2. Title Fight against Lamont Peterson
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I reluctantly chose this option considering the fact that if Lamont Peterson loses to Danny Garcia, Al Haymon might not want to immediately match him up with Broner, and risk Peterson losing two fights in a row.
It’s faith that Haymon will continue to make competitive fights, and the fact that Broner’s a more valuable entity than Peterson to Haymon, that brought me to consider this possibility.
One would assume if Peterson loses to Garcia, Haymon would be appeased by the belt switching from Peterson’s to Broner’s hands, considering Broner is the younger and more popular attraction.
On the contrary, if Peterson is able to pull off a win against Garcia, that would set up a major opportunity for Broner to not only gain lineal status of the Super Lightweight division, but do so in a more attractive style.
A win over Peterson after he’s defeated Garcia would not only be better for Broner’s legacy, but for his career financially, than if he was to beat him after a loss.
If Garcia vacates his titles and moves up to Welterweight, the WBA strap will belong to Jessie Vargas, and his mandatory would be Jose Benavidez. Both are politically unrealistic options for Broner.
Broner on the other hand is currently ranked No. 3 by the WBA, and could find himself as the mandatory to the winner of that fight, a situation that would see the fight go to a purse bid.
The WBO belt which is on the line when Terence Crawford fights Thomas Dulorme on April 18 is even more of an unlikely option, considering Broner is not currently ranked by that particular sanctioning body.
That leaves Lamont Peterson’s IBF title as the second most attainable belt for Adrien Broner in 2015.
