Mike Stafford, trainer of former four division world champion Adrien Broner (33-3, 24 KOs), believes his fighter started way too late in Saturday's loss to Mikey Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Broner was outworked and lost the majority of the rounds in the twelve round decision battle -with scores of 117-111 and 116-112 twice.

Broner, who recently celebrated his 28th birthday, was unable to make the proper adjustments during the contest and waiting too long to start letting his hands go.

Broner was able to really bother Garcia in the late rounds with hard shots the body, but was way too late to turn the tide.

Stafford felt Broner wasted too much time following Garcia around without letting his hands go, and waited too long to started targeting the body.

“Adrien followed Mikey around just a little bit too much. Adrien should have gone to the body earlier," Stafford said.

Broner is known to come on late in fights, like he did on Saturday, and Garcia's camp was more than ready for that possibility to take place.

"We knew Mikey would have to fight smart," Robert Garcia, Mikey's trainer and brother, said. "[Broner is] a tough guy who finishes very strong. We had to fight smart for the whole twelve rounds."

It was Broner's first defeat outside of the welterweight limit. He suffered his first defeat to Marcos Maidana at 147-pounds, and then a few years later he was decisioned by Shawn Porter over twelve as well.

Throughout his career Broner has managed to capture world titles at super featherweight, lightweight, junior welterweight and welterweight. Because of his age, Broner still has enough time to rebuild his career and bounce back, but he's going to have to make some changes with his fight tactics as opponents recognize that his weakness when dealing with a high workrate.