Broner predicts win vs. Allakhverdiev

While many critics took this action as a petty stunt that further proves Broner’s disconnect with being a professional, his camp spun the media boycott as a decision by a more mature fighter to focus on bettering himself instead of talking trash in an exclusive video interview Broner did with Showtime.

The following is a preview of both bouts. “Edner Cherry is a very experienced fighter”. I identify with a guy trying to forge an identity, and playing the fool, and thinking things will come a bit easier than they do. Since then, he has been training and perfecting his craft since that loss to come back and fight for the title again.

“Jose Pedraza is one of the most exciting young champions in all of boxing and a successor to the great Puerto Rican champions that preceded him”. Pedraza, 26, is the favorite to defeat the 33-year-old Cherry.

Pedraza has a successful global amateur career which included participation in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

He is getting in rounds and learning the pro game after a late start to his career – he’s 29 already. He’s a lot more durable than my last few opponents. His notable victories include Luis Cruz, Vicente Escobedo, Stevie Johnston, Wes Ferguson, and Monty Clay. Damning examples of this are his comments made immediately after his July loss to Shawn “Showtime” Porter. “I am proud to be his partner and work with him on this fight”.

“Adrien has watched Pernell Whitaker, Floyd Mayweather, Ali…it’s showed”, Stafford said.

On the other hand, Khabib “The Hawk” Allakhverdiev worked his way up the ranks as an unheralded prospect.

However, since suffering two humiliating defeats, -against proven championship caliber competition- it is clear in hindsight that AB was vastly overrated.

Allakhverdiev, a 32-year-old southpaw, holds recent wins over Joan Guzmán and former world champion Souleymane M’Baye.

Broner has the edge on age over Allakhverdiev. I have been living there for six years.

Adrien Broner (R) fights Khabib Allakhverdiev this Saturday.

Allakhverdiev is ranked #4 by the WBA, and he’s coming off of a year and a half layoff from the sport and a loss to Jessie Vargas last year in April.

The lengthy time off will hurt Allakhverdiev, especially since he will need to make the fight a rugged brawl if he wants to have a realistic chance to win. An Adrien Broner who can fulfill his potential is good for boxing, but the “About Billions” dollar question (in Broner’s case), is this: Can he be trusted?

What fans and pundits should be watching for in this fight is whether Adrien Broner is “dialed in” and fights with an actual sense of urgency. “And then tell me what you think of the new Adrien Broner”. “So with that being said, I want to thank everybody for coming and I will be victorious Saturday night on October 3”.

Matthysse (37-3, 34 KOs, 1 NC) can change that Saturday night, when he’ll box unbeaten Ukrainian contender Viktor Postol (27-0, 11 KOs) in a 12-round fight for the vacant WBC super lightweight championship. I was too accessible. “I am looking forward to a world championship-winning performance and I know that if he tries to do something to get in my head, to approach me or to push me – that I will be as restrained as possible and save my anger for fight night”.