ADRIEN BRONER DISCUSSES CARLOS MOLINA, MOVE TO 140, AND FIGHTING ON MAYWEATHER'S UNDERCARD
By
Ben Thompson | April 01, 2014
"Hey, at the end of the day, you know, I'm still getting a helluva check. So I don't care if it's on the undercard, on the overcard, on the sidecard; as long as my money's right," stated former welterweight champion Adrien Broner, who spoke about his upcoming May 3 clash with jr. welterweight contender Carlos Molina on the undercard of Mayweather vs. Maidana. Check out what else he had to say!
On Carlos Molina...
I'm happy Carlos Molina, he took this fight. He might be looking to give me another L, but that's every fighter that comes into the ring.
He's a helluva fighter, you know. Like I said, I don't disrespect no boxer, man. It takes a lot to get inside the square circle. I don't take any boxer lightly and, you know, I just want to be on this A game May 3rd.
A lot of people looking for me to just go in here and walk over this guy, but at the end of the day, they're forgetting that he's not just somebody to walk over, you know. He's a top class fighter and I can go in there and make the best fighter look like the worst fighter when I'm on my A game. After May 3rd, I just hope I don't get a lot of criticism for who I'm fighting and the way I make it look.
On his loss to Marcos Maidana...
I mean, with the pedestal that they put me on, anybody taking a loss that I did, it would probably break them, but coming from where I come from, you know, I'm strong, you know. I'm strong mentally and physically, so I'm okay. I'm perfectly fine with myself.
On fighting at 140...
We gonna do what's best for Adrien Broner's career at that time. This is my first fight, well, not my first fight, but my first world-wide on television fight at 140 pounds, so we're at 140 right now and we're going to see where we go from here.
It's really not a big change, like, for me. I'm naturally a lightweight. I just can fight in the upper weight class. I got the skills to do it. And, you know, making 140 is not a problem and being mentally sound is not a problem. I'm focused enough to stay in the gym; I got a great support system. I'm okay.
I can hit regardless. It doesn't matter what weight I fight; I can still hit, you know. So, you know, I will showcase my talents, my speed, and my power May 3rd and I'll let you decide.
On fighting on Floyd Mayweather's undercard...
At the end of the day, I'm gonna do whatever makes Adrien Broner happy. Of course I listen to my Big Brother a lot. We talk every day and, you know, he tells me things that's not on the internet or not on the social websites. Me and him have a great understanding and I'm doing great.
Closing thoughts...
I'm really not here to talk trash 'cause he don't talk trash, so I can't talk trash to nobody that don't talk trash to me, you know. Like I said before, I just want him to be on his A game, man, 'cause this is not only just a fight for me. This is one of the biggest fights in the world, like, because literally, they're looking at me to take over the game after my Big Brother is done with boxing, and coming off a loss, they want to see what I come back and do, and they can't wait to see me on TV again. So, you know, I know it's a lot of people that dislike the things that I do, but it's a lot of people that love the things that I do and they want to see Adrien Broner back on top. And I will not disappoint anybody who loves to see me lose or who loves to see me win, because at the end of the day, I'ma put on a show.