Escobedo Calls Fight Off, Team Broner Brings Him Back with Last-Minute Offer

By Ryan Maquiñana
BoxingScene.com

 Broner (left) did not meet Escobedo's demand to come in at 140 pounds Saturday. (Hoganphotos/Golden Boy)

My latest: Adrien Broner has come in at 143 pounds in a second weigh-in this morning, and Woodland's Vicente Escobedo pulled out of tonight's scheduled WBO junior lightweight title fight in Cincinnati.

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That is, until Broner's team offered a new deal at the last minute which included an increase of Escobedo's purse to more than double the original $150,000 amount.

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