Al Haymon Triple Header - Broner, Seth Mitchell, Gary Russell Nov 26th

• Plans are in the works for a Nov. 26 HBO tripleheader to take place in Cincinnati, the hometown of junior lightweight contender Adrien Broner (21-0, 17 KOs). Golden Boy hopes to match the 22-year-old Broner, a mandatory challenger, with 130-pound titlist Ricky Burns (32-2, 9 KOs) of Scotland, according to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, who has worked out a deal with Burns' promoter, Frank Warren. However, Schaefer said there is a chance Burns won't take the fight because of issues making weight that could force him to vacate the belt.

"I'm waiting for Frank Warren to get back to me about Ricky Burns, but it looks like he is not going to take the fight and Broner will be fightng for a vacant title." That means Broner could end up facing Golden Boy stablemate Eloy Perez (22-0-2, 6 KOs), who scored a second-round knockout of Daniel Jimenez in the main event of last Friday's Telefutura card. Schaefer said that for the other two televised bouts he and HBO are targeting heavyweight prospect Seth Mitchell and featherweight prospect Gary Russell Jr. (18-0, 10 KOs), who rolled past Leonilo Miranda for a shutout eight-round decision in his HBO debut on Sept. 3. Broner, Mitchell and Russell are all in adviser Al Haymon's stable.

GrantZilla wrote:Wondering if they are just trying to get rid off all of Hayman's guranteed dates by the end of the year, before the official new managment comes in.

Ali wrote:Really don't understand why HBO are pushing Mitchell so hard, is it just solely down to Haymon ?