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Adrien Broner says “140 is mine;” Mikey Garcia coming nearer

By Daily Sports on May 30, 2017

Adrien “The Problem” Broner (33-2, 24 KOs) put the boxing world on notice on Monday in letting his fans know that he’s moving back down to light welterweight to fight at 140 in what appears to prelude to a fight against Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs). The Broner-Garcia fight still isn’t a done deal, according to Showtime Boxing boss Stephen Espinoza.

There still is a long way to go before the fight is made. The good news is that Broner and Mikey are interested in facing each other. That’s half the battle. If the fight can be made between Broner and Mikey Garcia for this summer, it would be nice match-up for both of them. If Mikey ends up fighting in the defense of his WBC lightweight title, he’ll attract for less interest from the boxing public.

The lightweight division doesn’t get a lot of attention from the fans. The 140 pound division is also one that doesn’t usually create much interest from boxing fans as well. WBA/WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford has some fans, but he’s not a PPV guy and likely never will until he moves up to welterweight and starts beating the better fighters in an exciting manner.

Broner needs to be at least 140 for him to be able to face lightweight Mikey Garcia at either the full weight for the light welterweight division or at a catch-weight between 135 and 140.

One thing that is going against Broner making a catch-weight is the fact that he hasn’t been able to make 140 since 2015 when he fought Khabib Allakhverdiev.

Broner’s last two fights have been at welterweight against Adrian Granados and Ashley Theophane. The fights were supposed to be at 140, but Broner was too heavy to make weight for the 140 pound division.

140 is mine,” said Broner on his social media site.

This would be a big win for Mikey Garcia to take Broner’s scalp at 140. It would open the doors for much bigger fights against other big names.

Broner is talking tough now that WBC/WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford is making news about him moving up to welterweight soon. With Crawford out of the way, Broner would have a good chance of being the best fighter in the 140lb division if he could make the weight on a consistent basis.

*Photo shows Adrien Broner.

Source Daily Sports

Posted May 30, 2017