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Adrien Broner has been warned that his continued drinking and wild lifestyle will eventually catch up with him, with Ryan Garcia fearing the former four-division world champion could simply wake up one day and discover his body is no longer okay. Broner continues to live on the edge despite hospitalization and repeated attempts to stop drinking, while his transition from boxer to streamer means much of what happens next could potentially play out in front of thousands of viewers. Garcia has witnessed Broner’s new routine first-hand after collaborating with him on stream earlier this year and has already publicly pleaded with the 37-year-old to stop drinking. Speaking to Club Shay Shay ahead of his fight with Conor Benn, Garcia has now issued an even more alarming warning. “Adrien Broner is at the fights all drunk. … We know you’re making money, but bad things can happen. All things catch up to you. “You can’t keep abusing your body and thinking everything is going to be okay. One day you’re going to wake up and your body is not going to be okay. “I really hope and I pray for you that you change your ways a little bit. Everything catches up to people sooner or later, and I don’t want to see it happen to you. “I think you have a good spirit in you, you’re funny, entertaining, really like you, but as somebody who cares for people, I think you need to stop for a little bit.” Garcia Has Warned Broner Before Garcia’s concern carries considerably more weight because this isn’t the first time he has intervened. When Broner’s appearance went viral in May, Garcia publicly pleaded with him to change his lifestyle. “Stop drinking bro please,” Garcia said. “Alcoholism is a sneaky quiet disease. You can’t keep drinking like that. You need people around you that care for you. Not yes men.” Since then, the situation has become considerably more serious. Broner was taken away on a stretcher during a livestream in August before streaming partner DeenTheGreat revealed that he had been hospitalized with pancreatitis. Within hours of leaving the hospital, Broner was drinking again. Deen subsequently issued his own frightening warning. “If he keeps drinking too much, he’s gonna die.” Days later, Broner appeared heavily affected backstage at Claressa Shields vs. Kaye Scott at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. His appearance was subsequently shown on the arena’s big screen in front of thousands of people. Another attempt to stop drinking followed, including a $150,000 chain being offered as an incentive to remain sober. Broner drank again that same day. Broner’s Life Becomes the Show Broner’s lifestyle played a significant role in a boxing decline that arrived earlier than expected for somebody who had become a four-division world champion. A failed comeback under Don King did little to solve his financial problems, but streaming subsequently provided Broner with another way to make significant money. In many ways, the new career fits perfectly with the life Broner was already living away from boxing. The club appearances, women, drinking and unpredictable moments that once accompanied his spending outside the ring can now become part of the content itself. Broner can effectively make money by living his life in front of the camera. That has helped transform his financial position and given him another opportunity when boxing appeared to have stopped providing one. The concern is what happens when the lifestyle generating the content is the same lifestyle people around him are desperately asking him to change. Broner’s life has increasingly become a Truman Show-style broadcast in which viewers can watch almost everything unfold. Garcia has now warned him twice. Deen has warned him. Arnold Barboza Jr. has publicly prayed for him. Broner has already been hospitalized and still returned to drinking. For now, Broner continues to make money, entertain viewers and live largely as he chooses. Garcia’s fear is that eventually his body will make that choice for him. If that day comes while Broner continues living his life on camera, the most troubling part is that the world may be watching when it happens. About the Author Phil Jay is the Editor-in-Chief of World Boxing News (WBN), a BWAA-acknowledged boxing news website founded in 2010. A veteran boxing reporter with 16 years of experience, he has interviewed world champions, broken international exclusives, and reported ringside from major events. His work is published worldwide through WBN and distributed on platforms including Apple News.