Adrien Broner came under fire after saying he “beat the [expletive] out of a Mexican” after he bested Carlos Molina in a fight.
But he now claims that he meant nothing but love.
People were shocked when Broner made the comment on Saturday after he beat Molina in a fight on the Mayweather-Maidana card.
He also said “I’ve beaten up Africans” before making the comment.
Broner told TMZ this week that he didn’t mean any harm.
“I love all Mexicans,” Broner said
“Molina put up a hard fight.”
Broner’s next fight is up in the air.
Potential opponents include Manny Pacquiao, Marcos Maidana, and Danny Garcia.
Earlier AP update:
Broner came back from his only professional loss to win a lopsided decision over Carlos Molina in a 140-pound bout.
Broner was simply too fast for Molina, who pressed the action but was consistently beaten to the punch. Broner never seemed to hurt Molina, but won all 10 rounds on one scorecard and won easily on the other two.
“As you can see I didn’t have any trouble,” Broner said. “It was sparring on national television.”
Broner was fighting for the first time since being beaten by Maidana in a December fight, when he was knocked down twice and lost a decision. That fight was at 147 pounds, but Broner moved back down to 140 to fight Molina.
Broner (28-1, 22 knockouts) said he felt better at the lower weight after briefly holding a piece of the welterweight title. Ringside punch stats showed him landing 237 of 614 punches to 150 of 550 for Molina.
“This is definitely the ring weight,” he said. “I'll fight anybody, but I want to fight (Manny) Pacquiao before he leaves.”
In another bout, J'Leon Love came back from a fifth round knockout to beat Marco Antonio Periban in a 168-pound fight.
Love won a 10-round decision on all three ringside scorecards to remain unbeaten in 19 fights. Periban fell to 20-2-1.
