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- Adrien Broner wants to compete at least two more times in 2021.
- The American boxer is a polarizing boxer because of his antics in and out of the boxing ring.
- His comments follow a victory speech in which he said he’d pop bottles, cash checks, and have sex.
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America’s polarizing boxer Adrien Broner says he wants to stay active and fight two more times this year.
The 31-year-old, a former four-weight world boxing champion, has fought four times since a February 2017 victory over Adrian Granados.
Since that win, he’s lost twice, drawn once, and rebounded with a decision win Saturday at a behind-closed-doors Premier Boxing Champions event broadcast on Showtime from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut.
His weekend bout against Jovanie Santiago was supposed to take place within the 140-pound confines of the super lightweight division, but during fight week the contracted maximum weight changed to welterweight (147-pounds).
The announcement came weeks after Broner telling Boxing Scene that he had to lose 35-pounds, and attracted criticism from parts of the combat sports industry.
There were also question marks over whether Broner was committed to the sport.
Despite his win, those questions remain as Broner was out-landed by a ratio of two punches to one by the far busier Santiago, according to Compubox data sent to Insider.
When asked how many fights he wants to compete in this year, Broner told reporters at a post-fight press conference he'll take "two more, three if I can."
He said: "Because if I don't, you gotta think, bro. I f--- around and be fighting some more cases. I don't know. Trouble just finds me, somehow. The only way I stay out of trouble is if I'm training.
"I don't know why God got my life set up like this. I don't know. I just try to make the best of it," Broner said.
"And right now, I'm in a mind state to stay focused on boxing. And as long as I can do that, I'll stay out of trouble.
"So, they just need to keep me fighting. I don't give a f--- if I fight next week. I just wanna fight."
Broner's desire to compete more frequently in 2021 follow a post-fight victory speech in which he said he'd "pop bottles, cash checks, and have sex" as a way to celebrate his weekend win.