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Adrien Broner To Fight Lawyer/Boxer On June 9

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Adrien Broner To Fight Lawyer/Boxer On June 9

Adrien Broner will return to the ring, on June 9, on a show promoted by Don King.

The 91 year old deal-maker on Saturday in Vegas was to share that “The Problem” would meet one Bill Hutchinson (20-2-4, 9 KOs), a 34 year old journeyman type from Pennsylvania. Adrien Broner and King were set to announce the face-off at New York New York, the Las Vegas facility. The press conference was set for 1 PM, and as of 2:45 PM ET, it hadn't unfolded. And it never really did.

Hutchinson showed up, while AB and DK did not. The underdog chided Broner for being “lackadaisical.” NYF West Coast bureau chief Gayle Falkenthal was present:

Hutchinson turned pro in 2011, losing his first outing. He went 3–1-2 in his first five, yet persevered. He doesn’t really have a signature win, on paper. In his last start, on January 29, 2022, he beat then 14-19-3 Mondale Hubbert (UD6) in Pittsburgh. He hasn't been stopped as a pro. Boxing seems like it's his side hustle, being that he is an attorney, licensed in PA and FL.

Attorney/boxer Bill Hutchinson is to fight Adrien Broner June 9, 2023.

Attorney/boxer Bill Hutchinson, from his Instagram page

Back to “The Problem” Broner…The Ohio native now holds a 34-4-1 mark. He is 33, and is in danger of sliding into a new zone, it would appear. He's been up front of late about his battles with mental/emotional health. Broner insists he's seen the light, and isn't boozing and partying and such like he was before.

A Broner hook-up with the fledgling BLK Prime outfit didn’t get off the runway. After that fizzled, Don King stepped in, and a marriage formed. How long it lasts is anyone’s guess.

Adrien Broner is 1-2-1 in his last five. He's barely been even a part-time fighter, having lost to Mikey Garcia in 2017, drawing with Jessie Vargas in 2018, and losing to Manny Pacquiao in 2019. Since the Pacman loss, he had one bout, a win, against Jovannie Santiago in February 2021.

Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.