Adrien Broner: record, next fight and profile →
Last weekend, former four division world champion Adrien Broner stopped Ashley Theophane in the ninth round of their Premier Boxing Champions [PBC] televised bout from Washington, DC.
As previously reported, former four division world champion Adrien Broner (32-2, 24KOs) is returning to the welterweight division. Over the last few years, Broner has had three fights in the welterweight division. He won a split decision over Paulie Malignaggi in 2013, lost a twelve round decision to Marcos Maidana in the fall of the same year, and suffered a twelve round decision loss to Shawn Porter last June at a catch-weight of 144.
Whether boxing fans love him, hate him or are just drawn in by the sideshow factor, Adrien Broner has re-emerged as a bonafide draw. Final ratings data for the April 1 edition of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Spike TV saw a positive - and expected - trend upward, placing Broner's 9th round knockout of Ashley Theohpane as the second-most watched cable TV fight of 2016. The main event - which played to a sold-out crowd at the D.C. Armory in Washington D.C. - boasted a final average of 1.141 million viewers, peaking at 1.3 million viewers, Spike TV spokesperson David Schwarz informed BoxingScene.com on Wednesday.
Newly crowned WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10KOs) was on hand last Friday night when former four-division champion Adrien Broner (32-2, 24KOs) stopped Ashley Theophane in 9 rounds in Washington, DC in a bout that aired live on Spike TV.
For the past few months, former friends Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Adrien Broner (32-2, 24KOs) have been trading words in the media.
Floyd Mayweather Sr. Interview - LAS VEGAS, NV – World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight world champion ARTHUR ABRAHAM, undefeated contenders GILBERTO "Zurdo" RAMIREZ, ÓSCAR VALDEZ and JOSE RAMÍREZ and former world champion EVGENY GRADOVICH kicked off Fght Week by hosting a Las Vegas Media Workout at the Top Rank Gym.
Adrien Broner has officially entered his next fight – the one for his freedom. The former four-division titlist made his first court appearance since surrendering to Hamilton County authorities on felony charges stemming from an alleged incident that took place this past January at Madison Bowl in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Broner – sporting a gray hoodie sweatshirt – was silent yet attentive as his attorney William Welsh spoke on his behalf during Tuesday’s brief hearing at Hamilton County Municipal Court.
On Friday night four-divsion champion Adrien Broner defeated Mayweather Promotions fighter Ashley Theophane in 9 rounds in Washington, DC. The fight was a big commercial success as it is now the highest rated boxing event on Al Haymon's Premier Boxing Champions series on Spike TV.
Final numbers are still coming in, but the brass at Spike TV and Premier Boxing Champions are pleased with the early returns for their latest collaboration.
Adrien Broner was issued a boxing license ahead of his eventual April 1 knockout win over Ashley Theophane on the condition that he would surrender to authorities immediately upon his return home to Cincinnati, Ohio. The former four-division titlist made good on that promise, turning himself in to Hamilton County Sherriff's Department on Monday morning.