Adrien Broner

Adrien Jerome Broner (born July 28, 1989) is an American professional boxer.

Broner turned professional on May 31, 2008, and scored three consecutive first-round knockouts against Allante Davis, David Warren Huffman and Ramon Flores.

In Broner's fourth fight he faced Terrance Jett at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the undercard of the Ricky Hatton vs Paulie Malignaggi fight.

Broner defeated Jett with a stoppage in the sixth round.

In Broner's fifth professional fight and final of 2008, he faced Eric Ricker with a no-contest decision.

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.

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.

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 a fight that Quintero took on 4 days' notice.

In June at the Staples Center Broner met Australian William Kickett, scoring a sixth-round knockout.

On the Juan Díaz vs Paul Malignaggi undercard in Houston Broner made short work of Edgar Portillo, victory coming via stoppage in the first round.

Broner defeated Henry White Jr via KO in September and finished his busy year against Tommy Atencio.

Broner stopped Atencio in the first round, for the sixth time in thirteen fights.

In 2010, Broner engaged in four more fights with Rafael Lora, Carlos Claudio, Guillermo Sanchez, and Ilido Julio, stopping them all.

He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including the WBO super featherweight title from 2011 to 2012, the WBC lightweight title from 2012 to 2013, the WBA welterweight title in 2013, and the WBA light welterweight title from 2015 to 2016.

He is known for his over the top behavior both in and out of the ring.

Broner took his first major step up in weight when he competed against former Super Bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de León on March 5, 2011.

In a very closely contested fight, Broner came away with a controversial unanimous decision victory.

Broner got off to a slow start, having trouble penetrating De Leon's high guard.

Broner came on strong in the fourth, hurting De Leon with a body shot.

Broner slowed down in the middle and later rounds, though landed the cleaner shots, while De Leon proved to be the busier fighter.

CompuBox had Broner landing 126 of his 351 (36%) of his total punches, while De Leon landed 127 of his 592 (21%) punches.

Harold Lederman scored the fight: 96–94, in Ponce De Leon's favour.

Broner's next fight was on HBO's Boxing After Dark show from Guadalajara, Mexico, Broner took on Top 10 Super Featherweight contender Jason Litzau in a fight scheduled for ten rounds.

Broner landed combos on the ropes late in the first, with a straight right, left hook and then a right uppercut hurting the Minnesotan badly.

He crumpled, and the ref leaped in, seeing he was out.

The official end came at 2:58 of the first round.

After having no luck in securing a fight with Ricky Burns, the former WBO super featherweight champion, to fight him on November 26, 2011, Broner fought contender Vicente Martin Rodriguez on the undercard of the Saul Alvarez vs. Kermit Cintron fight card on HBO as part of a double header.

He defeated Rodriguez by knockout in the third round, to win the vacant WBO Super Featherweight World title.

In December 2012, The Ring magazine ranked him as the world's fifth best active boxer, pound for pound.

Broner grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and started boxing at the age of six.

He has said that the sport saved him from a life on the streets.

Broner finished his amateur career having 319 fights under his belt, with a record of 300 wins, 19 losses.

Broner made a successful first defense of his WBO belt against Top 10 Super Featherweight contender and mandatory challenger Eloy Pérez on a February 25, 2012, HBO-televised card.

With a knockout victory.

Broner controlled the pace and action from start to finish, beating Perez to the punch and walking him down with ease.

The fight ended when Broner landed a straight hand on Perez, followed by another right hand as Perez was going down.

Broner's next scheduled fight was to be on July 21, 2012, at the U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, against Super Featherweight contender Vicente Escobedo.

However, at weigh-in for the fight on July 20, Broner was 133 1⁄2 pounds, well over the 130-pound limit for the Super Featherweight class, and was automatically stripped of his title.

In July 2018, Broner was ranked as the world's fourth best light welterweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and the eighth best active welterweight by BoxRec.