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This past Saturday, the now
former WBO Super Featherweight
champion Adrien (The Problem)
continued his recent string of
impressive performances with a
fifth round TKO of Vicente
Escobedo. Not as impressive,
however, was what happened both
before and after Broner weighed
in for the bout. Broner weighed
in at 133 ˝ pounds for his
anticipated WBO title defense
and subsequently forfeited both
his title and $60,000 of his
purse (half of which went to
Escobedo, the other half to the
Ohio commission).
The failed weigh-in took place
after Broner posted several
pictures of recent desserts to
his Twitter feed and publicly
stated that the Escobedo fight
would be his last at 130
pounds. Over the following day,
it appeared that Broner’s HBO
main event was in jeopardy
altogether, as Escobedo
threatened to pull out after a
second failed weigh-in before
reportedly receiving over
$50,000 in additional pay out of
Broner’s purse.
While there has been much
outrage in recent years, notably
as to Joan Guzman and Jose Luis
Castillo’s repeated failures to
make weight, the controversy
surrounding the Broner-Escobedo
seemed to quickly dissipate as
the focus turned more to
Broner’s obvious pound-for-pound
level gifts after his hammering
of Escobedo. Nonetheless, what
questions were raised (and what
lessons can be learned) by the
near-dismantling of an entire
HBO show over a weight dispute?
A quick look follows...
Read the full article from 8CN
here!
Paul Haberman can be reached
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