“Somedays you are just feeling good. Then you got some days that you just feel like, ja saps, the worst ever…I’m just glad to God that I got out of that mind state and I’m back on a more positive path.” – Adrien Broner
The Reveal with Mark Kriegel: Adrien Broner
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Former four-division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner opens up in an extensive interview with Sports Emmy® Award-Winning writer Marc Kriegel as he prepares for his welterweight showdown against top-rated contender Adrian Granados Dissabte, Febrer. 18, en viu per SHOWTIME® (9 p.m. I/6 p.m. PT) from Cintas Center at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.
This interview is the latest in a reoccurring SHOWTIME Sports® digital series, THE REVEAL with Mark Kriegel, featuring exclusive and in-depth interviews with boxing’s emerging stars.
Broner is one of the most accomplished and outspoken young stars in the sport of boxing. After picking up world titles at 130, 135 i 147 lliura, Broner earned a belt in a fourth weight division (140 lliura) a l'octubre 2015 when he defeated tough Russian Khabib Allakhverdiev via a stoppage in the 12º round in his last hometown appearance. Ell és 9-1 in world title fights and this will be the 15º time he fights as a pro in front of his hometown crowd.
Below are bites from the interview:
KRIEGEL: “You’ve been around a lot of death. You’ve seen a lot.”
Broner: “Yeah.”
KRIEGEL: “Do you care to remember for me?"
Broner: “I remember, but I try to forget. Ja saps, I found out the hard way. And I’ve seen that I gotta maneuver different and that’s why I’m maneuvering differently. That’s why I put as many positive people in front of me as possible.”
MARK KRIEGEL: “Let me ask you about this year. It’s been a tough year for you. You did 30 days for contempt. What was that like?"
Adrien Broner: “You know, I did a year at that place. Fighting a case.”
KRIEGEL: “As a juvenile?"
Broner: "No, they tried me as an adult. Jo només era 17 at the time… I missed on the pre-trials. Auge. I beat it. I get out and I become Adrien Broner. My lifestyle is totally different. I llavors, one day, I wake up back in the same place—I was in one of the same [cells] I was in when I did the year.”
KRIEGEL: “What did you tell yourself?"
Broner: “I made it the best that I can make it. Però, ja saps, when I was in there. I used to be by myself. I used to try to be by myself as much as possible. Però, I told them to put me in general population—because they wanted to put me in protective custody. I can’t do 30 days like that… I helped the whole unit…I just made it a better place at the time. If somebody needs something to eat, I gave them something to eat.”
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