Deen The Great to Adrien Broner: “AB Got to Stop Drinking” After Boxer Found Unresponsive at Concert

Adrien Broner is back home and recovering after a frightening Saturday night in Los Angeles — and his friend Deen The Great is done mincing words about it. The former four-division world champion was found slumped over and seemingly unresponsive backstage at a Skilla Baby concert at The Belasco on Saturday night, and the footage of friends and EMS workers helping him into a wheelchair spread across social media within hours.

TMZ caught up with Deen in New York City on Monday, and the crossover boxer and streaming partner did not hold back. Deen said Broner’s drinking is still a problem — and that the former champion keeps putting himself in positions where something bad can happen.

“AB got to stop drinking and stop putting himself in them positions,” Deen told TMZ. “If you drunk, go home. You can’t be drinking all day and expect not to get robbed.”

What happened on Saturday is still coming into focus, but the outline is clear. Broner was at the Los Angeles show with rapper Blueface, whose Kick livestream caught the boxer slumped on a couch backstage, unresponsive. Blueface was one of the people who found him, and paramedics were called. A source familiar with the situation told TMZ that Broner was heavily intoxicated and overheated. He was never taken to a hospital — he was brought home instead — and is doing okay now.

Then came the rumors. Word spread online that a bag belonging to Broner, allegedly containing between $50,000 and $100,000 in cash and valuables, had gone missing while he was incapacitated — and fingers started pointing at Blueface and his crew. Blueface pushed back hard on his Kick stream on Sunday, insisting his crew had nothing to do with it and that he did not know what happened to the bag. Deen is not blaming Blueface either. His message was aimed squarely at his friend: stop getting that drunk around strangers, because nobody else is going to look out for you when you can’t look out for yourself.

The timing makes the concern sharper. Deen told TMZ that Broner was supposed to be in training camp right now for a fight against Blair Cobbs on November 28 in Tampa. Instead of preparing for a comeback in the ring, Broner spent the weekend as the subject of a viral scare — and as of Monday, he still had not spoken out about the incident himself.

But Deen’s frustration comes from a real place. He stressed that Broner is like a brother to him, and his message was equal parts tough love and worry.

“I love my brother to death, but he got to do better,” Deen said. “I don’t want to lose my brother.”

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Source: TMZ and HotNewHipHop