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I said it before the fight, this was supposed to be Broner’s first real test. Up until now it had al been filler to build him up into yet another undisputed champ (isn’t it funny how many undefeated champs or “next big thing in boxing” there are all over the place? Hoe can everyone be undefeated? )
So looking for a first fight for Broner in which people actually had heard the name of the opponent before they went with Paulie. Paulie was perfect for Broner. People knew his name, has a well earned rep, and his biggest trait is that in spite of being a respectable boxer he never could kill a butterfly with his punch and he’s a bit past his prime. A perfect victim for Broner, even if some of us correctly assumed that Paulie would be a bit too much for him.
Broner was supposed to make a statement here. He said he was going to KO Paulie which of course he didn’t deliver, but even more of a concern was that he looked downright bad against a fighter that isn’t that great, and presents no KO risk to anyone as his KO record shows.
In his first big fight against a guy that was supposed to be easy money, a sure KO according to Broner and his camp, he failed miserably.
A win is a win, but in boxing it is not that simple. Some wins are shameless steals, others are highly disputed or marginal and a SD usually falls into this later category.
Broner failed. He failed to KO Paulie. He failed to dominate Paulie. He failed to hurt Paulie even after 12 rounds.
The fight that was supposed to be a rising star’s big statement ended up being a fraud and GBP and Haymon know this. Their construction of a new Floyd looks cheap, slow, underpowered and easier to hit than a drunk chick in a frat party. He’s the cheapo, “Made in China” version of Floyd . They are both black, he tries to talk like him, dress like him and do the shoulder roll like him but as soon as you take a half-hearted closer look you see it for what it is: A cheap knockoff.
Now GBP and Haymon are scratching their heads wondering what to do with this investment of theirs. How do you make a mediocre fighter look good when he failed to impress in his real first fight? How do you keep the hype, when the marketing guys are throwing opponent names for consideration and they know well he just cant beat them?
FerFAL
So looking for a first fight for Broner in which people actually had heard the name of the opponent before they went with Paulie. Paulie was perfect for Broner. People knew his name, has a well earned rep, and his biggest trait is that in spite of being a respectable boxer he never could kill a butterfly with his punch and he’s a bit past his prime. A perfect victim for Broner, even if some of us correctly assumed that Paulie would be a bit too much for him.
Broner was supposed to make a statement here. He said he was going to KO Paulie which of course he didn’t deliver, but even more of a concern was that he looked downright bad against a fighter that isn’t that great, and presents no KO risk to anyone as his KO record shows.
In his first big fight against a guy that was supposed to be easy money, a sure KO according to Broner and his camp, he failed miserably.
A win is a win, but in boxing it is not that simple. Some wins are shameless steals, others are highly disputed or marginal and a SD usually falls into this later category.
Broner failed. He failed to KO Paulie. He failed to dominate Paulie. He failed to hurt Paulie even after 12 rounds.
The fight that was supposed to be a rising star’s big statement ended up being a fraud and GBP and Haymon know this. Their construction of a new Floyd looks cheap, slow, underpowered and easier to hit than a drunk chick in a frat party. He’s the cheapo, “Made in China” version of Floyd . They are both black, he tries to talk like him, dress like him and do the shoulder roll like him but as soon as you take a half-hearted closer look you see it for what it is: A cheap knockoff.
Now GBP and Haymon are scratching their heads wondering what to do with this investment of theirs. How do you make a mediocre fighter look good when he failed to impress in his real first fight? How do you keep the hype, when the marketing guys are throwing opponent names for consideration and they know well he just cant beat them?
FerFAL
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