Adrien Broner's vow of media silence

Adrien Broner held a presser yesterday as the official announcement of his 140lb title fight against Khabib Allakhverdiev, but the man only ended up uttering one word (which isn't even worth a mention). Instead, he had his assistant, dubbed "White Ticket", do the talking for him. It was a pretty awful presser, and Adrien Broner says that Dan Rafael is to blame.

After Rafael wrote an article for ESPN saying that Broner is being rewarded with another title shot after a poor showing against Shawn Porter, Broner got really pissed off and went on a twitter rant against ESPN's senior boxing writer.

@danrafaelespn shut yo bitch ass up trying to slander a Mf and talk bad about a fight when you never fought a day in your life ....

— Adrien Broner (@AdrienBroner) August 29, 2015

@danrafaelespn how about boxers start fightN u tough ass reporters nd c if anybody will take a L U computer gangsters make me sick #BITCHES

— Adrien Broner (@AdrienBroner) August 29, 2015

FAT BITCH GO LOSE WEIGHT!!!!

— Adrien Broner (@AdrienBroner) August 29, 2015

Broner effectively ended his rant with the following tweet:

I will only talk after my fight for here on out..... No more press conferences No NOTHING!!!!

— Adrien Broner (@AdrienBroner) August 29, 2015

Rafael himself didn't much snipe back at Broner, but responded by saying "Love you bro." And once Broner's assistant made it clear at the presser that Rafael is the sole reason for Broner's vow of media silence, Rafael issued the following tweet.

Apparently @AdrienBroner said it is my fault he won't do any interviews. I guess I did the world a favor. lol

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) September 2, 2015

I can only imagine what Broner will have to say if he wins this title, but I'm sure it'll be a quotable (for better or worse)...