Should Abril-Broner Be For The Ring Championship

[MJ223]

Who is this everyone you speak of?

He was ranked at the top of the division by the Ring....

[4Corners]

Oh and Rios was the #1 LW at the time Abril schooled him. He was coming off beating Antillon, Acosta, and Murray. The only LW ranked higher at the time was RING champ Marquez, which he was stripped of a couple months later.

[Light_Speed]

They are the two best lightweights in the world at the moment, I don't care what title is one the line, they could fight for the Toys "R" Us for all I care. Stop legitimizing these organizations, including The Ring.

[-PBP-]

I didn't see anything in that article about a comment from Team Vazquez PB.... It could be out there though because before you linked me there I was like Phantom and didn't hear anything

Yeah I got that from this guy:

I think you got the wrong source, there was an article in Bad left hook about Vasquez talking about Borner's team turning down that fight.....aparently was the first one presented to Broners team and they said hell no..

But I can't find the article he's referring to.

[-PBP-]

Oh and Rios was the #1 LW at the time Abril schooled him. He was coming off beating Antillon, Acosta, and Murray. The only LW ranked higher at the time was RING champ Marquez, which he was stripped of a couple months later.

Did they deal with that robbery the same way they dealt with Pacquiao vs. Bradley do you remember?

[Kagami Taiga]

Honestly, imthink the top 4 lightweights are Broner, burns, Vasquez and abril. Broner appears to be the best but he doesn't have the best resume at the weight. The picture is to cloudy among those 4 fighters for me to say any one fight between them should be for the ring.

[HanzGruber]

someone explain the ring championship to me

[-PBP-]

someone explain the ring championship to me

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[MJ223]

Did they deal with that robbery the same way they dealt with Pacquiao vs. Bradley do you remember?

No they didnt..... Abril went from 9 to 7 after his "defeat"

http://******.craveonline.com/blog/1...weight-shakeup

[bojangles1987]

No it should not. Ring titles should only be on the line when the fight is between two guys are clearly the best in the division. That's not the case with Broner vs. Abril.