4-time boxing champ Broner withdraws from Saturday fight

FILE - Boxer Adrien Broner takes questions from the media at the Ten Goossen boxing gym in Van Nuys, Calif., Jan. 9, 2019. Four-time world champion Adrien Broner withdrew Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, from his nationally televised fight against Omar Figueroa on Saturday night, Aug. 20, 2022, citing mental health.

FILE - Boxer Adrien Broner takes questions from the media at the Ten Goossen boxing gym in Van Nuys, Calif., Jan. 9, 2019. Four-time world champion Adrien Broner withdrew Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, from his nationally televised fight against Omar Figueroa on Saturday night, Aug. 20, 2022, citing mental health. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)


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Four-time world champion Adrien Broner has withdrawn from his nationally televised fight against Omar Figueroa, citing mental health. Broner was supposed to fight on Showtime on Saturday. He announced his decision on social media, saying that mental health is real and he isn't willing to die from boxing. Broner last fought on Feb. 20, 2021, posting a unanimous decision.

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