NANINIWALA ang kaestilo at dating boksingero ni ex-pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. na si four division world champion Adrien Broner na muling aangat ang pay-per-view (PPV) hit ni WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao kung siya ang haharapin sa ibabaw ng ring.
Ngunit, tulad ng kahambugan ni Mayweather, iginiit ni Broner na dapat siyang bayaran ni Top Rank big boss Bob Arum ng higit sa dating alok nitong $4 milyong garantisadong premyo para labanan si Pacquiao.
Minaliit ni Broner ang haharapin ni Pacquiao sa Abril 22 na si WBO No. 2 Jeff Horn ng Australia.
“I don’t even know who that guy is, no disrespect to him,” sambit ni Broner sa BoxingScene.com tungkol patungkol kay Horn.
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“I’ve never seen him fight, but if he got a chance to fight Manny Pacquiao he’s obviously not a bum. But at the end of the day, we all know what a fight like Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner will do. So they need to stop dragging they feet and make it happen.”
Inismol din niya ang PPV hit ng laban ni Pacquiao kay dating WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas na isa ring Amerikano noong Nobyembre 5, 2016 sa Las Vegas, Nevada na mas maliit sa PPV hit ng laban ng Pinoy boxer sa dating kampeong si Timothy Bradley noong Abril 9, 2016 na 400,000 PPV buys.
“Most definitely, he needs me,” ani Broner. “What did his last numbers do? Well, I know. But it’s not for me to tell.
What did he get paid for his last fight? Hello! But I’m not here to talk about anybody’s purse or their buys. I just know the status of me and a fight with Pacquiao. I know what it’d do. It’d do crazy numbers. And, you know, I’m a helluva self-promoter. I’m gonna talk.”
“At this point, most definitely, I feel like the biggest fight for me in boxing is Pacquiao. But, you know, that Jew Bob Arum – I like Bob Arum, though. Just get the numbers right and we’ll have a helluva night,” dagdag ni Broner. “So let’s say mine’s a little higher now, because I know you need me. Or we could just stay where mine was, and make the fight happen. But Arum knows he’s gotta eat his words and come back around and make this fight happen. Or just keep having duds and keep losing money,” aniya.
Walang korona si Broner dahil overweight siya nang huling idepensa ang WBA light welterweight title bagama’t tinalo niya sa 9th round TKO si dating Global Boxing Union welterweight champion Ashley Theophane ng Great Britain noong nakaraang Abril 1 sa Washington D.C na kabisera ng Amerika.
Ngunit, bago hamunin si Pacquiao, kailangan munang talunin ni Broner na kasalukuyang WBC No. 4 super lightweight sa 12-round nontitle bout ang kababayang si Adrian Granados na ranked No. 7 din sa WBC. (Gilbert Espeña)
