Adrien Broner Net Worth

What Is Adrien Broner's Net Worth and Career Earnings?

Adrien Broner is an American professional boxer who has a net worth of $100 thousand. Unfortunately, despite earning millions of dollars in the ring, in a 2020 court appearance, Adrien claimed to have just $13 to his name, hence his inability to pay an $855,000 legal judgment. More details on his legal and financial problems later in this article.

Adrien Broner turned professional in 2008 and quickly built a reputation as a flashy, confident fighter with sharp counterpunching skills and defensive instincts often compared to Floyd Mayweather Jr. Broner captured his first world title in 2011, winning the WBO super featherweight belt, and went on to claim titles at lightweight, welterweight, and light welterweight.

At his peak, Broner scored notable victories over fighters like Antonio DeMarco and Paulie Malignaggi, showcasing both power and technical ability. However, his ascent was halted in 2013 when he suffered a decisive loss to Marcos Maidana, exposing flaws in his defense and discipline. That defeat marked a turning point, and Broner struggled to maintain elite consistency against top-tier opponents.

In the years that followed, he remained a high-profile draw, facing major names like Mikey Garcia and Manny Pacquiao, but often fell short in marquee fights. Outside the ring, legal issues and personal challenges frequently interrupted his momentum. Despite never fully recapturing his early dominance, Broner's combination of talent, charisma, and notoriety kept him relevant in boxing for more than a decade.

Early Life

Adrien Jerome Broner was born on July 28, 1989, in Cincinnati, Ohio. By the age of six, he was learning how to box. The mean streets of Cincinnati were quite rough during his upbringing, and Adrien later admitted that if it weren't for boxing, he probably would have become involved in dangerous street gangs.

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Career

After amassing an impressive record of 300 wins and 19 losses as an amateur fighter, Broner turned professional in 2008. That year, he knocked out Allante Davis, David Warren Huffman, and Ramon Flores – all in the first round. He finished off the year without losing a single match. His matches in 2009 were not as easy, and he faced fighters like Jose Alfredo Lugo and Erick Ricker. He also knocked out Angel Rodriguez in the fourth round that year. More fights followed, and Broner still proved victorious against fighters like William Kickett and Tommy Atencio. He ended 2009 without a single loss.

His first big fight came in 2011 when he faced former Super Bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon. It was a tough fight, but Broner walked away with a win. Things went better when Adrien took on Jason Litzau, and he beat him in the first round.

Although Broner was intent on facing Ricky Burns next, he settled for Vicente Martin Rodriguez later in 2011. Not only did Adrien knock out Rodriguez in the third round, but he also won the vacant WBO Super Featherweight World title. He then successfully defended his WBO belt against challenger Eloy Perez, once again finishing the fight with a convincing knockout. Unfortunately, Broner failed to cut his weight down to 130 pounds before a fight against Vicente Escobedo, and he was stripped of his title.

Broner moved to the lightweight class, starting with a convincing win against Antonio DeMarco. While DeMarco was the number-one rated lightweight at the time, Broner knocked him down in the sixth round and claimed the world title. While Adrien still wanted to fight Ricky Burns, he was once again forced to settle for another fighter, Gavin Rees, instead. It was another dominant victory for Broner.

Having no luck in securing a fight against Burns, Broner went up two weight classes to fight Paulie Malignaggi as a welterweight. It was a tough fight, but Broner won in a controversial split decision. Both fighters walked away with six-figure winnings, although Broner won $250,000 more than Paulie, with a total sum of $1.5 million. His title defense against Marcos Maidana did not go well, and the Argentine boxer controlled the fight to hand Broner his first defeat as a professional.

After beating Carlos Molina and Emmanuel Taylor, Broner fought Shawn Porter despite wanting to fight Maidana again in a rematch. Despite knocking Porter down in the 12 round, Broner lost the fight in a unanimous decision, as it was Porter who had controlled most of the fight. He then returned to the light welterweight division to win against Khabib Allakhverdiev, claiming his fourth world title in the process. He was then stripped of his title ahead of his title fight against Ashley Theophane for failing to meet the 140-pound limit. The fight went forward, and Broner defeated Theophane in the 9th round with a TKO.

After returning to welterweight once again, Broner defeated Adrian Granados in a controversial split decision. In 2017, Adrien fought Mikey Garcia, losing in a unanimous decision. Later in 2017, Broner took on Jessie Vargas, and the fight was called a draw. Adrien then returned to welterweight for a third time and faced Manny Pacquiao, and lost in a unanimous decision.

In October 2022, Broner loudly announced he had signed a massive 3-fight, "8-figure guaranteed" deal with the streaming platform BLK Prime. However, by February 2023, he announced he was a free agent again, splitting from the company without ever fighting or seeing that massive payday.

Broner then signed with legendary promoter Don King. He fought and beat Bill Hutchinson in June 2023 and Blair Cobbs in June 2024 fight against Blair Cobbs. In the Fobbs fight, Broner was knocked down and lost via unanimous decision.

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Earnings

On April 21, 2018, he earned a guaranteed $1 million to fight Jessie Vargas, a match that ended in a controversial draw. Broner's purse for his January 2019 fight against Manny Pacquiao was guaranteed at $2.5 million before Pay Per View bonuses.

Atlanta Mansion

In 2016, Broner gave fans a video tour of his purported $6 million mansion in Atlanta. He made sure to show off the grand staircase and saltwater swimming pool while reminding viewers that he was not renting this residence. However, there are no public property records indicating Adrien Broner ever purchased or owned a $6 million estate in Georgia.

Given his courtroom admission of having $13 in the bank just four years later and his lack of liquid assets to pay his judgments, it's likely this was a rented property or a lifestyle facade used for social media clout.

Legal Issues

Adrien Broner has struggled with a number of legal issues over the course of his life.

In 2016, he was charged with a misdemeanor after allegedly choking a waitress at a nightclub. In 2017, he was arrested after a warrant was issued due to his failure to appear in court. Later in 2017, Adrien landed in hot water after a video surfaced of him knocking out a fan. After failing to appear at his arraignment, a warrant was issued for his arrest. Broner later stated that he wasn't aware of the hearing being scheduled.

In 2020, Broner was found in contempt of court by a judge while he was attending a hearing for an assault lawsuit. This was in connection with a 2018 incident when he had allegedly assaulted a woman at a nightclub by forcibly kissing her. Adrien was found in contempt because he had repeatedly failed to hand over documents and evidence. Specifically, Broner was asked to provide evidence as to why he was unable to pay an $855,000 judgment that he had been ordered to pay the woman he allegedly assaulted.

Financial Issues

Adrien failed to pay the $855,000 judgment. In November 2020, Adrien was forced to appear in front of a judge in Ohio to explain why he had not paid the funds. In his statement to the court, Adrien claimed to have just $13 in cash in his bank. The judge pointedly asked Adrien how he could explain a video from the previous weekend that was posted to social media and showed Adrien surrounded by stacks of cash. When Broner tried to explain his Instagram cash as gifts from "rich friends," Judge Nancy Margaret Russo famously wasn't buying it. She stated he had "continually defied every court order," snapped, "the jig is up today," and immediately sent him to jail for contempt.

Here's a video of the courtroom interaction:

The $855,000 judgment is not the only massive debt Broner has faced. He was also sued by New York-based Pristine Jewelers over a staggering $1.25 million in unpaid jewelry bills, further compounding his financial liabilities.

Beyond the financial penalties, his legal troubles continued to result in jail time. After pleading guilty to two misdemeanors as a result of the nightclub incident, Broner was placed on probation for two years. He violated his probation not long afterward and was arrested for drunk driving. This put the boxer behind bars for seven days.

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