It is clear that relations are no longer good between Broner and the man he once considered to be his mentor. Though never officially part of TMT, Broner has often referred to Mayweather as "big brother," per Sky Sports , but they are far from a happy family at the moment.
Britain's Ashley Theophane—promoted by Mayweather—has been pencilled in as Broner's next opponent. The year-old angered TMT further in the wake of his victory over Allakhverdiev in Ohio as he called out Theophane, promising to wipe the floor with the year-old by way of a very crass Caitlyn Jenner joke, per Complex Sports' Chris Yuscavage. Broner has immense talent, but his defeats to Marcos Maidana—back in to lose his WBA welterweight title—and Porter are major blots on his record.
He talks a big game, but he needs to defend his latest title against a string of top opponents if he is to prove himself as a worthy champion. His latest comments are likely to anger Mayweather even further, and the war of words between Broner and TMT is likely to run and run.
Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox! So, another exhibition against Broner can also be an option for Mayweather. He has vowed to appear in such fights in the future, and fans can expect it to happen.
Do you think Adrien Broner can beat Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition? Home Boxing. I was going to leave out last night, but my pilot didn't get any rest and I want to make sure my pilots are well rested before we fly anywhere. We all know rest is very, very important. BT: Adrien definitely took notice of your absence. He said he was a little pissed that you didn't make it and questioned if you cared about Ashley. FM: Well, my thing is I put Ashley in a position to fight for a world title.
I don't know Ashley's promoters from the past, but who put him in the position to fight for a world title? I feel like I've done my job by putting him in a position to fight for a world title. Adrien Broner, his nickname is "The Problem".
The problem that he really needs to focus on is his problem in Cincinnati. We're talking about "The Problem", Adrien Broner. He still got Maidana problems that I had to solve for him. We heard him talking about that he wanted to fight Shawn Porter again. Why, when you lost 11 rounds? You only won the 12th round. BT: Did you hear that he referred to your company as "Hateweather Promotions"?
FM: Well everybody's entitled to their opinion. We can't knock him for that. If we really do our homework, I mean, this company has made crazy money. It's not always about the money, but a lot of times, with my lifestyle and my persona and everything else, money is always going to come up.
Always broke? I mean, that's what I thought AB stands for. Last year, I think Leonard made more money than Adrien Broner. He gave himself a figure name: About Billions. We know he ain't never seen 8 figures or 9 figures.
He's barely seen 7 figures. It could be safe to say that just one of my cars costs more than he made in his whole career. It was mission accomplished from bell to bell at least, as he overcame some early speed bumps, found his rhythm midway and spent the last half of the fight beating a clinical rat-a-tat on Molina's swollen, reddened face.
When Showtime's Jim Gray approached for post-fight comments, the stage was set for the supposedly new Broner to show the post-win Mayweather graciousness had rubbed off, too. Instead, Broner tastelessly labeled the win as no more than a televised sparring session, reveled in the fact that he "beat the f--k out of a Mexican" and conceded that at the end of the day, he's still "going to be Adrien Broner. In the end, if the night was a screen test, his result would have been "don't call us, we'll call you.
To be fair, the s are gone and no one should expect Broner—or any other modern athlete for that matter—to mirror all the role-model palaver of generations past. Still, there seems to be an intense contrarian motivation with The Problem to push every behavioral envelope, no matter how non-incendiary the situation. If it's a guy just being who he is, fine.
He's a big-time ring talent, and that's all any of us have a right to ask from him on a boxing show. Win big fights and you'll be judged a big fighter.
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