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Boxing star Adrien Broner went ballistic on the Vegas strip Friday night ... violently shoving a woman and knocking a dude out cold.

TMZ Sports obtained the video, which starts with Broner taking pics with fans. Moments later he snaps, but it's unclear why. The former world champ appears enraged as he walks near the MGM.

A female companion tried to calm him down, but Broner isn't having it and shoves her, sending her flying backward. Then he uncorks a ferocious knockout blow to a guy who went down for the count.

It's unclear if Broner knew the guy, or if he just got in his line of fire.

We're told security talked to Broner, but let him go.

We've reached out to Adrien's camp ... no word back so far.

Broner has had numerous outside-the-ring issues over the years. His "big bro" Floyd Mayweather tried to step in and mentor him earlier this year ... but it doesn't seem to be working.

Alex Rodriguez keeps his emotions close to the vest, which is why video of him busting moves is interesting.

A-Rod and his daughters -- 12-year-old Natasha and 9-year-old Ella -- somehow got super good seats Saturday night at J Lo's "All I Have" concert at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

Truth be told, Alex and the girls are regulars at the concert, but judging by the video you would think it was the first time they took in the show.

BTW, Natasha and Ella have amazing voices and J Lo's nurturing them.

He's known as the passionate, expletive-shoutin' fan favorite on HBO's "Hard Knocks" ... but did you know Tampa Bay Bucs player Riley Bullough is an aspiring country music singer?!

You better believe it!!

The ex-Michigan State star joined the guys on the "TMZ Sports" TV show on FS1 to talk about his training camp experiences in front of the camera ... and we asked if there's a secret side to him that wasn't revealed on the show.

That's when Riley spilled the beans about his country music moonlighting ... and we gotta admit, dude sounds legit.

It's time for TMZ Sports boxing smack talk ... grade school edition ... 'cause one of the best 8-year-old boxers in the world is calling out TWO of the best 9-year-old boxers in the world, and he ain't playin'.

The little tyke making the challenge is Nijee "The Future," the pint-sized boxing star who took the internet by storm a while back when a video of his INSANE boxing skills went viral.

Now there's 2 new youth boxing phenoms on the scene ... the Grandy brothers from Philadelphia ... 9-year-old twins who've been all over the place for their pugilistic prowess, and Nijee wants a piece.

In a video provided exclusively to us, Nijee calls out BOTH brothers, saying he's down to fight, proving once and for all which phenom is the phenomiest.

Here's the thing, this could happen ... Nijee has been live sparring now for around two years (dominating), and both him and the Grandy bros are over 8, the required age to compete as amateurs.

Tyron Woodley is friends with Andre Ward ... but the UFC champ says he's down to put that aside to scrap with the boxing superstar -- if the price is right.

"I'd honestly rather train with Andre Ward ... "BUT if it's an opportunity to make money, I can't see Andre or myself turning it down," Woodley told TMZ Sports.

Tyron doesn't seem to be hurtin' in the wallet these days -- he flashed us a sample out on Rodeo Drive -- but the goal is clearly that Conor McGregor money.

Conor McGregor ain't comin' to WWE like Ronda Rousey ... at least not for awhile -- so says Chris Jericho, who told us the one BIG reason behind the holdup.

Actually ... the WWE superstar basically gave us 100 million reasons -- telling TMZ Sports there's no way Conor's lookin' to get body-slammed after banking nine figures vs. Floyd Mayweather.

"I don't think he's gonna join in 2 years -- not now, with all the money he's made," Jericho told us.

That's a bummer ... considering Jericho might be retired by then.

But Chris says there'll be plenty of epic matchups for Conor if and when he makes the jump ... saying McGregor's got A TON of tools to make up for his lack of size.

He's right.

New bride Ronda Rousey just got a late wedding gift -- well wishes from UFC champ Amanda Nunes ... aka the chick who KO'd her into retirement.

"Congratulations to Ronda – this is a huge moment in her life," Amanda told TMZ Sports.

"I'm very happy for her ... nothing bad (to say) about Ronda Rousey."

Nunes' change of heart makes sense ... the champ's also got marriage on the mind.

But don't get it twisted -- all her attention is on throwing down with Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 215 this Saturday.

Amanda wouldn't give us an official prediction ... but she did make 1 guarantee for the grudge match.

Here's the TMZ Sports good deed of the week ... we've identified the mystery woman out with Floyd Mayweather in Beverly Hills ... and she's glorious!

Money dropped around $250k on Birkin bags in BH Wednesday, and while that was impressive enough, the question everyone wanted to know was, WHO WAS THE HOT CHICK WITH HIM?

Our in-house eagle-eyed perv (Van) jumped on the case and positively identified the smoke show as Red Rose La Cubana, a model and featured dancer at Floyd's strip club, Girl Collection.

Red Rose is famous in her own right, with over 1 million followers on IG, even being described to us by one source as "The Biggest Stripper In America."

BTW ... we're told Red Rose and Floyd are "just friends" ... for now at least.

Enjoy the gallery.

Jordan Clarkson says it's no biggie if LaMelo Ball's ineligible to play college hoops ... 'cause he thinks the $395 signature shoe is gonna make the H.S. prodigy a ton of cash!!

TMZ Sports spoke with the Lakers star about the BBB's "Melo Ball 1" and whether LaVar's decision to release the shoes would hurt Melo's on-court career if he's declared ineligible by the NCAA.

J.C. thinks even if Ball never gets to suit up for UCLA, he's still NBA bound ... and his pockets will be a lot fatter in the process.

MLB home run leader Giancarlo Stanton is NEVER getting to home plate with pop singer (and twerk queen) Lexy Panterra ... and that's coming DIRECTLY from Lexy, who says the two are just friends.

And they're gonna stay that way ...

We got Lexy at Poppy (NEW HOLLYWOOD HOTSPOT ALERT) and asked her if any of the fake chemistry in their steamy music video could turn real.

That's when she did what MLB pitchers have been avoiding all year -- went right into Giancarlo's zone ... but this time it was his FRIEND ZONE.

Watch the video below, coulda been hot together.

J.J. Watt's Hurricane Harvey relief fund is still goin' hard -- blitzing past $30 MILLION as Houston begins its long road to recovery.

After breaking $20 million on Tuesday, a couple HUGE donations came through for J.J. -- $5 mil from billionaire businessman Charles Butt and $1 mil from Jimmy Fallon and "The Tonight Show."

Fallon joins a long list of A-listers that have given big to Watt's fund -- including Miley Cyrus, Drake and Ellen DeGenerous.

Jimmy personally thanked the Houston Texans superstar on his show ... before giving the stage to a choir group from H-Town.

Awesome stuff.

Big win for Ezekiel Elliott -- who was just granted a preliminary injunction from a federal judge in Texas ... which blocks the NFL from imposing his 6-game suspension ... at least for now.

What does it mean -- Zeke will likely play the entire NFL season without missing a single game.

The NFL Player's Association had filed the lawsuit on behalf of Elliott, claiming the Dallas Cowboys star did not get a fair hearing in front of the arbitrator in his appeal of the domestic violence punishment.

The judge agreed ... saying there was a "cloud of fundamental unfairness" in the proceedings. The judge didn't think it was fair for Elliott to be punished with that cloud looming.

The judge points out two "gross errors" in the arbitration -- which were the decision to not include the accuser, Tiffany Thompson, and NFL commish, Roger Goodell, as witnesses.

So, what happens next?

The NFL will likely file an emergency motion challenging the court's ruling. The chances the NFL wins that are slim.

Elliott and the NFLPA now have the green light to continue the legal fight to have the 6-game suspension voided altogether ... which is their ultimate goal.

That process could entail a huge, lengthy trial that could take months and months -- and until the case is settled and a judge rules on the validity of the suspension once and for all, Zeke gets to play.

Demi Lovato's on a mission to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, and while volunteering at the Houston Food Bank she ran into Kevin Hart and NBA superstar Chris Paul.

We're told Demi donated 50,000 bottles of water to the food bank after hearing about price-gouging in the area -- and she set up a fundraising initiative with the food bank after donating $50k of her own dough.

Chris and Kevin were helping unload trucks and serve food. We're told the trio randomly bumped into each other and snapped a quick pic.

Craig Carton is adamant he's not the scumbag con artist he's being made out to be -- claiming he's an innocent victim who was set up by a group of very bad people.

Carton was arrested by the FBI this week and accused of running a multi-million dollar concert ticket scam to pay back millions of dollars in debts to various casinos.

But a rep for the sports radio star says he's NOT A BAD GUY -- the feds simply have a "gross misunderstanding of what happened."

A rep for Carton didn't provide too many details about his defense -- but would only say he's not going down without a fight.

“The government’s allegations against Craig Carton demonstrate a gross misunderstanding of what happened."

"Craig is a victim who was deceived, manipulated and used by individuals seeking to gather assets for their own fraudulent schemes."

Ex-K.C. Chiefs superstar Larry Johnson says Kareem Hunt could end up being the best running back in franchise history ... telling TMZ Sports the sky's the limit for the budding rookie.

We spoke with the 2-time Pro Bowler about Hunt's breakout 246-yard, 3 TD performance against the Patriots on Thursday ... and L.J. says the kid is destined for legendary status ... as long as the team stays together.

"I just hope that the business side of Kansas City doesn't screw it up for him."

Johnson says it "brings a tears to (his) eyes" to see Hunt performing so well in his old #27 jersey ... and says he's a serious contender for Rookie of the Year.

Nick Young says he taught JaVale McGee everything he knows about the card game Bourre ... which might be a problem since it was THAT game that ignited the biggest gun standoff in NBA history.

Here's the deal ... Kevin Durant recently praised JaVale's Bourre card game skills during an interview with Bill Simmons.

So, when we saw Swaggy P -- one of JaVale's old Washington Wizards teammates -- we asked for his take.

That's when Young bragged that he taught JaVale the game back when J.M. was a rookie -- and intentionally taught him the WRONG way to play so he'd lose. Funny.

The only problem is that it was an infamous game of Bourre on a Wizards team jet back in 2009 between JaVale, Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton that led to the gun showdown.

As Gilbert has previously explained, JaVale won a particularly contested hand -- a hand Javaris was pissed about because he thought it was a misdeal. He blamed Gilbert and things escalated from there.

Young jokes that when it comes to card games, JaVale just has that "Shaqtin' a Fool" karma.