NEW YORK ? Adrien Broner has 500,000 reasons to make weight vs. Mikey Garcia.
That?s because Broner said there?s a $500,000 penalty in the contract if he comes in overweight for his highly anticipated 140-pound clash against Garcia, scheduled for July 29 in Brooklyn on Showtime.
?Everybody be like, ?Is he gonna make weight?? The weight?s not a problem,? Broner (33-2, 24 knockouts) said. ?You know, I haven?t made weight lately because for what? They gonna pay me the same if I fight at ?44? Then f? yeah, I?m gonna fight at ?44! And then everybody be making a big deal about it when, on paper, it says ?44 and I make ?44, and they?re like, ?Oh, he?s overweight.? Like, s?, I made weight. Look at the paper.?
The 27-year-old is referring to his catchweight bout against Shawn Porter in June 2015, when Broner was dominated, save for a 12th-round knockdown. Last February he was set to face Adrian Granados in a 140-pound fight, but the weight was moved seven pounds north a month out at the request of Broner?s camp. Broner won by split decision.
?The Problem? last weighed in under the junior welterweight limit for a vacant title fight against Khabib Allakhverdiev in November 2015. Broner then lost that belt at the scale for his win over Ashley Theophane in April 2016.
?Now I got a reason to make 140, you know? Because we ain?t about to pay the man to put these hands on,? Broner said. ?They talking about giving up half-a-million if I don?t make weight. Y?all ain?t think I?m gonna make weight? I ain?t got a dollar to give to nobody right now.
?All my baby mamas and kids, man, y?all be crazy! S?! Listen man, I?m definitely training my ass off, man. And I think this will be one of the best performances of my career and I think this will take me to the superstardom, where I need to be.?
