Adrien Broner's Team Looking Toward Next Fight

by Scott Christ on Jul 16, 2011 3:24 PM EDT in Boxing News Analysis

The declining Rocky Juarez could be in line to face Adrien Broner. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

21-year-old super featherweight prospect and contender Adrien Broner's team is considering a couple of names for his next fight, and according to Mike Coppinger, those opponents are Rocky Juarez and Rafael Marquez.

Broner (21-0, 17 KO) has made a couple of very different impressions this year in fights on HBO. In March, he was lucky to get a decision over Daniel Ponce de Leon, but in June he sparked Jason Litzau in just 2:58.

Neither of the rumored fights are likely to excite anyone. Marquez (39-6, 35 KO) is planning a move back to super bantamweight, looking for a title shot against Toshiaki Nishioka that could come this fall. And Juarez (28-8-1, 20 KO) has lost his last four, which should have been his last five (he got a hometown draw with Chris John in their first fight), and hasn't won a fight since 2008. Overall, he's just 3-7-1 in his last 11 fights and has become nothing more than a gatekeeper. Broner is ready for more than that, though of course if there's nothing notably better, than Juarez could be a somewhat useful stay-busy fight for the young fighter.

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Adrien is a friend of mine, as is his trainer.

He’s a good kid.

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 16, 2011 3:43 PM EDT reply actions

He combs his hair a lot and has very fast hands. That’s about all I know about him. I’m not big on him, but I keep having the feeling that I’ll be wrong. Ponce de Leon is no chump or anything, and Broner’s still a kid.

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by Scott Christ on Jul 16, 2011 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah he is.

We give him a ton of shit about the hair bit…..He was in the gym two weeks ago helping prep the kids for the “Last Chance” Olympic qualifier tournament we just hosted. His trainer, Mike Stafford, is the head coach of Cincinnati Golden Gloves and had Adrien working with the kids during sparring. No doubting Broner’s conditioning…..he was in the ring for 22 minutes straight as 7-8 kids rotated in every few minutes. It was impressive. While in there, with some kids with talent, mind you, Adrien would say things like, “Oh, you better not do that one again.” And when they did it again, (like drop the right hand before a cross) he’d sting ’em and say, “See, I told you.” He really is a good kid.

Wear something sexy to my funeral.

by Pops Daniels on Jul 16, 2011 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions