Hall of Fame promoter Don King introduced his latest signee, former four-division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner and his trainer Kevin Cunningham. King and Broner discussed Broner’s return to the ring on June 9th at Casino Miami Jai-Alai. AB will take on Bill Hutchinson.
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I don’t think this is a good career move for AB, it seems most promoters are staying away from Don
Most promoters are staying away from AB so..
excellent point!…haha!
I don’t know what kind of options Broner would have had. I can’t imagine promoters were constantly calling him. He could have stayed with BLK, went back to not fighting at PBC or did this.
Don is a Legend always have put on the BEST fight cards check for yourself. The best move for AB
Would have been a great signing 15yrs ago, way before his career turned to shit
Geeez anyone in the top 10 would destroy Broner easily! Hasn’t fought in almost a year and he will be 34 in July. Talk about waste of life.
Damn does Don king even age ?
Don King should stay away of promoting fights and stick to the flags business
With this signing, the WBA will have to bump somebody from their Top 10 (without explanation) to make room for Broner. Christopher Lovejoy, Jonathan Guidry, and Rafael Murphy all managed to get into the top 10-15 of the WBA. What did they all have in common? They were all signed by one Donald King. Nothing fishy there. I’m sure Broner will follow suit.
As far as recent years, there’s one thing that comes to mind that King deserves credit for: He’s actually done wonders for Jonathan Guidry’s career. Signed him out of nowhere, and at least has made him a known commodity. Got him a title fight w/Trevor Bryan, as well as fights against former Belt Holder Stiverne, and undefeated Decarree Scott, each of which gave Guidry FAR more exposure than he’d ever had before. Quite possible that Guidry would still be in complete obscurity had he not signed with King. Remains to be seen if it will work out as well for Broner.
Fighting a past prime and overweight Stiverne, I am not sure how helpful it was to Guidry’s career?
Don has a reputation of charging fighters for things at the time of getting paid. Holmes had an interesting quote about a rat, lion, and boxing.
Many fighters left Don because he couldn’t find fights for them. I remember Tito T tried to end his promotional contract, couldn’t
Don last show was a class b show, it kinda hurt to watch it.
In my humble opinion, there is no future for a fighter to be under Don, few shows with quality opponents, and lots of hassle at the time of payment
You think about where Guidry was before this. Had King not come around, Guidry would have likely spent his entire career fighting on obscure cards in Louisiana and that would have been it. When you look at what he was doing previously, I’d say that getting a title shot, even at a title as strange as Bryan’s version of it was, getting a win over a former champion, even one as seriously depleted as Stiverne is and has been for several years, and headlining a Don King card is a pretty good way to end up for Guidry.
@Tai “Fighting a past prime and overweight Stiverne, I am not sure how helpful it was to Guidry’s career?”
I really don’t know this for sure, but I’m guessing Guidry made more money in the Stiverne fight than his first 19 fights combined. Same could probably be said for the Bryan fight, and maybe even Scott. Stiverne was certainly WAY past his prime when he fought Guidry, but was still a far bigger name than anybody else on Guidry’s record prior to the Bryan fight.
I agree with what you’re saying about King. All in all, I think he’s bad for the sport, but Guidry was nowhere before King came around. That fact we’re even discussing him now is a credit to King.
Can you imagine the freakshow that would be USF?? If Romero ends up with the belt at 140, wants to make a defense and….. suddenly Broner pops up in the rankings!
I agree. He’s done fine by Guidry. I remember we were talking about how hilarious it was that, after Charr fell out, Guidry was actually about to get a shot at the title against Bryan but he did well in that fight and he’s definitely made the most of the opportunities since then. I would expect Guidry to be on Broner’s card as well.
“If Romero ends up with the belt at 140, wants to make a defense and….. suddenly Broner pops up in the rankings!”
If Broner is fighting @140, there’s no reason NOT to expect that scenario Lucie. Keep in mind, King was able to get Lovejoy, Murphy, and Guidry each a ranking….and title shots for a couple of them. Those are three guys who had ZERO name recognition before King signed them….not to mention having absolutely nothing on their records that would merit a ranking. I believe all three were ranked 150+ on Boxrec while ranked Top 10 in the WBA. King shouldn’t have a problem at all doing the same for Broner, who, no matter how little he’s accomplished lately, is at least a big name, and is accomplished in the sport. A win over Hutchinson will probably be all it takes to get Broner a ticket to the Top 10.
A match made in heaven. Add Panama Lewis to the mix and we have a recipe for disaster.
I don’t think this is a good career move for KIng, most promotors are staying clear of AB , he’s lost everything he once had. he’s a “has-been” and has lost the majority of his past five fights…