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By Mitch Abramson - Gavin Rees and Adrien Broner both thrust their hands in their pockets and stood on a stage as they posed for pictures, looking like a couple of guys trying to fend off the cold. Rees is challenging Broner for his WBC lightweight championship Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, and it’s possible the two didn’t want to start the fight early, after all the trash talking held between them. So they both put their money-makers away, producing the odd sight of two guys, posing awkwardly for what’s typically the most exciting part of a press conference. Finally, a photographer had enough and yelled: “Take your hands out of your pocket!”
They both obliged, reluctantly making a fist. But reticence likely won’t be a problem on Saturday, as Broner has been especially vocal and derogatory toward Rees, a blue-collar fighter from Newport, Wales who’s making his American debut in Atlantic City. Broner just couldn’t help himself and started the trash talking early in Tuesday’s press conference, claiming he didn’t know Rees’ name, had never heard of him, seen him fight, and comparing Rees’ bald head to a “skittle,” a “boulder,” a “melon” and a “mailbox.”
Rees in turn fired pack, with a few choice words, and it all looked like two guys trying to infuse a little life into a promotion that was hurt when the heavyweight rematch between Seth Mitchell and Johnathan Banks was scuttled because of an injury to Banks' hand. [Click Here To Read More]
They both obliged, reluctantly making a fist. But reticence likely won’t be a problem on Saturday, as Broner has been especially vocal and derogatory toward Rees, a blue-collar fighter from Newport, Wales who’s making his American debut in Atlantic City. Broner just couldn’t help himself and started the trash talking early in Tuesday’s press conference, claiming he didn’t know Rees’ name, had never heard of him, seen him fight, and comparing Rees’ bald head to a “skittle,” a “boulder,” a “melon” and a “mailbox.”
Rees in turn fired pack, with a few choice words, and it all looked like two guys trying to infuse a little life into a promotion that was hurt when the heavyweight rematch between Seth Mitchell and Johnathan Banks was scuttled because of an injury to Banks' hand. [Click Here To Read More]
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