Adrien Broner and 'The Problem' with unicorns

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Thursday, June 25

'The Problem' with unicorns: In Adrien Broner's most-recent wet dream, which he's sharing on social media, the world is salivating for a Broner-Porter rematch. He envisions it as the co-feature on Mayweather's May 12 show. Then he can avenge his loss to Porter, shut up all the haters, and ride away on his magic unicorn with his middle finger high in the air.

Steve Kim of boxingscene.com gave the good news to Kenny Porter, father/trainer of "Showtime" Shawn, and ... well, don't order your Broner-Porter II T-shirt just yet.

"Adrien is playing the same game his 'big brother' (Floyd Mayweather) likes to play. He's trying to manipulate everybody," P-Daddy told Kim. "No. 1, we're not going to do a co-main event on a Mayweather card. That's not happening. Either Floyd fights us, or he finds somebody else to put out there.

"I have no intentions of chasing Floyd around," Porter continued. "He lives right down the street from me. We can meet in the parking lot and get down there. So we're not going to be dictated to by Floyd, and definitely not by the guy we just beat."

Translation: You've got wood to chop before you're relevant again, AB.


I can hear you breathing, Floyd! In an appearance on "TMZ Hollywood Sports," Andre Berto claimed Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been harassing him with annoying phone calls.

"I know it's him on the line. I can hear him breathing on the other end of the phone," Berto said, sounding only slightly like a paranoid ex-girlfriend on bath salts. "Stop getting people to call me on the phone, bro, and asking me about this person and that person. Don't do that sh*t. That sh*t is lame. It's corny. He has too much money for that."

Raging bullsh*t ... Oscar De La Hoya told Rick Reeno of boxingscene.com that he wants the winner of a Mayweather-Golovkin fight, if it ever happens. And Jake LaMotta wants the winner of that one. 

Pure dynamite from 'TNT': Tony 'TNT' Tucker laid out his life and times in raw and honest prose this past Sunday on The Ringside Boxing Show, talking as candidly about his weaknesses (cocaine use) as he did about his strengths (57-7, 47 KOs, including his 1987 TKO of Buster Douglas for the same IBF heavyweight championship that Douglas took from Mike Tyson in Tokyo.

The full show, including a riveting Tony Tucker interview, can be heard now at http://ringsideboxingshow.podbean.com.

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Life on Planet Khan

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Wednesday, June 24

Thin Air on Planet Khan?  Amir Khan is a terrific fighter -- exciting to watch, not only for his fast hands and mobility, but also because he's vulnerable. I like watching him.
  But I've gotta call bullshit when I listen to his relentless propaganda campaign to convince us that he deserves the Mayweather fight above all others ... and also that Kell Brook is some second-tier bum who hasn't fought anybody, and doesn't belong in the same ring with him.
  The worst anybody can say about Brook at this point of his career is that he has, for the most part, beaten all hell out of everybody they've pushed in front of him. The guy always seems to bring his 'A' game -- something Khan shouldn't attempt to claim with a straight face.
    Khan got stretched by Breidis Prescott, was obliterated by Danny Garcia, and fouled his way out of a possible victory over Lamont Peterson. Khan hasn't lost since 2012 -- he's on a six-fight winning streak against Carlos Molina, Julio Diaz, Luis Collazo, Devon Alexander and Chris Algieri. All are solid pros, but I don't see any shoo-in Hall of Famers on that list.
   Granted, Floyd hopefully is goofing on all of us when he talks about awarding the Sept. 12 gig to Andre Berto or Karim Mayfield -- Khan and everybody else has a perfect right to roll their eyes at that. But Khan is the only logical choice to fight Mayweather? That only makes sense on Planet Khan, a place without Golovkin, Thurman, Brook, Garcia, Pacquiao, Maidana, Bradley, Porter ...

Speaking of Porter ... "Showtime" Shawn reportedly is setting his sights on Marcos Maidana. Anybody want to see that one? Yep, me too.

Look out below ... Wil Esco from www.badlefthook.com reports that Gennady Golovkin is training to fight at 154 pounds. .  Any takers, junior middles?

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Broner's brain ... and other arcane mysteries

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Tuesday, June 23

Adrien Broner has an amazing defense ... the compartments of his brain. He blocks and ducks all logic and reality, like, for example, thundering boos from a crowd he believes will be waiting in line for his autograph, and/or begging him to pose for a photo.

He also won't allow his mind to consider the possibility that he might be on his way to oblivion. And Broner won't like oblivion.

Mayweather insisted today that Broner can still be a Hall of Famer with some minor adjustments, but the smart money here says he's not smart enough to be great, and he's too arrogant to change. That a bumpy path to the Hall.
Muhammad Ali coined the phrase, "Ain't braggin' if you can back it up." Time to stop bragging, AB. In your mind, the street poets should already be writing about you. Is it possible that they're having a hard time finding anything that rhymes with douchebag?

Berto? Mayfield? Seriously, Floyd? If Floyd Mayweather is serious about making Sept. 12 his final fight, is he truly nutless enough to make a safe and easy exit from the sport, and tie Marciano's celebrated 49-0 record by cherry-picking? What a waste of a legacy.

Will it be homicide or suicide? De La Hoya vs. Mayweather on PayPerView?. Jeez, have a little bit of respect for the intelligence of boxing fans. That's not a fight, it's a snuff film.

Today's math problem: Timothy Bradley is the latest big-name fighter to declare that he'd love to fight Golovkin ... Golovkin has pretty much offered to fight anybody, anywhere, at almost any weight. So why does 1 + 1 = 0 in the boxing universe?

Today's chemistry problem: Two of the friendliest, classiest fighters in the sport are suddenly sniping at each other like fifth graders. Didn't see that coming from Ward and Golovkin.

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