Who does Broner have to fight to legitimize himself?

[Rome-By-Ko]

How is going from 135 to 147 a step in the wrong direction? WHen has this ever been wrong?

ITs a young fighter taking on a less than peak veteran. This is how fighters have built there careers since the beginning, yet now its suddenly problematic?

I could name 5 other fighters that I would have rather seen Broner in with..When you can do that and his last fight was against a trash opponent there is a problem IMO..I can also name 5 more deserving opponents for Paulie..That's also a problem..

[The Big Dunn]

I could name 5 other fighters that I would have rather seen Broner in with..When you can do that and his last fight was against a trash opponent there is a problem IMO..I can also name 5 more deserving opponents for Paulie..That's also a problem..

But what you are doing isn't right. You are basing Broner on what you want. Instea, he should be based on what he did. If another LW went up to 147 it would be an accomplishment. It shoul be considered same for Broner.

There are always more deserving people when a champion goes up to another weight and gets a fight. But that doesn't take away from this IMO.

[Sandor Clegane]

if ANYONE else has the wins & accomplishments of AB they'd be considered legit. But AB is held to a different standard.

Whenever he pasts their tests (Ponce, Demarco, Paulie) they move the goalposts and name a new fighter he needs to beat to be legit.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

I think broner straddles the fence of being elite and being a good fighter,,,

I think he is legit right now,, only question is,,, is he p4p elite like jmm and floyd or his he just a good fighter with ups and downs like alexander, dawson, zab etc......

In no-way is broner a bum,,,,, He just straddles the fence between elite and very good

A dominant performance over maidana will help clear things especially if he ko's maidana,,,,

Alexander already has beaten maidana, so has khan, so a win for broner wouldnt be that huge, but a ko stop would be impressive,,,

I think broner needs to beat maidana, and someone else like ghost, thurman, danny etc to be considered a p4p elite guy

[Sugar Adam Ali]

if ANYONE else has the wins & accomplishments of AB they'd be considered legit. But AB is held to a different standard.

Whenever he pasts their tests (Ponce, Demarco, Paulie) they move the goalposts and name a new fighter he needs to beat to be legit.

True, but the ponce win is highly debatable, and the pauli win was a clear win but broner didnt look good in it at all...

The demarco fight was a great performance for broner,,, he needs another 1 or 2 of those performances and i think people will get off his back, except for the haters..

[soul_survivor]

if ANYONE else has the wins & accomplishments of AB they'd be considered legit. But AB is held to a different standard.

Whenever he pasts their tests (Ponce, Demarco, Paulie) they move the goalposts and name a new fighter he needs to beat to be legit.

LOL bro when were they ever considered tests? You could actually make the argument that he lost to Ponce.

DeMarco was always a decent fighter but everyone knew Broner would win, the question was how and when, not if. And Paulie LOOOOOOL no one in their right mind gave Paulie a chance, some expected a KO instead we got Paulie taking the fight to AB and exposing him as slow and powerless at 147. How were any of these fight tests???
A test is Pacquiao being fed to Ledwabo, a test is Hopkins being pitted in as a patsy for Tito, a test is Fury stepping up to fight the best heavyweight not named Klitschko, a test is Froch dismantling AA and destroying Bute, a test is ....oh God you get the idea, if you still believe what you said after this then there is NO hope :bukkake:

[FerFAL]

if ANYONE else has the wins & accomplishments of AB they'd be considered legit. But AB is held to a different standard.

Whenever he pasts their tests (Ponce, Demarco, Paulie) they move the goalposts and name a new fighter he needs to beat to be legit.

He actually has three losses:
Fernando Quintero
Daniel Ponce De Leon
Paulie Malignaggi
It would have been better to lose rather than rob those fights but we know how the boxing buisness works.

[violaandme]

Lucas Matthysse, Kieth Thurman, & even Robert Guerrero any of these would be a good start but one win won't legitimize him in my eyes I would like to see him fight Garcia or even Kahn any 2 wins out of those 5 would do it for me maybe even Judah

[violaandme]

David Haye I would respect that for sure but then people would say Haye is just an English fighter anyone can beat an english fighter

[rogdogx]

i agree with al for the most part.

The quote I like best is Al saying we will find out for sure how good Broner is if he fights Matthysse. Thats a fight that will undoubtedly answer the question.