Comments Thread For: “Fighting Words” — No Surprise if Broner Beats Paulie

[charlieg]

Paulie is going to surprise people in this fight. He will probably lose, but its not going to be a blow out.

I agree.

When things are going his way, Broner looks a million dollars.

However he is not the finished article. Just look at the Rees fight. Broner was swinging almost in slow motion the first few rounds as Rees was moving a lot. Once Rees kinda gassed / Broner settled, it quickly fell into his hands and the speed came back, but if Paulie can utilize good movement and good hand/foot speed to frustrate Broner, this could be a tricky long fight.

As others in the thread have pointed out, Broner was a big 135er, and is still filling out. Malignaggi does not have a size advantage. He does have an experience advantage and will present a different challenge to any other fighter Broner has been in with. Let's not forget, the first fighter he couldn't blast through (Ponce De Leon) was a tough fight to score.

Paulie is a 12 round fighter (he's had to be) with good stamina and a good chin with a lot of experience. I rate Broner highly, but he'll do well to stop Malignaggi. I don't think Broner has an aggressive enough game to do it (e.g. like Khan).

[Kagami Taiga]

So we are now praising people for fighting the easiest possible belt holder in a division? Really... Broner skipped how many fighters at 147 more deserving of this title fight? 9...9 top ten boxers in that division not name Paulie who actually have been grinding for a shot at the belt. You earn your shot and Broner has done nothing at all at 147 or even 140 to be getting this shot. The fact is GBP knows Paulie can't hold on to that title for long and don't want it going into the hands of another promoter..nothing else and nothing more. Broner may be talented but this is as much bullshhhh as placing Khan at #2. Stop trying to hype this kid up, when he fights the people who will really test him we can talk and off the top of my head there are at least 5 people he should be fighting at 140 who are more deserving of this shot at 147 than he is.

hes a weight champion. it happens all the time. i dont know why ppl are shocked by this. just about any champ can jump weight and get a title shot and rarely do any of them fight the best champ their fit time out. why ppl act like broner is supposed to be some exception is beyond me.

[supremelygifted]

So we are now praising people for fighting the easiest possible belt holder in a division? Really... Broner skipped how many fighters at 147 more deserving of this title fight? 9...9 top ten boxers in that division not name Paulie who actually have been grinding for a shot at the belt. You earn your shot and Broner has done nothing at all at 147 or even 140 to be getting this shot. The fact is GBP knows Paulie can't hold on to that title for long and don't want it going into the hands of another promoter..nothing else and nothing more. Broner may be talented but this is as much bullshhhh as placing Khan at #2. Stop trying to hype this kid up, when he fights the people who will really test him we can talk and off the top of my head there are at least 5 people he should be fighting at 140 who are more deserving of this shot at 147 than he is.

Good thing your opinion doesn't matter. Nor does mine for that matter. Boxing just like all sports has become a business. There are probably 9 people at welterweight that are better than the title holder. Broner is in the right place at the right time...period. Those other 9, oh well. The Great Marvin Hagler stayed the best that never got a shot for years. But when opportunity knocked, he blew the door open. No one is hyping Broner up anymore than Ricky Hatton, Amir Khan and many others were hyped before their debut in the Welterweight. it is what it is mate.... politics and bull****.

[MDPopescu]

Broner at 147 is only a tupe up in the long run...
As long as Floyd Mayweather Jr is still in the game, Broner will have to clean up the light welterweight division... Difficult task.

[rasdun]

This article is so true and definitely obe of the pro***s with the sport. Promoters, esp TR, won't make a risky fight unless they hav their backend covered. If course its a business. But shoul

[twosweethooks]

Good article and have to agree with the writer:

and for this reason

I will not be buying showtime to watch the fight

which , if you remember his last few lines

WAS IT PURELY a "BUSINESS DECISON" to match their precious Canelo against Jr ????

Its gonna make a lot of money. They all will make a lot of money

but

do they think or care about their man Canelo in the ring ???????? OR is it

BUSINESS !!!!!!?

[kmas-ski]

RT@ Great White Hype fan

Paulie is going to surprise people in this fight. He will probably lose, but its not going to be a blow out.

Sorry to break the news to you but white fighters are now fighting in the MMA and UFC. They found a home where u get praised for no skills but guts and glory!

[turnedup]

hes a weight champion. it happens all the time. i dont know why ppl are shocked by this. just about any champ can jump weight and get a title shot and rarely do any of them fight the best champ their fit time out. why ppl act like broner is supposed to be some exception is beyond me.

So that's how you'll justify it...really. You mean to tell me this has nothing at all to do with him having the same promoter as the belt holder? Really..he's a weight champion? Just like GBP got Guerrero a belt at 147 just so they could feed him to Mayweather..some of you folks on here must really think the rest of us are flat out ******. I think it's come to a point that people have become so used to GBP's bamboozling of the public that you will justify anything at this point.

Good thing your opinion doesn't matter. Nor does mine for that matter. Boxing just like all sports has become a business. There are probably 9 people at welterweight that are better than the title holder. Broner is in the right place at the right time...period. Those other 9, oh well. The Great Marvin Hagler stayed the best that never got a shot for years. But when opportunity knocked, he blew the door open. No one is hyping Broner up anymore than Ricky Hatton, Amir Khan and many others were hyped before their debut in the Welterweight. it is what it is mate.... politics and bull****.

Yeah the difference is Khan, Hatton, and those others you mentioned actually had to fight and earn their shots. While yes it's a business its a bullshhh business move and as Paulie stated they offered him a gang of cash to do it...I think that speaks heavily about what's going on here. I guarantee you this..Broner doesn't keep that belt for long. Mark my words..them 140 dudes will chew this kid up. Funny because if this was exclusively a business move the better business would've been Broner vs Mayweather..but that's just common sense which unfortunately no long applies to anything GBP does because its white washed in bullshhh to change the topic of discussion..so yeah they'll trash talk to death to take the attention away from the fact this is a bullshh fight.

[trainhard_187]

Paulie is going to surprise people in this fight. He will probably lose, but its not going to be a blow out.

True, hes gonna surprise me by how much punishment he's gonna take and the beating he will concur in this fight because his will win try but his skill just isnt there.

Boner by beatdown..

[Suavecito80]

True, hes gonna surprise me by how much punishment he's gonna take and the beating he will concur in this fight because his will win try but his skill just isnt there.

Boner by beatdown..

This is pretty much how I see it. And for the person complaining about broner fighting the weakest champion, not that I agree with it, how do you feel about pacquiao fought the oh so skillful "dangerous" david diaz?