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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - First things first, Adrien Broner can fight.
He’s got quick hands. He moves well. And as he showed in Saturday night’s competitive – but clear – victory over Emmanuel Taylor, he’s got a flair for the spectacular when it comes to closing a show.
That may not mean anything when it comes to a would-be match with Lucas Matthysse that he went public about with Jim Gray, but it does reflect that reality that he deserves some respect for his game.
Thing is, he’d probably get it from a few more folks if he’d only shut his mouth once in a while.
Love the guy or loathe him, the fact that he’d won belts in three weight classes as a 23-year-old – and has since put himself in position to challenge for a fourth at age 25 – puts him either in or along the perimeter of an elite class of fighters who’ll be populating premium cable fight cards for years to come.
But that doesn’t mean anyone is going to like it.
The “Problem’s” latest dose of signature nonsense came before, during and after the scrap with Taylor.
First with a weigh-in choke, then with a juvenile hip shake after the final-round knockdown and lastly with both the dumber-every-time-it-happens hair-brushing scene and another over-the-line assertion that he knew Taylor would be tough because he was African-American, as apparently opposed to the far less-qualified Mexican that he “beat the **** out of” on the Mayweather-Maidana show in May. [Click Here To Read More]
He’s got quick hands. He moves well. And as he showed in Saturday night’s competitive – but clear – victory over Emmanuel Taylor, he’s got a flair for the spectacular when it comes to closing a show.
That may not mean anything when it comes to a would-be match with Lucas Matthysse that he went public about with Jim Gray, but it does reflect that reality that he deserves some respect for his game.
Thing is, he’d probably get it from a few more folks if he’d only shut his mouth once in a while.
Love the guy or loathe him, the fact that he’d won belts in three weight classes as a 23-year-old – and has since put himself in position to challenge for a fourth at age 25 – puts him either in or along the perimeter of an elite class of fighters who’ll be populating premium cable fight cards for years to come.
But that doesn’t mean anyone is going to like it.
The “Problem’s” latest dose of signature nonsense came before, during and after the scrap with Taylor.
First with a weigh-in choke, then with a juvenile hip shake after the final-round knockdown and lastly with both the dumber-every-time-it-happens hair-brushing scene and another over-the-line assertion that he knew Taylor would be tough because he was African-American, as apparently opposed to the far less-qualified Mexican that he “beat the **** out of” on the Mayweather-Maidana show in May. [Click Here To Read More]
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