Paulie's in a good position to bargain, he's a top 10 welterweight, coming off a one sided win over "rejuvenated" Zab Judah, lost his belt to Broner in a fight he did very well in (or a lot better than people thought he would....helluva lot better than he did with Hatton, Cano and Khan), former champion, easily marketable, has that Haymon/Showtime connection, dude is very well off right now.
Broner just got beat up. Add in a couple bad knockdowns and running from a post fight interview, it was just a bad look all around, especially after the shyt talking and the hard times he's given GBP over various different things (That chick he wanted at the press conference, not wanting to sign gloves, etc). Honestly, I'm not even sure he's top 10 at 147 anymore, again, the division is loaded with talent right now and he just proved what I didn't want to believe for quite some time now
...which is that he's Berto 2.0
He can change, and maybe that comes with a different trainer, but only time will tell. Berto never changed and he had all the physical gifts in the world, damn shame too...
If you're coming off a good win, you usually wanna fight a guy coming off a good win simply because to the general public it looks better and easier to market. I'm not saying you can't fight a guy coming off a bad loss, but if you're gonna take the risk of losing, wouldn't you rather lose to a guy on top than faltering?
Of course, there's an exception to every rule...and that exception is drawing ability. Do Maidana or Garcia have Broner's drawing ability?........I don't think so.
In conclusion, I agree with Paulie as a fight fan, I disagree with Paulie as a business man. With the bad blood between them and Broner looking real vulnerable, that rematch would go over like free super bowl tickets