Comments Thread For: Is Adrien Broner The Worst Four Division Champion Of All Time?

[PBR Streetgang]

At his prime, I wouldn't say he is a bad world champion at all, impressive handspeed, granite chin and all around good skill. Qualities of a top fighter.

but honestly out of the (23) four division champions, he had the easiest run.

At super featherweight he got the WBO title against Argentina's non ranked contender Vicente Martin Rodriguez.

At lightweight he got the WBA belt against top contender Khabib Allakhverdiev who didn't get a marquee win and was coming off a loss to Jesse Vargas with a year of inactivity.

At welterweight to get the WBA belt he fought against Paulie Malaignaggi winning by split decision.

His best win to get the WBC lightweight title was against Antonio DeMarco (28-2, 20 KOs) who was champ at lightweight for a year and beat a prime Jorge Linares by late KO.

The other two who are not that behind is Leo Santa Cruz and the recent champ Kosei Tanaka.

Can't really break it down better and agree 100% with your assessment. Broner wasn't a bad fighter at his best but he hasn't been his best in a long time.

[JLC]

and he got a decision that could of gone either and Antonio Demarco at 135 who was his best win imo and a good fighter but again not someone who was a dominant champion..

Adrien Broner beat the dog out of Antonio Demarco. lol. You got your wires crossed here.

[Nightfall]

Broners second biggest mistake was skipping over 140

[Griever0730]

Between him and LSC. Can't remember anybody of note other than Frampton he fought for a belt(or at all). He beat Mares twice, but the size difference between them two was ridiculous. At least Broner beat the top guy at LW at the time in DeMarco and Malignaggi at WW(debatable). Either way, neither guy should be a mention for the HOF.

[White-Bob]

That award might go to Oscar..AB was pretty bad after 130..both never won against an A-lister, with Delahoya losing 6 to ABs 5..but Oscar had way more hype and way more PPV success..so I'd say Oscar first

[OnePunch]

Adrien Broner beat the dog out of Antonio Demarco. lol. You got your wires crossed here.

the close decision he was talking about was Paulie, not Demarco.......

[Finito2K]

Without a doubt. Sadly, Broner has only himself to blame for his shortcomings as a pro boxer.

After losing to Cobbs, it's clear that AB is beyond SHOT!

Dude is more shot than MLK and JFK!

True story!

[fistandfury]

How many titles did Chris win, just curious? Broner has not been an elite fighter in almost 10 years, I am not sure why him losing to fringe contenders is a surprise to anyone. He is a plodding, slow, undisciplined old man who can't pull the trigger, a sitting duck.

[exkluesive]

What's interesting about this is that Broner had better accomplishments than Algieri and Malignaggi, but both are fixing their mouths to denigrate what he's done.

All champions, and I mean ALL champions are the product of timing, preparation, and opportunity. No fighter gets to pick the era that they are in, nor the champs that are enthroned at the time of a championship opportunity Also this idea that Broner not staying connected to a certain division is a straw man argument, when most of the most revered fighters went up in weight and had selective results. There's a reason why Roy Jones Jr wanted no parts of Lennox Lewis but wanted John Ruiz. Oscar De La Hoya found out real quick that middleweight wasn't the business. When you look at any champions resume hard enough, it turns into the classic argument about stats: you can bend them in any direction you want. You can scrutinize whatever you want. No one is flawless, there is always some achievement or opportunity that was left on the table or some flaw.

Wasted opportunities by Broner? Sure. Questionable character? Absolutely. Did he push the narrative of a Floyd successor and run his mouth more than his skills could cash? Yep. But you can't state the words -the worst- and his outcomes in the sentence. Not when you got guys barely winning one championship, Perspective.

[Sid-Knee]

I think Duke McKenzie is a 4 division champion so I would say Broner is the second worst 4 division champion. Also both will be guys that have to wait a long time for induction to Canastota. I would even say McKenzie will never get inducted but Broner has a chance because the IBHOF has a very low bar for induction.

Duke was a 3 weight champion. A fighter who beat a world class fighter in each division. He's like a god compared to Broner who has pretty much nothing at any weight.