Adrien Broner has resurfaced on Kick with DeenTheGreat, drawing thousands of subscribers, and Andre Berto is already worried about what comes next. Berto said he checked in on Broner recently and came away sounding less relieved than careful, warning that the former champion could put himself in a very compromising position if he loses his grip on the attention that now follows him online.

“We're happy to see him back up and in the light,” Berto said, but he added, “But I told him, 'You gotta get a grip of it,' because he can easily put himself in a very compromising position.”

The concern is not abstract. Berto said booze and women are the two biggest worries surrounding Broner’s streams, and he argued that many people in the streaming space will do whatever it takes to go viral. One recent moment captured that pull: Broner was seen doing a 5th drink in 5 seconds, the kind of clip that can spread fast online even as it raises bigger questions about what the cameras are encouraging.

Broner’s move into streaming comes after years in which, by Berto’s own account, he has struggled. Berto wants him to take stock of that period and use it to reset rather than repeat it. “I just want him to learn from what happened the last few years and really try to shake himself up to try and get back on track,” Berto said.

That advice lands against a harder reality. The boxer’s career is behind him, and Berto believes Broner has done too much damage to his body from boxing and alcohol to get back in the ring again. That leaves streaming as the most visible stage left for him, and maybe the most dangerous one if the same habits follow him there.

Berto said he thinks Broner can thrive in the streaming world, which is why the warning came with a dose of encouragement. The problem is that the internet rewards excess before it rewards stability, and Broner’s new audience may be just large enough to make the wrong kind of attention feel like success.

For Broner, the next chapter is not about whether he can still fight. It is about whether he can handle being watched without turning every appearance into another self-inflicted test.