Marcus Browne

[FinitoxDinamita]

What are your thoughts on him?

[Scipio2009]

Chad Dawson with a bit bigger pop; seems to have better mental makeup than Chad did, but not sure if he's fully confident in his ability just yet.

Won't know his true trajectory for another 2-4 fights; next few fights are going to be real key for him (needs to be thrown in with another peaking fighter like him, say a Bivol or Gvozdyk, or simply put in with an aging vet with ability still there, like Pascal or Chilemba).

[The Conundrum]

Thought he suffered a loss when he received a gift SD a few fights ago. He should have a loss on his record

Bounced back well, thought he looked great vs Thomas Williams Jr & Seanie Monaghan, spectacular displays which highlighted his potential & stamped his mark as an emerging contender.

Very disappointed that he withdrew from/ducked the WBC-ordered eliminator vs Gvozdyk, to me it says a lot that he & his team opted to duck that particular Bout.

[The Conundrum]

Chad Dawson with a bit bigger pop; seems to have better mental makeup than Chad did, but not sure if he's fully confident in his ability just yet.

Won't know his true trajectory for another 2-4 fights; next few fights are going to be real key for him (needs to be thrown in with another peaking fighter like him, say a Bivol or Gvozdyk, or simply put in with an aging vet with ability still there, like Pascal or Chilemba).

The WBC ordered him to face Gvozdyk in an eliminator & he opted to withdraw/duck the Bout, which is very disappointing.

[Redd Foxx]

edit; wrong browne

[Scipio2009]

The WBC ordered him to face Gvozdyk in an eliminator & he opted to withdraw/duck the Bout, which is very disappointing.

Goes back to that confidence in his ability point. No one really knows how good any of these young light heavyweights are, but they all seem to know (Browne, Gvozdyk, Beterbiev, Bivol, Alvarez) that they're all in that pack, chasing up the hill, and fighting each other basically amounts to put up or shut up time.

Browne withdrew from his shot because he likely doesn't think he's ready to bet it all just yet.

Still, Gvozdyk has basically been in position to push for that breakthrough fight for all of 2017, and Top Rank is slow-walking him too.