"I strive to be a perfectionist, but no one is perfect. He's going to make mistakes and I understand that...You know, if I'm with you, I'm with you through the good, the bad, and the ugly. I love Adrien Broner, but like I said before, he's still learning. The difference is this between Floyd Mayweather and Adrien Broner, you have to know when to turn it on and turn it off. You have to know the difference between the two," stated undefeated pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, who had some positive advice for former world champion Adrien Broner following his unanimous decision loss to Shawn Porter. Check it out!
BT: After seeing his performance on Saturday, what kind of advice would you give or have you already given Adrien as far as his career is concerned at this point?
FM: I mean, styles make fights. It wasn't like Shawn Porter did nothing super impressive. At the end of the day, Adrien Broner came from a small weight class and showed you that he got some thump because he put him on his ass. He just waited until the last minute. Anybody is capable of having a bad night. God just blessed me to have 48 good nights, and I'm very thankful and appreciative for that. I respect every man as a man first. Adrien, he's a young black American male that looks up to me and the only thing that I ever tried to do was give him positive advice. He still makes a lot of mistakes and he's going to continue to make mistakes, but as a big brother, my job is to guide him in the right way, and that's the only thing that I want to do. I strive to be a perfectionist, but no one is perfect. He's going to make mistakes and I understand that.
You know, if I'm with you, I'm with you through the good, the bad, and the ugly. I love Adrien Broner, but like I said before, he's still learning. The difference is this between Floyd Mayweather and Adrien Broner, you have to know when to turn it on and turn it off. You have to know the difference between the two. You got Adrien "The Problem" Broner and you got Adrien Broner. You got Floyd "Money" Mayweather and you got Floyd Mayweather. You got to know when to turn it on and when to turn it off.
I mean, Adrien has been through a rough life. He had a very, very rough life, you know. A lot of people want to say, "He's the fake Floyd Mayweather." It's the same thing they used to say about Kobe Bryant. "Oh, you know, he be wearing Michael Jordan..." At the end of the day, it doesn't matter who Kobe Bryant patterned himself after; he's a legend and he's a true champion. All Adrien has to do is just get more focused, make some small changes, and he can be a Hall of Famer. He's not the fake Floyd Mayweather. He's Adrien "The Problem" Broner and he's a very, very close friend of mine. Whenever we speak, I try to give him positive advice.
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