Adrien Broner Beats Jovanie Santiago Via Unanimous Decision in Comeback Fight

Adrien Broner Beats Jovanie Santiago Via Unanimous Decision in Comeback Fight

Adrien Broner rests between rounds against Manny Pacquiao in a welterweight championship boxing match Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Adrien Broner obtained the win he was searching for in his initial fight in 25 months, making a unanimous decision success over Jovanie Santiago on Saturday evening at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville,Connecticut

The courts racked up the spell 117-110, 116-111, 115-112, per the Showtime program. It’s the initial win for Broner because he defeated Adrian Granados in February 2017. Broner was 0-2-1 in his last 3 battles, one of the most current a dull revealing versus Manny Pacquiao simply over 2 years back.

Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix and also ESPN’s Teddy Atlas really felt the racking up was means off the mark:

Teddy Atlas @TeddyAtlas Genuine

Do you obtain a little of a sensation that a person is watching out forBroner Just a little bit? #BronerSantiago #boxing

Chris Mannix @SIChrisMannix

117-110 … begun. That’s laughable.

The Showtime stats revealed Santiago had a 2 to one benefit over Broner in strikes landed at the end of the fight:

SHO Stats @SHOStats

#ShoStats: Total Punches Landed/Thrown
thru 12.
BRONER[98/338, 28%]
SANTIAGO [207/697, 29%]

The concerns that pestered Broner (34-4-1 24 KOs) in his newest spells had not been remedied in both years he was far from the ring. He had problem shooting and also the stab had not been sharp sufficient to establish power shots with his right-hand man. The counterpunching and also hostility really did not appear till the last fifty percent of the fight.

Santiago (14-1-1, 10 KOs), an anonymous competitor with absolutely nothing to shed, made use of the possibility and also created a strong, hostile proving, yet the courts really did not debt his initiative and also he took the initial loss of his profession.

The fight was originally set up to occur at jr welterweight, yet the limitation was bumped as much as welterweight (147 extra pounds) on Thursday evening, per ESPN’sBen Baby A 140-pound limitation was an enthusiastic objective for Broner, that supposedly needed to go down 35 extra pounds simply to obtain within striking range of the initial limitation.

As it ended up, obtaining within striking range became an issue for Broner throughout the fight too, a minimum of at an early stage Neither fighter compelled the problem for the initial number of rounds, yet it was Santiago, the underdog, that discovered a rhythm initially.

The 31-year-old Puerto Rican feinted his means right into Broner’s array, and also as soon as he recognized he had not been mosting likely to pay a rate for progressing, began striking the body. The sharp strikes to the belly permitted him to blend in extra diverse mixes upstairs.

NYFight s.com’s Michael Woods kept in mind Santiago looked plenty comfy versus the previous four-division globe champ:

Michael Woods @Woods y1069

Here’s the important things … SANTIAGO does not watch out of his deepness whatsoever versus BRONER.


Santiago’s proposal for a distressed took a small strike at the end of the 4th round. He was subtracted a factor for tossing a strike late, although replay revealed that while Santiago could have been a color far too late, Broner did return fire and also land a late strike of his very own.

At the moment, it really did not appear like it could be much of a problem, as the very early stats revealed the substantial space in between both fighters, per SHO Stats:

SHO Stats @SHOStats

#ShoStats: Total Punches Landed/Thrown
thru 5.
BRONER[22/106, 20%]
SANTIAGO [65/223, 29%]

Broner awakened in the 2nd fifty percent of the fight. He began allowing his right-hand man take place the counter, and also quit pulling back as a lot. Santiago had actually created some great mixes, yet Broner possibly recognized his challenger’s power had not been much to fret about. Broner disliked body strikes in the initial 6 rounds, yet began blending them in extra.

Even with haze training, CBS Sports’ Brian Campbell still discovered some trouble’s with Broner’s efficiency:

Brian Campbell @BCampbell

Broner ultimately allowing his hands go a little bit in R7 with a counter right-hand man and also a left hook. But the stab is irregular and also he’s allowing Santiago get in without paying a toll.

Showtime Boxing demonstrated how Broner tipped up the hostility in the 7th round:

OUTSET Boxing @ShowtimeBoxing

@AdrienBroner snaps at the end of the 7th. #BronerSantiago https://t.co/3d5tnq9Oh9

The 8th round saw Broner land the most effective strike of the fight to that factor. He obtained his feet established for a large left hook, which landed oh Santiago’s holy place and also virtually sent him to the canvas. Santiago maintained his wits with each other, yet he began to look worn out with a cut opening on his temple.

The activity began to wind down once more in the 10th and also 11th rounds, yet the 12th and also last round saw Santiago utilize his last books of power and also take the fight toBroner The means the courts had actually racked up the fight, nevertheless, it ends up he would certainly require a deduction.

In completion, Broner obtained the comeback win he frantically required. He’s still just 31 years of ages, and also must have plenty left in the container if he can remain healthy and also concentrated. However, he had a hard time strongly versus the journeyman Santiago sometimes. Saturday evening’s initiative will not suffice in a piled welterweight department. Broner will certainly need to be far more hostile moving forward if he wishes to come back on a globe title track.