Adrien Broner Choked Emanuel Taylor at A Pre-Fight Press Conference

Adrien Broner and Emanuel Taylor held their final press conference Thursday in advance of Saturday’s fight. Although pre-fight press conferences are the place for bluster and trash talk, no one expected this:

It started with the usual staredowns:

And lots of pointing:

The fighters hamming it up, as one would expect.

Then, Broner did this.

Understandably, Taylor did not take kindly to this, and everything went off the rails. It’s doubtful Taylor needed any more motivation, but Broner gave it to him in a big way. We’ll see how he responds in the ring Saturday night. The fight card begins at 9:25 p.m. ET on Showtime.