K. Porter: Spence Not Yet on Level of Thurman, Porter, Garcia

By Victor Salazar

New York - Former IBF welterweight world champion Shawn Porter is getting the big fight he's longed for since defeating Adrien Broner in June of last year. Even after a postponement due to an injury to his opponent, WBA welterweight world champion Keith Thurman, the two will battle it out on June 25th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Showtime will televise.

Should Shawn be victorious, his father and trainer Ken Porter would still like at least two more big fights to close out the year.

Porter would like a showdown with WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia and a probable rematch with Thurman depending on the outcome of their June fight.

“We can’t look past Keith but to speak hypothetically, Danny Garcia said get past Keith June 25th and we’ll be there waiting for you," Kenny Porter told BoxingScene.com.

“So when we get past Keith, we’ll be there looking for you Danny Garcia after June 25th when Keith doesn’t get the knockout and we’re the new WBA champions, we’ll be looking for Danny Garcia. That can close out the year for us. We want to fight Keith twice, so we look for those three fights.”

Two weeks ago at Barclays, unbeaten Errol Spence Jr. (20-0, 17KOs) dismantled Chris Algieri in five rounds. Though Porter feels it was a great performance, he feels Spence has to do more to be on the level of the rest of the top welterweights.

“All these guys are on another level. Keith is on another level, Danny is another level, Shawn is on another level. They are looking for bigger and better fights. Keith, Shawn, and Danny are looking for bigger and better fights. Yes, Errol needs to move up to that level," Kenny said. 

"He had an excellent fight but he’s not quite at the level. I don’t think any of those guys are looking back at a guy that is coming up. They are looking to challenge the guys that are there with him. They’re looking to challenge each other and the Kell Brooks of the world.”