Adrien Broner and 'The Problem' with unicorns

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Thursday, June 25

'The Problem' with unicorns: In Adrien Broner's most-recent wet dream, which he's sharing on social media, the world is salivating for a Broner-Porter rematch. He envisions it as the co-feature on Mayweather's May 12 show. Then he can avenge his loss to Porter, shut up all the haters, and ride away on his magic unicorn with his middle finger high in the air.

Steve Kim of boxingscene.com gave the good news to Kenny Porter, father/trainer of "Showtime" Shawn, and ... well, don't order your Broner-Porter II T-shirt just yet.

"Adrien is playing the same game his 'big brother' (Floyd Mayweather) likes to play. He's trying to manipulate everybody," P-Daddy told Kim. "No. 1, we're not going to do a co-main event on a Mayweather card. That's not happening. Either Floyd fights us, or he finds somebody else to put out there.

"I have no intentions of chasing Floyd around," Porter continued. "He lives right down the street from me. We can meet in the parking lot and get down there. So we're not going to be dictated to by Floyd, and definitely not by the guy we just beat."

Translation: You've got wood to chop before you're relevant again, AB.


I can hear you breathing, Floyd! In an appearance on "TMZ Hollywood Sports," Andre Berto claimed Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been harassing him with annoying phone calls.

"I know it's him on the line. I can hear him breathing on the other end of the phone," Berto said, sounding only slightly like a paranoid ex-girlfriend on bath salts. "Stop getting people to call me on the phone, bro, and asking me about this person and that person. Don't do that sh*t. That sh*t is lame. It's corny. He has too much money for that."

Raging bullsh*t ... Oscar De La Hoya told Rick Reeno of boxingscene.com that he wants the winner of a Mayweather-Golovkin fight, if it ever happens. And Jake LaMotta wants the winner of that one. 

Pure dynamite from 'TNT': Tony 'TNT' Tucker laid out his life and times in raw and honest prose this past Sunday on The Ringside Boxing Show, talking as candidly about his weaknesses (cocaine use) as he did about his strengths (57-7, 47 KOs, including his 1987 TKO of Buster Douglas for the same IBF heavyweight championship that Douglas took from Mike Tyson in Tokyo.

The full show, including a riveting Tony Tucker interview, can be heard now at http://ringsideboxingshow.podbean.com.

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