Hall of Fame boxing promoter Don King and Kris Lawrence’s The Heavyweight Factory will present a big June 7th card at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The main event will be Adrien “The Problem” Broner (35-4-1 with 24 KOs) against Blair “The Flair” Cobbs (16-1-1, 10 KOs) for the WBC “People’s Championship.”
Also, WBC cruiserweight champion Norair “The Dark Horse” Mikaeljan (27-2, 12 KOs) will defend his title for the first time against Ryan “The Bruiser” Rozicki (20-1, 19 KOs).
“This spectacular fighting event is dedicated to the honor of the life and legacy of the late great Jose Sulaiman in the spirit of world peace,” said promoter Don King. “Jose was at the forefront of always putting on great fights and we plan to honor him with this great card.”
Other fights include middleweight Ian “The Young General” Green (18-2, 12 KOs) will be defending his WBA Continental USA belt, WBA NABA light heavyweight champion Ahmed “The American Pharoah” Elbiali (23-1, 18 KOs), super middleweight Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira (21-2, 16 KOs) and NABA welterweight champion Tresean “Trigger” Wiggins (16-5-3, 9 KOs). All opponents are to be announced.
Cruiserweight Yuniel “The KO Doctor” Dorticos (26-2, 24 KOs) and young middleweight rising star Yoenlis Feliciano “Yoyo” Hernandez (3-0) will also be featured along with De’von Williams (4-0, 4 KOs) against Travis Floyd.
Ticket prices will be announced soon.
– I have zero interest in seeing or hearing Mr. Broner ever again…….
Whenever Broner name is in the headlines you will see the most comments. And 95% of them just like the one above.
You guys aint fooling nobody. You cant turn away. Sounds like a bunch of crackling hens at a tea party.
The comment below calls him a loser after winning 4 world titles. Thats how you know when somebody dont know $hit about Boxing, and the upvotes proves hardly any of you do.
Hating a boxer and mad he made so much money sounds like a loser to me.
How about the Next time you call a world champ a loser please list a few of your own accomplishments to show how a winner looks?
Would love to see it 🙂
I’ll watch it, but if I have nothing to do
And yet you can’t stay away as soon as you see or hear about Broner. Yeah that makes sense.
I’ve always hated Broner. Nothing but a low IQ loser. Shame he was allowed to make so much money. But it was amazing watching Maidana absolutely destroy him and embarrass him with ease. Damn near caved his face in! Pacquiao used him as a punching bag as well and then Broner thought he won the fight haha what a clown!!! Boxing is better without him.
He’s a 4 division world champion. He lived his dream. Love him or hate him, he made a name for himself in a sport where only 1 percent do.
In what weight class will the People’s Champion belt be for?
Just another WBC bullshit belt Nordy,,next they’ll have the golden Macdonald burger belt for heavyweights!!!!
Dear Nordic Annihilator, I am pleased to inform you that the People’s Championship belt will be representing the loserweight division. Please take the time to consider the importance of this most distinguished belt being offered by the outstanding minds at the WBC.
Well done, Gentlemen. Well done.
“Loserweight” Division.
– Outstanding.
– Still laughing on this one.
– Wins Comment of the Day award.
You all cracking me up but telling the truth.
Rozicki always makes for an action style fight.
That should be the main event. Broner has done a sum total of nothing for years. While Cobbs is a charismatic dude, he hasn’t done anything yet. Rozicki is an actual contender fighting a guy who has a World title, even if no one believes Mikaelijan is the honest top dog at cruiser.
Still hope Cobbs beat Broner’s ass, though.
Don used to make top tier events, this one is far from those
The fact that Don King is 92 years old and still promoting world title fights (albeit dubious ones) is pretty phenomenal. Most people don’t make it to 92 and many of those that do can not tell their ass from their elbow.
Only a sucker would pay any money for this freak show. Easy enough to watch free.
Broner had his time and being a “four weight” division champion is something that 90% of world boxing champs never came close to accomplishing. He isn’t going to win another title at this point and Cobbs ain’t nothing special, but a decent scrap nonetheless. Use your logic, beta males, and not your emotions. Should The Problem be inducted into the HOF with a resume like that?
“Should The Problem be inducted into the HOF with a resume like that?”
– No.
– Adrien Broner and HOF shouldn’t even be used in the same sentence.
No, Broner does not belong in the HOF. He cherry picked his way to belts, and lost to every top fighter that he fought. He never beat any really quality fighter that was in their prime. Typical example of modern day fighter that is way more flash than substance. Broner had talent, but not the discipline or mentality of a champion.
I don’t think he’s getting in, but I do wonder if he just might after many years when the voters are younger and didn’t have to live through Broner’s mess and are just looking at his record on paper.
He did make considerable noise when he arrived and did grab a trinket in 4 divisions. I think the high demand for discipline and not removing himself from his upbringing, sprinkled with obvious psychological struggles, proved too much for him to handle. The world of boxing is a dirty one. You’re great while your in control, but once you start to fall apart, you can be easily tossed to the side or fed to lions.
If Broner failed to realize or accept that he needed help, that’s 100% on him. All that aside, I’ve seen people get in with less.
It seems the boxing HOF is not as discerning as other sports as to who gets in. With Broner, it’s questionable. I would say no. You can’t argue with being a 4 weight division world champion, but he flamed out fast and hard. He’s never really beaten a marquis fighter that would grant him HOF consideration.
Agree DMV….Broner had the tools to be “special”…just could not focus….
Don’t agree with the antics but skill wise Broner was a good fighter….
In my opinion, this is actually an interesting fight. There are a lot more good fights on the schedule but this one isn’t bad.
Broner-Cobbs is meaningless garbage. Will be interesting to see how Rozicki handles a step up in class. He passes the eye test, but really hasn’t beaten anyone of note.
AB = About Busted.
I figured this would be DKP’s play and might as well do it as soon as possible. The press conferences will be fun, I think the fight will be trash though.
Broner is so done and the funny thing is I believe Cobbs will beat Broner…
Points taken colleagues on whether AB as a four weight division champion gets inducted into the IBHOF. Lucie, thanks for being more logical than the gentlemen. To some of your points: Hector Camacho practically lost to every top opponent he faced, so did Arturo Gatti (RIP) and Panty Hose wearing De La Hoya. Tim Bradley got it in with a limited resume to name a few. AB started his career as a superfeatherweight and dominated there and at lightweight and challenged naturally heavier opponents. Shawn Porter was a middleweight when he began his boxing career and fought at Super Middleweight in the amateur’s and AB still dropped him. You may not like him as a person, but the Hall is not supposed to be a popularity contest, and 4 weight world champ is a rare class to be in. He must be considered based on that fact, if his career were to end after this fight. Facts!
4-division champ is kind of the only thing to hang his hat on. How many fighters of substance has he beaten? When you look at his resume, the best wins he has were against many-times well-beaten fighters like Daniel Ponce de Leon, Gavin Rees, and Paulie Malignaggi (and he was given a fairweather decision over Paulie). Heck, you could argue he was gifted decisions in a few fights. That resume is far from remarkable.
What if he was a heavyweight with the same resume and wasn’t able to win titles in four weight classes only a few pounds apart?
DMV…Camacho underrated beat some very good fighters..best “legs” in boxing….in my opinion…very fast hands…. movement in that ring something special to watch….
Broner is a goner
“People’s Championship”? Only a guy like Don King can come up with such cockamamy nonsense. I was hoping we had seen the last of Broner and King. I have no interest in this event. Both need to disappear.
If Vinny Paz or Marlon Starling aren’t in the HOF then Broner should NEVER get that call!
Seriously, is anyone interested in watching Broner fight?
not interested in a broner fight can not see paying for this doesanyone care?
The people don’t even want this fight. How the hell could it be for a WBC people championship title. I’m done