By Edward Chaykovsky
WBA junior welterweight champion Adrien Broner wasn't kidding when he said Floyd Mayweather Jr. was upset with his recent statement of "F*** The Money Team."
During a radio interview earlier this money, Broner offered up his explanation for making that statement. He claimed the situation was instigated by several members of TMT, which is Mayweather's crew of close friends and associates - and the name of Floyd's clothing brand.
Mayweather was looking to match TMT member Ashley Theophane against Broner in the near future. Broner claimed Theophane and other TMT members were taking shots at him.
"Sometimes it be the heat of the moment," Broner told Hot 97. "I just did it on TMZ, at the BET Awards. I think it was TMZ..it was something. I was already mad because I've been hearing the TMT boys have been saying 'f***' Adrien and all of that. So I come out and they got the cameras, and I'm thinking that's all he's gonna ask, so I'm like 'f*** the TMT, I f*** with Floyd.' I could have worded that differently. And big bro actually called me about that. He was pretty upset. It's all love though."
Despite their phone conversation, Mayweather is still very annoyed that Broner made that statement.
Mayweather made things a little personal by downplaying and picking apart Broner's world title win over Khabib Allakhverdiev.
"I just want to stand behind him, support him, and help get him to the next level." But you saying, 'F*** The Money Team?' Well, what he don't know, The Money Team is making 8 figures a year," Mayweather explained to Fighthype.com.
"He just lost to Shawn Porter. He lose to Shawn Porter, then you fight for a world title right after that, for a vacant title; you and your opponent coming off losses. Instead of saying, "F*** The Money Team," he needs to be thanking The Money Team because at the end of the day, Al Haymon is a part of The Money Team. He needs to be thanking The Money Team. Everything is under the same umbrella when it's all said and done."
"If you saying, "F*** Al Haymon," you saying, "F*** Floyd Mayweather!" If you saying, "F*** Floyd Mayweather," you saying, "F*** Al Haymon!" I mean, me as a fighter, if I lost a fight, there's no way in hell that my next fight I would be fighting for a title against another guy that's coming off a loss. I wouldn't even be proud or consider myself a champion. What makes that worse is they took the guy to your hometown to fight after you complained and bitched about getting beat on an even playing field."
He also took aim at Broner's post-title win remark, where during his Showtime televised interview he vowed to turn Theophane into Olympian Bruce Jenner [who transitioned to Caitlyn Jenner].
"I mean, you are there taking shots at Bruce Jenner. When it's all said and done, let Bruce Jenner live his life the way he wanna live his life. Bruce Jenner don't even know who Adrien Broner is, but Adrien Broner do know who Bruce Jenner is. You gotta watch what you say because you don't never know who you may need in life or who you may bump into in life," Mayweather said.
