Adrien Broner: record, next fight and profile →
After so many years (he started when he was 12), so many fights (69) and so much money earned (more than $400 million, according to one report), the question for Manny Pacquiao is obvious: Why continue to fight? Of course, money remains a factor whether Pacquiao acknowledges it or not. Who among us wouldn’t prolong a career in which we command seven figures-plus?
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao and Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach reunited on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. (Photos by Wendell Alinea). They met and talked for a few minutes at Pacquiao's suite in the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills. Last time they spoke was right after Pacquiao lost a controversial decision to Jeff Horn in Brisbane, Australia more than a year ago.
Adrien Broner has vowed to "pack off" Manny Pacquiao into retirement when they meet in Las Vegas on January 19. It was officially confirmed on Monday that the MGM Grand will be the venue when Pacquiao puts his WBA World Welterweight title on the line.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The question with Adrien Broner is, how low will he go? The answer: pretty low. That includes racist jokes, including some directed at his own ethnic group. Broner was speaking at the formal portion of a news conference to promote his December 1 pay-per-view fight with Manny Pacquiao when he served up some of his dicey material to a few hundred in attendance
Pacquiao, Broner Los Angeles Press Conference Photos Gallery - Senator Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, boxing's only eight-division world champion, will end his two-year hiatus from a U.S. boxing ring when he returns to Las Vegas to defend his World Boxing Association welterweight world title against former four-division world champion and must-see attraction Adrien "The Problem" Broner.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – Manny Pacquiao might reunite with longtime trainer Freddie Roach for his fight against Adrien Broner on January 19 but nothing had been settled as of Tuesday afternoon. Pacquiao said at a news conference to promote the pay-per-view fight Monday in New York that Roach would work with him in a supervisory role after fighting without Roach in his corner in his last fight, a knockout of Lucas Matthysse.
NEW YORK – Stephen Espinoza expects Adrien Broner to give Manny Pacquiao a difficult fight January 19. Showtime’s president of sports and event programming understands why handicappers have installed Pacquiao, who’ll turn 40 before their fight, as a 2-1 favorite over the 29-year-old Broner. That’s expected, considering Pacquiao knocked out Lucas Matthysse four months ago and Broner boxed to a split draw with Jessie Vargas in his last bout.
Los Angeles Press Conference Live Stream - SHOWTIME Sports will present the official live stream of the Pacquiao-Broner New York and Los Angeles press conferences across digital platforms during their two-city press tour on Monday and Tuesday.
Talk of a rematch with Floyd Mayweather must wait until after January’s WBA welterweight title defense against Adrien Broner, Manny Pacquiao said on Monday. “Floyd, if he comes out of retirement, we will see after this fight,” said Pacquiao when asked about former champion Mayweather at a news conference to promote his Jan. 19 fight with Broner in Las Vegas.
Manny Pacquiao confirmed Monday he will defend his WBA world welterweight crown against Adrien Broner in Las Vegas on January 19, ending a two-year absence from the ring in the United States. At a press conference in New York, officials confirmed that Pacquaio, 39, will clash with Broner at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.