Adrien Broner just realized that his previously-undefeated-record got tainted due to his choice of fights to accept.
Though he wasn’t trying to excuse anything, the former four-division world champion saw that he has gone 0-2-1 in his past three fights. His overall record would have been better, Broner assumes, if he were more keen in selecting who he boxes.
AB lost his latest fight after eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao showed that he still has plenty of gas left in his tank. ‘Pacman’ retained his WBA welterweight belt after dominating Broner in twelve rounds en route to a unanimous decision win in Las Vegas last month.
The American boxer suffered a pair of 12-round unanimous decision losses over Pacquiao and Mikey Garcia while his match vs Jessie Garcia resulted into a majority draw. Following these blots on his record, Broner realized that he’d still be undefeated if he turned down fights.
“People don’t do what I do, man,” Broner told a group of reporters while he was in California to support Gervonta Davis who knocked out Mexican veteran Hugo Ruiz on Saturday night.
“I’m from the streets, man. I don’t care, and I’ll fight everybody again. Can’t wait,” Broner continued.
Referring to his last match against Pacquiao, Broner turned thumbs down to beliefs that the Filipino fighter dominated the 12-round battle. Speaking to broadcaster Jim Gray in the post-fight chat, the 29-year-old insisted that he landed more punches.
“It already sounds like you’re against me. I already ain’t got a fair shake talking to you,” Broner told Gray. “But let me talk something, let you all know, I want to thank the whole hood who came out here. I did this for the hood and you know I beat that boy.
‘The Problem’ now thinks that he will be able to make a relatively quick return to the ring since he didn’t consider the Pacquiao fight particularly taxing. The ringside judges scored the match 116-112, 117-111, and 116-112 all in favour of the Filipino athlete.