Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

[LakerFan56]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

Really? Bringing up sleeping with someone's ex is worse than bring up their drug addiction issues?

Considering Floyd was respectful to Gatti after their fight and he admitted he was just trying to sell the fight, yes. Broner just tries too hard.

[aholbert32]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

Considering Floyd was respectful to Gatti after their fight and he admitted he was just trying to sell the fight, yes. Broner just tries too hard.

I agree that he tries to hard. I'm just not a fan of fake hype. Broner ****ed Paulie's girl. He said it before the fight and he said it after. I can respect that.

[The JareBear]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

Considering Floyd was respectful to Gatti after their fight and he admitted he was just trying to sell the fight, yes. Broner just tries too hard.

I agree one thousand percent. The kid can box his butt off, the skills are legit, not sure why he's doing this WWE personality shtick 24/7

[andreww22]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

Hi
that was a great match...i enjoyed that match

[BezO]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

I agree that we are a long way away from Broner being a PPV star but it took Floyd a long time too. Floyd was 28 before he got to PPV.

I'd bet the under. Mayweather is more skilled but Broner has a similar skill set with more power & aggression. 1 or 2 knockouts of the right opponents (along with some maturity and wit development) puts him on PPV before 28 IMO.

While I know Broner is young, but I don't think when he's Floyd's age he will have an unblemished record. I think thought his fight with Paulie was a wakeup call. He will never admit that, but I think somewhere deep down inside he felt he should have put on a more dominant fight, but then again Paulie is probably the closest thing to a legit fighter he's face, even though Paulie has pillows for hands.

I could see this happening unless he learns to fight at his best regardless of opponent. From what I've seen of Broner in the past, no way Paulie should've gotten that many punches off. The way the fight was scored, had he gotten hurt or knocked down, he could've lost this fight.

For his sake, hopefully this was a wake up call. IMO, he has the skill to be one of the best.

Mayweather talks smack, but it's mostly done to sell fights. After every fight, Floyd is diplomatic as he can be. Even when he talks to media, Floyd is really pleasant to talk to. He never really says the crazy stuff Broner said last Saturday. The only time I thought Floyd went too far was bringing up Gatti's addiction issues before their fight and even that wasn't as bad as what Broner says. I think Broner is just trying too hard to be cocky and it comes off as annoying.

I think Broner does it to sell himself. He's trying to put himself on the fast track to stardom, knowing it takes more than skill to do so. He's just not good at it, and IMO, goes too far to make up for the lack of wit. He could've done better with a Jay-Z type, "Because you-know-who did you-know-what with you-know-who, But let's keep that between me and you" instead of straight up saying he laid his woman.

As he matures and/or topples better fighters, I think he will either calm down, get better at it or not need it.

[JayBee74]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

He aint ready for Matthyse. Let that fight build a little.

I'm not totally convinced he's ready for Zab Judah.

[blackceasar]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

He aint ready for Matthyse. Let that fight build a little.

But he thinks he's ready for anyone. Go ahead and let them fight now so he can be humbled now while he's young and grow from it lol.

[blackceasar]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

I also think he's got a lot of fans because your casual boxing fan doesnt take as hard of a look at who he is and who he's fighting. Its like a lot of more casual boxing fans have latched on to watching him because for the most parts his fights are exciting. He beats the tar out of lesser opponents and gets knockouts as much as he can, and to the average casual boxing viewer, that's entertaining and more than enough for them to always want to watch him and follow him. It's like a lot of causual NASCAR viewers will tell you they can only name about 5 drivers but will watch a race sometimes because they want to see wrecks.

[JayBee74]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

I really don't know how good he is, but they are watching him.

ADRIAN!!

[pietasterp]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

I agree that he tries to hard. I'm just not a fan of fake hype. Broner ****ed Paulie's girl. He said it before the fight and he said it after. I can respect that.

DON'T BRAG ABOUT MY SIDE PIECE!!!! THAT'S MY SIDE PIECE!!!!!!

[aholbert32]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

DON'T BRAG ABOUT MY SIDE PIECE!!!! THAT'S MY SIDE PIECE!!!!!!

LOL. I just thought it was funny not disgusting. Two grown *** men arguing over some girl.

Also maybe Broner is trying to go further with the "arrogant" persona than Floyd. Floyd always feels like he needs to show that there is a soft side to him whether its throwing picnics and parties for his friends or charity work. To use a wrestling term, perhaps Broner wants to go full "heel" and be a bad guy.

I personally love it. Own that personality. He has a more exciting fight style than Floyd so combine that with some great potential fights at 140 and 147, he could easily be a PPV star earlier than I think.

[pietasterp]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

DON'T BRAG ABOUT MY SIDE PIECE!!!! THAT'S MY SIDE PIECE!!!!!!

LOL. I just thought it was funny not disgusting. Two grown *** men arguing over some girl.

Honestly, I don't even know what that means (although I can probably guess). I just thought it was amusing as well.

Also maybe Broner is trying to go further with the "arrogant" persona than Floyd. Floyd always feels like he needs to show that there is a soft side to him whether its throwing picnics and parties for his friends or charity work. To use a wrestling term, perhaps Broner wants to go full "heel" and be a bad guy.

I personally love it. Own that personality. He has a more exciting fight style than Floyd so combine that with some great potential fights at 140 and 147, he could easily be a PPV star earlier than I think.

I think the thing that is grating - to me, anyway - about Broner is that his whole 'arrogant heel' thing seems like a put-on, or a poorly done schtick. Floyd is just an arrogant, self-aggrandizing jerk at his core - that's just genuinely who he is, it's not an act. But Broner seems like a douche who is nakedly, transparently trying to create a 'persona', but is just so bad at it that he comes off as a desperate hack trying to be a bad guy to make himself more 'marketable'. It's like he read a poorly-written article about self promotion and marketing, skimmed the bullet points, and went out and tried to do it over-the-top without really understanding what it meant to do so. I mean, he should call up Ted DiBiase or Mr. Fuji or something and take some lessons from them, because they were much more believeable as heels than Broner is. I can't speak for others, but if there's one thing that's worse than an arrogant a-hole, it's a FAKE arrogant a-hole...

Also, this is probably just me, but I am REALLY annoyed by Broner's habit of yelling out "HA!" every time he throws a punch...I know it's like an exertional grunt or habit or whatever, but it is f'ing annoying to listen to all night and watch. He's by no means the only guy that does it, but he's certainly the most visible lately. It drives me (unreasonably) crazy.

I really don't know how good he is, but they are watching him.

ADRIAN!!

I have to believe that at least some of this has to do with the fact that Showtime was free last weekend on DirecTV. Don't get me wrong, I have no doubts about Broner's draw on premium cable (thank the HBO hype machine for that - Showtime should owe them 25-cents of every dollar they make for developing Broner as a draw), and the hype will only grow, but I think he's still a bit away from being a true superstar.

[JayBee74]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

Sidenote-Broner and Malignaggi both got career high purses.

Broner-$1.5 million, Paulie-$1.125 million

[pietasterp]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

Sidenote-Broner and Malignaggi both got career high purses.

Broner-$1.5 million, Paulie-$1.125 million

It really wouldn't surprise me if Paulie never fights again. He's settled in nicely with the Showtime announcing crew (I was very skeptical at first, but he's grown on me...), which is a good gig, and there probably won't be that many more fights for him out there that would be worth his time.

[JayBee74]

Re: Adrien Broner vs. Paulie Malignaggi - June 22

It really wouldn't surprise me if Paulie never fights again. He's settled in nicely with the Showtime announcing crew (I was very skeptical at first, but he's grown on me...), which is a good gig, and there probably won't be that many more fights for him out there that would be worth his time.

I somewhat agree although his down in the dumps trash talk exchanges with Broner didn't help his TV personality.

He will never make that much money on another fight.