Adrien Broner
vs.
Carlos Molina
Photo by Esther Lin/Showtime
Gino Garcia, Contributing Writer
Adrien Broner vs. Carlos Molina should be a great fight. I would expect to see moments of strategy followed by some decent exchanges. This fight should go the distance on a split-decision victory for Broner.
Prediction: Broner
Jordan Echavez, Contributing Writer
This is somewhat of a “come back fight” for Adrien Broner since being exposed by Marcos Maidana in his last fight. On paper, Broner should be able to look good and rebuild the aura of invincibility he had before moving up to the welterweight division. Carlos Molina is the smaller fighter in this fight and I feel Broner’s size and power will be too much for him. However, we still don’t know how much the Maidana fight took away from Broner and Molina has an opportunity to take advantage of this. Still, I’m going to go with a knock out win for Adrien Broner in the middle rounds.
Prediction: Broner
Rob Anthony, Contributing Writer
Had someone not stepped in and swapped Molina’s at the last minute this fight could be a lot more competitive than it looks right now. John Molina gave Lucas Matthysse the fight of his life this past Saturday in Carson, CA. Al Haymon has seen one of his star pupils nearly take a loss to Paulie Malinaggi and get thoroughly beaten by Marcos Maidana so there’s no way he puts AB in a fight that he can’t win, especially since he’s on the platform of his first pay-per-view of his “big brother” and mentor’s Floyd Mayweather. This fight won’t be the easy pickins that the 135-pound division was for “The Problem,” but it certainly won’t be flying fists of fury like it was against Maidana either. Adrien Broner wins by a late TKO and gets back in the win column against Carlos Molina.
Prediction:Broner
Brendan Montenegro, Sr. Corespondent
Carlos Molina is a young, hungry fighter with a decent 17-1 record with his only loss coming at the hands of Amir Khan. But he is also not a heavy hitter with only seven wins coming by way of knockout. His one and only job in this fight is to make Adrien Broner look good and he indeed he will. Broner will get caught a little as Molina does have some boxing skills, but unlike Marcos Maidana, Molina is not knocking Broner down. This fight is to get Broner back into the public’s eyes after his huge loss to Marcos Maidana, who will be fighting the main event. In the end, its all Broner, the way he likes it, and being back to being a huge thorn in side. Broner by UD
Prediction: Broner
Lenin Acevedo, Photographer
Can you imagine how low Adrien Broner’s stock would fall if he were to lose this fight?. Don’t get too excited, he won’t. He might’ve slacked before the Marcos Maidana fight, but Broner ain’t no bum. His skill set and talents are far superior to that of Carlos Molina. I think Molina’s persistence will carry him into the middle rounds and he will essentially get out classed. Broner by decision.
Prediction: Broner
Juan Carlos Burgos, Contributing Writer
It will be interesting to see Adrien Broner step in the ring after the debacle against Marcos Maidana. Broner built himself as Floyd Mayweather Jr. and as Chino Maidana proved, that is not the case. Broner posses all the tools, but rebounding from a crushing loss will test his mental makeup. Good match making helps and in this fight we may not have all of our questions answered on May 3. I look for Broner to work off some early rust and settle down and comfortably beat Molina. In my opinion Molina does not really stand much of a chance against Broner.
Prediction: Broner
Alex Burgos, Editor-in-Chief
Adrien Broner needed an easy fight to get his confidence back after suffering a harsh beat down at the hands of Marcos Maidana last December. Carlos Molina will play the part of confidence builder, offering no real threat to Broner at 140–or any other weight for that matter. The biggest question here is will Broner have power at 140 and will he be able to knock Molina out? I say Broner earns a late-rounds stoppage of the ordinary Molina.
Prediction: Broner
