On Friday night, Adrien Broner will fight Alex Theophane in what was supposed to be a super-lightweight title fight in Washington, D.C. before he failed to make weight. The fight will still go on, but it’s already the less high-profile of Broner’s battles. Broner and his former mentor Floyd Mayweather’s ongoing war of words is getting more attention than the fight itself, certainly now that Broner vacated his belt.
After Broner posted a video of himself tossing money in a Wal-Mart, Mayweather chided him for acting inappropriately (and also for shopping for himself at a Wal-Mart). Broner responded by calling Floyd jealous and calling out his domestic violence record. Both made salient points about the other while missing the larger, more salient issue that they’re airing out petty grievances through the media rather than handling it like adults. Speaking of airing out petty grievances to the media, Floyd responded again to Broner in an interview with Fight Hype. We’ll leave you with a couple of excerpts, because they feel like a collective mic drop:
I’m still trying to find out what AB stands for. 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 10-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…
Mayweather Promotions holds the record for pay-per-view and we know Adrien Broner is a free TV type of fighter… If you took me to Cincinnati and I fought in Cincinnati, I’d sell out the state! If you took me to Cincinnati, I couldn’t fight in an arena. I’d have to fight at the baseball stadium and the whole state would show up. You gotta realize this, in Cincinnati, they giving tickets away for him.
I think the best name for him is not “The Problem”, it’s “Snake”. The reason why is because of this, say a snake is hurt and sick. You nurture that snake, you help that snake, you give that snake medicine, and you get that snake back to 100%. As soon as you turn your back, a snake will bite you.
(Via Fight Hype)
