Adrien Broner stripped of WBA belt after he fails to make weight

Adrien Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) has been stripped of his WBA light welterweight title after he failed to make weight on Thursday afternoon for his title defence against Britain’s Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) tonight at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.
Broner, who won the belt with a 12th round knockout win over Khabib Allakhverdiev in October in his last outing, weighed in 0.4 pounds over the division limit of 140 pounds. He was given two hours to shed the extra weight but never returned to…


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