Is it true that Adrien Broner doesn't have an amateur background?

[#1Assassin]

I know that Calzaghe lost just 1 amateur fight, Sugar ray Robinson had an 85-0 record, Laszlo Papp had a 312-6 record. Also several of the Soviet boxers had terrific records in the 300-10 region.

calzaghe was 110-10 as an amateur so he lost more than one fight, still a great record though and he won 3 ABA titles in a row stepping up in weight each time. very little international amateur experience though, i think lost to ronbin reid for an olympic spot.

donald curry (400-4) and mark breland (110-1) had excellent records too, and they boxed at the highest international level. curry missed out on the olympics because of the US boycott.

[jayjames616]

I don't think Floyd zero amateur background, meant the Olympic pedigree like Ward and himself. Broner had over 300 fights as a junior but never fought in the open division, meaning no fights after 16 years old.

[Kagami Taiga]

smh, if u understand the amateur system then u should get what he meant. and hes not really far off. broner has a decent amateur background but its not world class by any means. not at all like wards

[NearHypnos]

It's Floyd talking. Carry on people.

[Weebler I]

Is Broner really more well known than Ward? There's some talk about him right now but I'm not really sure he is.

[paulf]

Is Broner really more well known than Ward? There's some talk about him right now but I'm not really sure he is.

Yeah, he is. Ward is known only to hardcore boxing fans outside of the Bay Area, and he's also a Showtime fighter.

But don't read into that too much, because I think Ward actually likes it that way. He isn't trying to be a celebrity, just a champion. Broner is always trying to come up with stunts to up his popularity and be controversial.

[Dr Rumack]

Is Broner really more well known than Ward? There's some talk about him right now but I'm not really sure he is.

Ward's much better known internationally alright, Broner's arguably better known in the US. Ward did 1.3M on HBO for the Dawson fight though so their numbers aren't really that different.

[HtotheZ]

Broner had about 300 fights. Experience as an amateur can obviously be a big help but isn't essential. Hopkins is a boxing master and he never had an amateur background. loads of Mexicans that didn't either that's how a lot have loads of fights by an early age they basically learn their trade in the pros

Hopkins never fought amateur? Thats amazing lol

[Ray Corso]

Hopkins fought smokers in jail and had alot of boxing in the gyms! Its not like he went into pro boxing a green kid!

Over 300 bouts in the J.O. (junior olympics) is an awfull lot of junior bouts!!
My son won states and regionals and nationals during his J.O career and I'd guess he had 55 to 65 bouts. Thats alot of bouts for Adrian considering the lighter weight classes have less kids in them. Hard to believe that he had all the fights before the beginning of his 16th birthday!