Called out for who he would challenge to a boxing match, free agent receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster says it would be former teammate and also free agent Antonio Brown.
Asked by boxer Ryan Garcia on his Fierce Talk podcast, "IF you could call out anyone right now who would it be and why," JuJu said with a smile on his face, "I'd defiantly call out AB."
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The always social-savvy Smith-Schuster acknowledged after the comment he knew it would generate buzz.
He then went on to talk about other celebrity boxing matching he'd like to see.
The episode was recorded before the start of free agency but was released Wednesday on You Tube.
Smith-Schuster and Brown were teammates for JuJu's first two years in the league and seemed to get along well but after AB sabotaged his way out of Pittsburgh, he started to take shots at the younger receiver.
After struggling in his first season without Brown on the team, the then jobless AB tweeted out "Boo Boo Shoester was ready under 500 U Bum learn some respect."
During an interview on the Fan last year, Brown said he was disrespected by Smith-Schuster.
Brown says Smith-Schuster disrespected him when he posted a photo of himself scoring a touchdown against the Raiders after it was announced AB was traded to Oakland.
"JuJu Smith-Schuster was a young guy, when he was in college [he talked] so much about how he looked up to me, so much how he wanted to work with me. And then you get a chance to work with me, you have your best season ever, I'm about to leave and post a picture of you scoring a touchdown on the team I'm going saying, 'You ready?' That's a form of disrespect."
Brown also says he gave Smith-Schuster all of the "cheat codes" to be successful and was still disrespected.
That also brought up the topic of Hines Ward when Brown was a young receiver.
He claims that Ward never took time to show him the ropes.
"Hines Ward never gave me the respect I needed. Or gave me the positivity or the support I needed. I've never been to his house. I never studied plays with him.
I never went over how to win and get open."
"I just think man people got to show more respect and be more considerate to others and I got to learn not to let people who come at me negative react because I'm a leader, whatever I do is going to be magnified times 10."
"I have nothing against JuJu Smith-Schuster. Why would I? I'm who he want to be, I'm who he want to be."
So, if the match was to happen, who would you like to see win? Smith-Schuster may have the advantage since he was seen training with Garcia.
