Comments Thread For: Adrien Broner Comes in at 143, Escobedo Fight is Off

[!! Shawn]

He doesn't have THAT much bargaining power (more than original combined purses? wtf, lol). But if Broner truly wanted the fight, he'd agree to such terms with approval and additional financial backing by Al Haymon and company.

Actually, if you look at it. He has LOTS of bargaining power. Imagine how the fight not happening is going to hurt Broners future with HBO. I'll bet its worth atleast $2,000,000 to avoid that fall out.

Broner will not be making nearly the money he is making on HBO fighting off HBO. If the fight doesn't happen. I doubt we will see Broner back on HBO in the next year or 2.

[Kagami Taiga]

Actually, if you look at it. He has LOTS of bargaining power. Imagine how the fight not happening is going to hurt Broners future with HBO. I'll bet its worth atleast $2,000,000 to avoid that fall out.

Broner will not be making nearly the money he is making on HBO fighting off HBO. If the fight doesn't happen. I doubt we will see Broner back on HBO in the next year or 2.

id bet all my points broner is back on hbo or another major network(show) for his next fight. hbo isnt gonna pass up on broner and let showtime get him.

[DeadLikeMe]

I'm sure HBO is pissed...but their hands are tied really. They've already invested money in this kid so any way they could "punish" him would just be punishing themselves as well.

[-PBP-]

Actually, if you look at it. He has LOTS of bargaining power. Imagine how the fight not happening is going to hurt Broners future with HBO. I'll bet its worth atleast $2,000,000 to avoid that fall out.

Broner will not be making nearly the money he is making on HBO fighting off HBO. If the fight doesn't happen. I doubt we will see Broner back on HBO in the next year or 2.

Not only that, there is no fight tonight as it stands right now. The only way a fight happens is if team Escobedo agrees to it. He has all of the bargaining power right now.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Oh well. Time to move to Lightweight Broner. I find it interesting that people think Broner is "afraid" of Escobedo.

Oh well? This is not oh well. Broner just disrespected the fans of boxing. We are the ones making this kid rich. Without us, he wouldn't even be a boxer, and he wouldn't have shiiiit either.

[spoonwars]

Actually, if you look at it. He has LOTS of bargaining power. Imagine how the fight not happening is going to hurt Broners future with HBO. I'll bet its worth atleast $2,000,000 to avoid that fall out.

Broner will not be making nearly the money he is making on HBO fighting off HBO. If the fight doesn't happen. I doubt we will see Broner back on HBO in the next year or 2.

Actually, I think a fallout like this can be a good thing for Broner's career. It paves the way for a 'heel' character for people to pay to see him lose. However, he'd have to beat the right opposition afterward. It can pay dividends later on. Businesswise it is great. However, for those of us not making a dime off it, it totally sucks.

I have to disagree about Broner not being back on HBO after this one time disaster. HBO would probably get on Haymon's bad side and lose the Mayweather express. Look what happened when they got on Arum's bad side and temporarily lost the Pacquiao express.

[Ray*]

He Would not be having this problem if he was fighting in a weight class that he should be fighting at.

[Cazadores]

Mike Coppinger @MikeCoppinger
FWIW, Adrien Broner says the fight is on. #Boxing
Retweeted by Steve Kim

[Hougigo]

Actually, I think a fallout like this can be a good thing for Broner's career. It paves the way for a 'heel' character for people to pay to see him lose. However, he'd have to beat the right opposition afterward. It can pay dividends later on. Businesswise it is great. However, for those of us not making a dime off it, it totally sucks.

I have to disagree about Broner not being back on HBO after this one time disaster. HBO would probably get on Haymon's bad side and lose the Mayweather express. Look what happened when they got on Arum's bad side and temporarily lost the Pacquiao express.

Why would anybody pay to see him when there's no guarantee he'll make the weight and the fight will happen.

[Kagami Taiga]

Mike Coppinger @MikeCoppinger
FWIW, Adrien Broner says the fight is on. #Boxing
Retweeted by Steve Kim

whos gonna liste to him rite now? lmao. im still a fan of his but to me, this incident made him very unreliable.