Is Adrien Broner the Next Mayweather?

By Warren Rodriguez

Adrien Broner is quickly becoming the most hated man in boxing.

However, like his mentor Floyd Mayweather, we're finding that, while you might hate him but, you're going to watch him. Broner now has the two most watched cable fights of 2013. His split decision win over Paulie Malignaggi Saturday night for the WBA welterweight title drew a peak of 1.3 million viewers during Showtime’s broadcast. That fight was surpassed only by Broner’s lightweight bout with Gavin Rees back in February, which drew an average of 1.4 million viewers for HBO.

It's Time for Mayweather to Start Challenging Himself

By Warren Rodriguez

Floyd Mayweather Jr. wins… ok nobody is surprised.

The outcome of Saturday's fight was never in doubt, not even when the fight was first announced back in February. The media tried to spin it several different ways to make it seem as if Guerrero had a legitimate shot: Floyd hasn’t fought in a year, he spent two months in jail, his father is training him for the fight and, with their past troubles, it’s going to be a huge distraction in the Mayweather camp.

Please, that fight might have been competitive if Floyd Mayweather Sr. taken on Guerrero, although I still would have predicted him to win 115-113 on my scorecard.

Now that that’s out of the way, it will be interesting to see if Floyd Mayweather truly wants to go down as a legend in the sport, or if he wants to continue to hand pick opponents he knows he can beat, collect an easy paycheck, and never truly put his perfect record on the line.