1. Take Another Non-Title Fight
You can assume Adrien Broner has the option of taking a title fight with Lamont Peterson, who win or lose against Danny Garcia on April 11, will keep his IBF title due to the fight being a non-title fight because of the contracted catch weight of 143 pounds.
There’s also Viktor Postol, who was the mandatory challenger for lineal champion Danny Garcia’s WBC belt, but took “step-aside” money in order to allow Garcia to fight Peterson.
If Garcia moves up to Welterweight after his fight with Peterson, that would assure Postol a fight for the vacant WBC belt, in which he would fight the next highest ranked, and available contender, Adrien Broner.
Be that as it may, it’s also possible that Broner and advisor Al Haymon might want to put him in a fight against another lesser opponent before jumping into a championship bout.
If so, due to the political landscape of boxing, Broner will have to choose from a scarce selection of opponents.
Guys like Lucas Matthysse, Ruslan Provodnikov, Jessie Vargas, Jose Benavidez and Mauricio Herrera, would all be unlikely opponents due to either confliction between promoters, or between television networks.
This leaves Broner with such possible options as Chris Algieri, Thomas Dulorme (assuming he loses to Terence Crawford in April), Humberto Soto or even Amir Iman, a Don King fighter who looked very impressive on the undercard of Deontay Wilder vs. Bermane Stiverne back in January.
As long as Broner can control his weight, he will continue to campaign in the less-hostile Super Lightweight division for the foreseeable future.
He’s lined up for a title shot if not this year, than certainly by early 2016, providing him the opportunity to take over for Danny Garcia as the face of the division.
