Adrien Broner Vs. Blair Cobbs Results: Scorecard, Highlights, Reaction

Adrien Broner’s time as a critical competitor in boxing, and probably his profession typically, is over, and if it isn’t, it in all probability ought to be.

On Friday night time in Hollywood, Florida, Broner was soundly crushed and dropped by Blair Cobbs, leading to a unanimous choice loss (97-91, 96-93 x2). Including to the frustration, nearly all of us who witnessed and scored the battle discovered it removed from the shut name the official judges deemed it to be.

To say Broner was a mere shadow of his former self can be an understatement. Right here’s the knockdown, which occurred within the second spherical. Cobb’s clear left hand despatched Broner careening to the canvas.

Broner seemed terribly gradual, flabby, and usually out of any affordable preventing form–each mentally and bodily.

Whereas each males are 34, Cobbs seemed youthful, faster, and extra critical about his craft. The battle might have been scored a 10-0 shutout for Cobbs. Being beneficiant, Broner might need received one spherical of your entire battle.

To Broner’s credit score, he nonetheless has a stable chin. He absorbed the left-hand pictures all night time, solely went down as soon as, and completed the battle. We noticed Broner survive a good worse beating from Marcos Maidana in 2013 and go the gap.

Though the loss dropped Broner’s document to 35-5-1, the Cincinnati native has by no means been stopped. Cobbs improved to 17-1-1 as he now has two consecutive wins over former world champions Maurice Hooker and Broner, although each males have been clearly previous their primes when Cobbs beat them.

It’s unclear if Broner will ever battle once more, however assuming there’s a suggestion, he’ll doubtless take it as there’s nonetheless a fleeting curiosity in his fights. Cobbs did all the pieces he wanted to parlay this chance into one other cash battle.

If he can get one or two televised fights with identified fighters, he may have maximized his probability to show the battle with Broner into a number of paychecks. Suppose you’re wanting to see a extra critical matchup on Saturday night.

In that case, Xander Zayas will headline a Prime Rank on ESPN card when he faces probably the most formidable problem of his younger profession in opposition to Patrick Teixeira.

After watching Broner on Friday, I believe that battle will characterize the opposite finish of a boxer’s profession spectrum.