Why is Adrian Broner fighting Rees???

[Larry the boss]

why would he fight Linares???what has he done lately besides lose?

[Larry the boss]

I mean he just beat the dog **** out of the #1 lightweight

[kiaba360]

He was gonna fight Abril, but Abril is fighting Bogere. He was gonna fight Burns, but Burns is on some bullshit right now. Linares is still rebuilding, so that fight definitely wouldn't make sense. I do agree that he should've fought Vasquez instead, but I've heard a rumor that there were negotiations that fell through. I'm alright with Rees tbh, and hopefully Broner fights the winner of Abril/Bogere next.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Why is broner fighting this stiff??

It doesn't makes sense financially, it lower Broners stock win or lose, plus no body is demanding it.

He could have fought, Vazque, Linares or simply jump to 140.

Whats your take guys??

Money has everything to do with fighting the different champions. Any champion that fights Broner is going want a large sum of money to do it. Its a large risk fight and noone wants to put their title on the line against a fighter like that without it really being worth it. In order to keep Broner busy, they probably decided to go with someone that would be easier to make the fight with. This way they have more time to negotiate a bigger fight for May.

[-PBP-]

SMH. **sighs**. Let's see.....

Ring Magazine Lightweight Ratings:

1. Adrien Broner
2. Miguel Vasquez - Option #1 Was offered the fight in November but turned down $350,000. Don't know what the issue is now though.
3. Antonio DeMarco - Already beat him
4. Ricky Burns - Turned the fight down and his promoter just wants to milk him
5. Richard Abril - Vacant title clash with Bogere is scheduled
6. Gavin Rees - Option #2
7. Sharif Bogere - Vacant title clash with Abril is scheduled
8. Kevin Mitchell - Just got ran through by Ricky Burns
9. Rey Beltran - Option #3
10. Daniel Estrada - Option #4


So we got Miguel Vasquez, Gavin Rees, Ray Beltran and Daniel Estrada as possible ranked opponents. What's the problem?

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Linares is still rebuilding, so that fight definitely wouldn't make sense.

True, and everyone would have complained about that fight being made anyway.

[DIB42]

Money has everything to do with fighting the different champions. Any champion that fights Broner is going want a large sum of money to do it. Its a large risk fight and noone wants to put their title on the line against a fighter like that without it really being worth it. In order to keep Broner busy, they probably decided to go with someone that would be easier to make the fight with. This way they have more time to negotiate a bigger fight for May.

This is my line of thinking as well. Broner was going to be the draw in any of the fights mentioned by anyone so far. He'll look unbeatable again to the general public and that'll probably set up a money fight for May. Its a management move IMO. Not a bad one, but shouldn't be a headlining premium cable fight. (actually thats debatable with some of the garbage fights they put on premium channels.) Last year was a good year for premium cable fights though, hopefully they'll improve on that, and not revert to years back where it was always Superstar vs Bum to build future PPV fights.

[Larry the boss]

SMH. **sighs**. Let's see.....

Ring Magazine Lightweight Ratings:

1. Adrien Broner
2. Miguel Vasquez - Option #1 Was offered the fight in November but turned down $350,000. Don't know what the issue is now though.
3. Antonio DeMarco - Already beat him
4. Ricky Burns - Turned the fight down and his promoter just wants to milk him
5. Richard Abril - Vacant title clash with Bogere is scheduled
6. Gavin Rees - Option #2
7. Sharif Bogere - Vacant title clash with Abril is scheduled
8. Kevin Mitchell - Just got ran through by Ricky Burns
9. Rey Beltran - Option #3
10. Daniel Estrada - Option #4


So we got Miguel Vasquez, Gavin Rees, Ray Beltran and Daniel Estrada as possible ranked opponents. What's the problem?

No problem,people just complain just to complain

[CHOWWOKKA]

Same reason why Donaire took on Nishioka Mathebula and ****ING ARCE.

[The Big Dunn]

Well that ain't Rees.

He's Euro level at best.

It's a weak fight for Broner.

is it a weak fight because broner is 23 and has shown he's much better than a rees level opponents at this weight or is it a weak fight because broner is 23 and talks alot of *****?