“Somedays you are just feeling good. Then you got some days that you just feel like, איר וויסן, 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: אַדריען בראָנער
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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 מארק קריעגעל as he prepares for his welterweight showdown against top-rated contender אַדריאַן גראַנאַדאָס שבת, פעברואר. 18, לעבן אויף שאָוטיים® (9 פּ.ם. און/6 פּ.ם. פּט) from Cintas Center at Xavier University in Cincinnati, אָהיאָ.
This interview is the latest in a reoccurring שאָוטיים ספורט® 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 און 147 פונט, Broner earned a belt in a fourth weight division (140 פונט) אין אקטאבער 2015 when he defeated tough Russian Khabib Allakhverdiev via a stoppage in the 12טה round in his last hometown appearance. ער ס 9-1 in world title fights and this will be the 15טה 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. איר וויסן, 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?"
אַדריען בראָנער: “You know, I did a year at that place. Fighting a case.”
KRIEGEL: “As a juvenile?"
BRONER: "צי ניט, they tried me as an adult. איך איז געווען בלויז 17 at the time… I missed on the pre-trials. בום. I beat it. I get out and I become Adrien Broner. My lifestyle is totally different. און דעריבער, 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. אָבער, איר וויסן, when I was in there. I used to be by myself. I used to try to be by myself as much as possible. אָבער, 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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