Just a few things before I head out to watch ESPN2’s ’Friday Night Fights’ (seriously, why are they shoving Joan Guzman in front of us?)...

- It looks more and more like Adrien Broner, the WBO jr. lightweight titlist, will get his own headlining HBO date, instead of opening up for Amir Khan and Lamont Peterson on May 19th in Las Vegas, as Richard Schaefer spoke about last week. The bottom line is that ’the Problem’ is on the rise and he’s a fighter who’s profile is ascending. I’m assuming the plan is to take him back to his hometown of Cincy, where he has bit of fan-base.

- According to Jean Pascal’s promoter, Yvon Michel, Jean Pascal suffered a shoulder injury playing some rec hockey (yeah, hockey, c’mon, he’s in Canada, now) and his return will be pushed back now to May or June.

- Michel also told me that he’s hoping to stage an IBF super middleweight elimination bout between Adonis Stevenson and Librado Andrade, which looks like could be a fun scrap.

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