Comments Thread For: Mikey Garcia Makes Surprising Pick for His Toughest Opponent

[creekrat77]

I alway get the impression its not skills that beat Broner but high work rate and aggression because to me he it seems he just can't fight off the back foot or at a high pace

Exactly. It's dissapointing because he actually dose have great ring generalship and considerable power. Maidana even said Broner had more power than Floyd. In Maidana's fight with Broner, everytime B would let his hands go he'd have success. But his biggest detriment is he emulates Floyd way too much. The style predicates on what would Floyd do. So pretty much when he loses control of an opponent, he runs and resets looking to sluggishly pick at his opponents defensive flaws. He'd be much better off being offensive with a mentality like the Khan of old; letting those combos and fighting from a position of strength. He may be a complete prick but the guy can take some serious blows and keep on truckin. Shame his many great assets are wasted. Would be interesting if he let Roach start training him

[heftylefty]

Exactly, people hate Broner and judge his boxing on his personality, the dude can f***ing fight, he's a 4 division champion. I put money on Broner to win.

Agreed. I was on another forum recently and somebody was trying to argue that Broner isn't even skilled and just hype. AB haters only talk about his losses to Maidana and Porter, but nobody mentions his work at SFW, LW, and JWW, or that he skipped a whole weight class and beat Paulie for his world title.
I'm thinking AB takes this fight and shuts the haters up

[boxingitis]

Broner is not dedicated to the sport. He is clown.
Cant compare to the dedication Crawford, Lomachenko, GGG, Canelo and ofcourse Mr Hard Work and Dedication Mayweather to Broners.

[davef]

Exactly. It's dissapointing because he actually dose have great ring generalship and considerable power. Maidana even said Broner had more power than Floyd. In Maidana's fight with Broner, everytime B would let his hands go he'd have success. But his biggest detriment is he emulates Floyd way too much. The style predicates on what would Floyd do. So pretty much when he loses control of an opponent, he runs and resets looking to sluggishly pick at his opponents defensive flaws. He'd be much better off being offensive with a mentality like the Khan of old; letting those combos and fighting from a position of strength. He may be a complete prick but the guy can take some serious blows and keep on truckin. Shame his many great assets are wasted. Would be interesting if he let Roach start training him

Good post pretty much on the money I just wish he would learn to use his legs better to set up his shots, give himself better angles he just seems so static until he is forced back

Underneath all the bull**** theres a decent fighter

[bigjer88]

Floyds was Burton( now Augustus) who was 22-16-4.

And Holyfield's was Qawi...a Hall of Famer, but who was 5'6" and was way past his prime.

[WesternChamp]

Boxers almost always got wonky takes on their toughest opponent. Not really surprising he sees some 11-6-1 guy as his toughest opponent.

this right here. i dont know why its so hard for them to just be honest.

[bigjer88]

this right here. i dont know why its so hard for them to just be honest.

I think it's for two possible reasons:

1. They don't want to give too much credit to someone whose legacy may rival theirs; and/or
2. They don't want to feed the haters (or the complaints of a former rival) by giving a shout-out to a controversial victory.

So they pick someone safe...someone who doesn't threaten them in either way.

[Tobi.G]

floyd always mentions augustus lol that son of a gun had a huge heart for sure....

Emmanuel Augustus? The guy has been a verry underrated and gifted fighter, the drunken Master of boxing.

[WesternChamp]

I alway get the impression its not skills that beat Broner but high work rate and aggression because to me he it seems he just can't fight off the back foot or at a high pace

it takes skills in order to pressure successfully.

if its not skills that beat broner but high pressure work rate then what does that tell you about broner's skills then?

[creekrat77]

Good post pretty much on the money I just wish he would learn to use his legs better to set up his shots, give himself better angles he just seems so static until he is forced back

Underneath all the bull**** theres a decent fighter

How could I forget that **** haha? What am I talking about, his stand up game is amazing if he just let his hands go. He's so static it reminds me of Fernando Vargas. Emulating Floyd is a lot cause for him. For one his shoulder are way to broad. I don't expect to see anything different when he faces Garcia