Adrien Broner is at a crossroads in his career. Once considered to be the heir apparent to fill Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s shoes as boxing's biggest attraction, the Cincinnati native has lost two of his last five fights, including Saturday's bout against Shawn Porter.
Adrien Broner dancing on his way to the right to fight Shawn Porter at the MGM Grand In Las Vegas
Despite his past missteps, "About Billions" could resurrect his career, but he's going to have to convince the fans who buy tickets that he's worth watching again. To do that he might have to drop down to the 140-pound light welterweight division and beat a series of quality opponent.
He's currently campaigning in the 147-pound welterweight division but both Marcos Maidana and Porter (he fought Porter at a 144 pound catch weight) proved he's not physically strong enough to fight in that weight class.
Marcos Maidana watches after knocking Adrien Broner to the canvas in their December, 2013 fight.
One interested observer is Floyd Mayweather Sr. Broner held his training camp for the Porter fight at the Mayweather Boxing Club.
Floyd Sr. has watched him up close and believes his out of the ring activities are affecting him negatively. Read what he told Boxing Scene about Broner.
"I'll be honest with you, I voted for Broner. I was thinking Broner was going to win. You cant keep making excuses for people. You can't keep making excuses. if he knows that there is something that he didn't do right, he knows right from wrong. If he did it wrong and got his ass whopped, that's what is supposed to happen," Mayweather Sr. told BoxingScene.com.
"He's not no top ranked fighter, in the rankings. He held all night. Broner looked like nothing. All that grabbing and holding. With all that stuff he does...the women...the drinking...all that stuff. He's not going to do nothing. He looked like a bum. First, he needs to learn how to fight. If he wants to learn how to fight, he needs to come see me - or else forget it, done. My whole saying is, it's my way or the highway and no other way.
"All the things Broner was saying, none of it was true. Don't get me wrong, I see where he's got ability, but with all the sh*t with these girls and drinking, he's never going to get nowhere."
At this point Broner probably regrets turning down that 5-year, $40 million offer from Roc Nation Sports.
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