LAS VEGAS – It wouldn’t be a big fight without another reported incident involving Adrien Broner.
Broner was arrested Friday at the weigh-in for the Deontay Wilder-Tyson Fury heavyweight rematch at the MGM Grand on Saturday night
Broner, the former four-division titleholder, was detained after MGM security guards asked him to leave the property. He ignored them He then was handcuffed and taken into custody by the Las Vegas Police Department. According to TMZ, Broner will be given a citation for misdemeanor trespassing.
The MGM Grand banned Broner, 30, from being on the property after he reportedly got involved in a brawl before Canelo Alvarez’s 10th-round stoppage of Sergey Kovalev on Nov. 2.
Broner (33-4-1, 24 KOs, 1 NC), who was seen in the media workroom Friday afternoon, hasn’t fought since losing a unanimous decision to Manny Pacquiao for a welterweight title in January 2019, also at the MGM Grand.