’t hear about half of them.

[TheOneAboveAll]

If it is truly a mental health issue, I won’t trash the guy.

But it sounds like something else is going on, it could be weight issues.

At the same time, Broner has displayed signs of mental health problems for the past decade. Ever since losing to Maidana his MH issues really flared up.

Are any of you really surprised at the prevalence of mental health problems in boxers? They’re in a sport in which, technically, shouldn’t actually be allowed. Especially if you could somehow “see” the injuries that the brain goes through.

I see people pointing to Ry and Broner. But look at also DSG in his post fight interview, the man broke down and cried while discussing his mh issues. His response to that? He called himself a “b/tch”. Because that is what mh is linked to in men’s world. You’re a b/tch, you’re a woman, you’re weak, you’re soft. Etc. So most boxers, who participate in a very manly sport, don’t like talking about it or getting help for it. Because the fanbase will usually consist of macho men who will call them out on it and talk about “back in my day”.

It affects different boxers differently. But more times than not, boxing is a terrible idea. If you get fcked up a lot, there is a time where you can leave before it’s too late and that time is different for everyone. Could be sooner, could be later.

Fair points about the dangers of the fight game, but it does seem that people, in general, are substantially less resilient than they used to be. People might be a bit too in touch with their own emotions these days. Not sure if its attributable to social media or just society's emphasis on the primacy of feelings, but people just seem so fragile these days. Nearly every person I know over 30 is on some kind of happy pill or in therapy and I bet that half the people I know in their 20s are in a similar situation. This world has gotten soft.