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Adrien Broner v Shawn Porter: Does the loser ever get back to the top?

Moore, McCrory, Oliver, Watt and Nelson give their views

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Image: Shawn Porter: May be facing a career-defining moment

It's a potential thriller in Vegas and some of the panel think neither Adrien Broner nor Shawn Porter can afford defeat if they want to stay in the elite...

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Glenn McCrory

I don't think this is last-chance saloon for either because they're both great fighters, so either could come back from a second career defeat. It's a really interesting fight though. Again, they've changed the weight from welterweight down to 144lbs and that will obviously favour Broner, who's come up through the weights.

I don't think this is last-chance saloon for either because they're both great fighters so either could come back from a second career defeat.
Glenn McCrory

Porter was excellent in the Kell Brook fight and that was a very close fight. This is just an excellent fight. They've given Porter a handicap for a reason because at welterweight, I think he'd be a good winner.

Spencer Oliver

This is a crossroads fight for both these fighters now. They've both been defeated once already and they both want to stay in the elite. They want those big fights and if they want those, it's a must-win situation for both guys.

There was talk of Broner being the next Floyd Mayweather and it's a massive fall. He was exposed badly by Maidana.
Spencer Oliver

There was talk of Broner being the next Floyd Mayweather and it's a massive fall. He was exposed badly by Marcos Maidana and Maidana is like Porter in that he bustles forward, is strong and persistent. That will be a problem for Broner, who shone early in his career at the lower weights and needs to prove himself against the bigger men.

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Jim Watt 

It never really has to be the last-chance saloon, especially over in America. If you lose over there yet set the place on fire, you get asked back. Yet over here we see defeats - even being blasted and knocked out - meaning people will never be the same again.

It never really has to be the last-chance saloon, especially over in America.
Jim Watt

The Americans give you another chance if it's a great fight, so I don't think either Broner or Porter have to be worried about what happens next if they lose.

Johnny Nelson

Well I think if Adrien Broner loses, he will just carry on anyway. He is a real character and a good villain and he does put bums on seats, probably because people want to see him get beaten. People want to see him fight, and lose, in equal measures.

Well I think if Adrien Broner loses, he will just carry on anyway. He is a real charatcter and a good villain.
Johnny Nelson

Now if Porter loses, that is a different matter. His style is not palatable, it's horrible and he's already in that 'who needs me club?' anyway, so it will be easy for people to ignore him. If Broner loses people will be thinking: 'Yes! Another chink in his armour! Lets see him get beat again!'

Jamie Moore

It's hard to tell. Broner has always tried to mould himself on Mayweather and portray himself as an elite fighter. He looked it in the lower weights when he demolished people, but he hasn't carried it over as he's moved up.

The pound-for-pound fighters are the ones that move up and you barely notice they've moved up. Broner isn't that sort of fighter.
Jamie Moore

The elite fighters, the pound-for-pound fighters, are the ones that move up and you barely notice they've moved up. Broner isn't that sort of fighter. He's not as good as he thinks he is and that's part of the problem.

Maybe the Maidana fight brought him down a peg or two and that could do him a favour. He likes to be brash and arrogant but deep down he might realise he's got a lot of work to do. If he loses, it will be interesting!

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