Shawn Porter has been nothing but a class act during the promotional build up for his fight with Adrien Broner.
Broner not so much. Broner has skipped out on media calls and has gotten extremely personal with his attacks on Porter and his father.
Case in point his rant during Thursday’s press conference.
At the weigh-in today, both fighters made their catchweight of 144 (the bout is being fought at welterweight which is 147). During the staredown, Broner talked a lot while Porter just stared and smile at the crowd.
When it came to shake hands this is what happened (video taken by BSO’s Kel Dansby, I was also in attendance and saw it live).
Broner refuses to shake Porter's hand after the face off #BronerPorter #boxing pic.twitter.com/zI306ECVO0
— Kel Dansby (@KelDansby) June 19, 2015
As you can see on the video Mayweather tries to pull Broner back who just walks away. Mayweather seems a bit embarrassed by his “little brother’s” actions and shakes Porter’s hand for him.
Not a professional move by Broner, who wants to be the villain so bad, he is overdoing it. Fight is tomorrow live on NBC.