‘Cincinnati Loudmouth’ Adrien Broner is an annoying contradiction | Kevin Mitchell


The former four-weight world champion can sell a fight but he shocked everyone bar his own fans with a slew of insults after drawing with Jessie Vargas in Brooklyn

It has always been an irritating paradox that Adrien Broner is so classy with gloves on and wilfully obnoxious anywhere near a microphone.

Both sides of the Cincinnati Loudmouth, a former four-weight world champion, were seen when he toughed out a majority draw over 12 rounds at 144lbs catchweight against Jessie Vargas in Brooklyn on Saturday night. He shook hands with his opponent in the ring and smiled briefly, then, after brushing aside the Showtime interviewer, Jim Gray, unleashed a slew of racist and homophobic insults that shocked all but his own hardcore team and supporters.

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