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What happens when two fighters known for theatrics get into a ring? My guess is one hell of a show. There’s no title on the line, but this fight will mean plenty to the careers ahead of Adrien “The Problem” Broner and John Molina Jr. (no alias).
Broner has been steadily working his way back after a disastrous loss to Marcos Maidana in 2013, and a less than impressive tune-up fight a few months later against Carlos Molina. Broner managed to win a unanimous decision over that Molina, and win the same over Emmanuel Taylor last September. Molina, having suffered two losses in a row, needs to win this fight if he wants to be considered a serious contender in his division.
Broner vs. Molina seems not quite a stepping-stone for Broner, and not really a tune-up fight either. The best word to describe this fight is appropriate. This feels like the kind of fight suitable for the pace Broner should have been going at before he fought Maidana and before he was hyped to be the next Floyd Mayweather.
Broner showed us more of his technical side against Emmanuel Taylor and his trademark showboating was noticeably absent. Though we got to see a more mature Broner, he has a history of underestimating his opponents. Molina is the kind of guy you should not underestimate, and you certainly cannot count out when the going gets tough.
