Adrien Broner
Adrien Jerome Broner is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes. His son, Adrien Broner Jr, is a professional boxer who fights at the age of 18. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has a record of 300 wins, 19 losses.
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Adrien Jerome Broner is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes. He is known for his over the top antics both in and out of the ring. In July of 2018, Broner was ranked as the world’s fourth best light welterweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. In December 2012, The Ring magazine ranked him as the fifth best active boxer, pound for pound. Broner turned professional on May 31, 2008, and scored three consecutive first-round knockouts against Allante Davis, David Warren Huffman and Ramon Flores. In January 2009, he was forced to go the distance with Jose Alfredo Lugo, at the Staples Center on the undercard of Shane Mosley vs Antonio Margarito. In March 2010 Broner returned to the ring in March scoring a unanimous decision over Eric Ricker. Three weeks later Broner stopped Angel Rodriguez in the fourth round. On November 26, 2011 Broner fought Ricky Burns, the former WBO super featherweight champion. On February 25, 2012 Broner defeated Eloy Perez to win the vacant WBO Super Featherweight World title. On April 25, 2013 Broner made a successful first defense of his WBO lightweight title against Top 10 contender and mandatory challenger Eloy Ponce de León. On June 26, 2014 Broner beat Vicente Martin Rodriguez by knockout in the third round. He won the WBO junior lightweight title from 2011 to 2012, the WBC lightweight title in 2012 to 2013, and the WBA Welterweight title in 2013.
He also held the WBA light weltersweight title from 2015 to 2016. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two young children. His son, Adrien Broner Jr, is a professional boxer who fights at the age of 18. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has a record of 300 wins, 19 losses. He fought his first professional fight in 2008. He had 319 fights under his belt, with a record of 300 wins and 19 losses, when he turned professional in May 2008. In his eighth fight Broner stepped up to eight rounds in a hard-fought fight with Fernando Quintero, pulling out a controversial majority decision victory. In June he met Australian William Kickett, scoring a sixth-round knockout. In September he defeated Henry White Jr via KO in September and finished his busy year against Tommy Atencio. He then had a fourth round stoppage victory over Roberto Acevedo. In February 2012 he beat Top 10 Super featherweight contender Jason Litzau in a fight scheduled for ten rounds. In April 2013 he beat former WBA super featherweights Ricky Alvarez vs Saul Cintron as part of a double header on HBO’s Boxing After Dark show on the double header of the Saul Alvarez vs Cronin Kermit Kermit Cintro double header. In May 2013 he defeated Top 10 super Featherweight contender Vicente Perez by knockout.
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