Broner vs. Castillo

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  1. Double L

    Double L Book Reader

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    Well, Castillo beat PBF by many accounts. Would he also have beaten the great Broner?
     
  2. ILLUMINATI

    ILLUMINATI Roberto Duran

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    Castillo beat Broner....easily.
     
  3. StingerKarl

    StingerKarl Ace Degenerate

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    Broner takes Castillo here on points.

    With Castillo, you gotta be careful to not hurt your hands or break them on this guy, and he can be hurt underneath.

    Broner moves and steers Jose into his shots enough and gets out of the way of most of the counters to cop a 12 round decision here, and rips in some nice left hooks to the body in the inevitable infighting due to the constant pressure of Castillo.
     
  4. Hut*Hut

    Hut*Hut The Mackintosh of temazepam

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    Mayweather barely beat Castillo the first time (though he did), you gotta favour him to get the better of diet-Floyd. Right now anyway.
     
  5. whiskey

    whiskey Czarcasm

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    Agreed.
     
  6. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    Let's just say this much. Is Broner as skilled/fast/overall talented as younger Floyd? No.

    BUT..... he does hit harder. And Castillo wasn't the hardest guy to find. So, I would favor Castillo at this point, but I wouldn't say it's a foregone conclusion.
     
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    loadedgloves "Twinkle Toes" McJack

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    Mayweather wasn't 100% against Castillo the first time. I don't think it follows that because Castillo gave a good account of himself against an injured Floyd that he would necessarily beat a healthy Broner.

    .. Having said that, he probably does beat Broner regardless.
     
  8. Neil

    Neil The Merchant of Venom

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    broner comes in at 150lbs so that negates the typical castillo size advantage at LW
     

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