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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