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<\/a>Former four-division world champion and must-see attraction Adrien \u201cThe Problem\u201d Broner and stablemate and former world champion Robert \u201cTrouble\u201d Easter Jr. previewed their respective showdowns taking place Saturday, February 20 live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. PT from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.<\/p>\nThe popular Broner (33-4-1, 24 KOs), who by the age of 26 had captured world titles at 130, 135, 140 and 147 pounds, will end his two-year hiatus from boxing and continue his quest for a fifth world title by returning to face Jovanie Santiago (14-0-1, 10 KOs) in a 12-round super lightweight bout. In the opening bout of the telecast, the former IBF Lightweight World Champion Easter (22-1-1, 14 KOs) will fight for the second time at super lightweight when he takes on once-beaten contender Ryan Martin (24-1, 14 KOs) in a 12-round contest.<\/p>\n
The childhood friends and Ohio natives just concluded an intense and lengthy training camp in southern Florida under the watchful eye of Mike Stafford, the longtime head trainer of Broner and assistant trainer of Easter. Here is what both fighters had to say about training camp, their respective matchups and more:<\/p>\n
ADRIEN BRONER:<\/p>\n
On his matchup with Jovanie Santiago\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cSantiago is hungry. He\u2019s still undefeated and he definitely doesn\u2019t want to lose. It\u2019s going to be a great fight. He\u2019s definitely going to come to fight. Anybody that has a chance to fight an Adrien Broner to put their career up another step, they\u2019re going to bring their A-game. I\u2019m just training my hardest and I\u2019m going to come in and be ready on February 20.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a hell of a fighter. He\u2019s got great skills. But I just think I\u2019m on a different level. February 20 people are going to see that I\u2019m still the Adrien Broner who can take over the sport. In boxing I\u2019ve learned that it only takes one performance to bring everybody back. All I have to do is go out there and perform and everybody will be back on the bandwagon.<\/p>\n
On his motivations for this fight\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if I didn\u2019t have these pending court cases against me, I\u2019d still be working my ass off to come back and make a fortune. That has nothing to do with my motivation. God gave me a blessing and gifted me with some great talent and I\u2019m not going to let it go to waste. The motivation is that I miss the sport. I miss being on top. I miss being champion and I\u2019m going to take another run at being champion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve found my love for boxing again. I gave myself some time to miss boxing and I\u2019m ready to go in there and win some more world titles. My children are what fuel me now.<\/p>\n
On how he plans to stay on track after this fight\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI just need to go back to the gym after the fight. I\u2019m trying to stay out of as much trouble as possible, stay out of jail and just work my ass off. I\u2019m going to dedicate these last three to five years to straight boxing. I\u2019m going to get as much as I can out of boxing and then retire and watch my kids grow up. I\u2019ve matured a lot. I\u2019ve been through a lot. It\u2019s just time to get to business, make my money and do what I do best, and that\u2019s box.<\/p>\n
On getting back into fighting shape\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI had to lose the 35 pounds and it was tough. I\u2019ve put in the work. After this fight I\u2019m going to stay on track and get right back to the gym. The goal is to become the five-time world champion, and then the sixth and the seventh time after that. I\u2019m just working. I was so out of shape. I had to be gritty and I had to dig deep. Being out that long, I was overweight. I had to wake up and run miles and work my body back. It was tough.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve just had to change everything, change the lifestyle mostly. What would I tell a younger fighter? Just stay in the gym as much as possible. Don\u2019t be blinded by the money and the lights and the girls and the partying life. I\u2019m not saying don\u2019t live your life. You can\u2019t just box, box, box your whole life. You just have to stay relaxed.<\/p>\n
On fighting at 140 pounds…<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like 140 pounds is the weight that I want to be at. You can\u2019t really say I made by bread and butter at 147. I\u2019ve been a champion at 147 pounds but I\u2019ve also been a champion at 140, 135 and 130 pounds. I think any fight at whatever weight Adrien Broner is at is a big fight. That\u2019s the main thing. I want to fight where I feel the most comfortable right now in my career, and right now, I think 140 is the best for me.<\/p>\n
On his legacy as a boxer\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cMy career speaks for itself, honestly. A four-weight class world champion. I was one of the youngest to ever do it. And I\u2019m going to be a five-time world champion soon. I\u2019m just going to keep putting in the work and I\u2019m going to stay focused.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople forget that I\u2019m only 31 years old. They sometimes look at me like an old head. It\u2019s crazy. I have been around for a long time \u2013 about 11 years now. But I\u2019m only 31 and I have a lot more in the tank. With my resume, I just feel like I have a lot more to do. I\u2019m going to put the work in and I\u2019m going to get it done. Of course, I think about the Hall of Fame. I think I\u2019ve done enough already. I was one of the youngest to ever become a four-time world champion in four weight classes. But I\u2019m going to go win some more titles and do what I do to seal the deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
ROBERT EASTER JR.<\/p>\n
On his matchup with Ryan Martin\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cMartin is a tough opponent who is going to bring his A-game, but I don\u2019t see much difficulty in handling him and adjusting to anything he brings. I know he\u2019s a hard worker. We fought each other in the amateurs so I know he probably has a chip on his shoulder. I really don\u2019t think there\u2019s much from that amateur fight that I can take away for this fight. We both have transitioned into the pros so he probably has a little more in his arsenal now, just like I do.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what to expect from Ryan Martin, but I do know what I expect from myself. When I\u2019m in the ring I will make it a one-sided fight and bring my A-game. I\u2019m coming to get the win.<\/p>\n
On his 15-month layoff\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just very excited to get back in the ring. I had a little rust at first but that\u2019s gone away and I\u2019m perfectly fine now. I was a little nervous thinking about how I was going to feel when I came back, but I\u2019m good now. We\u2019re training very well. We\u2019re sparring a lot. I am more than ready.<\/p>\n
On training with Broner\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot I\u2019ve learned from Adrian. We train together every single day in the morning and in the afternoon. As soon as I turned pro, he took me under his wing. He taught me a lot of small things that you have to learn when you first come up from the amateurs into the pros. He was already a world champion by the time I came up so there was definitely a lot I could learn from him.<\/p>\n
On his plans for 2021\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not worried about who\u2019s next, I just have to be prepared for February 20. It\u2019s been frustrating watching all these fights on TV. I don\u2019t even watch it anymore. But it\u2019s been motivating to me and I just have to stay focused and keep training like crazy.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy plan for 2021 is that I want to fight three times and get a title shot as soon as possible. It doesn\u2019t matter who has the title or who I have to fight, I want to go get it. I plan to stay at 140. I feel stronger at 140 than I do at 135, so that\u2019s where I want to be. I\u2019m taking it one fight at a time to get to that title shot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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