Porter - Crawford ending smells of fix and quiting

2 things are for certain - Bud didn't quit and he wasn't in on the fix (if the fix was in).

Porter was gone, if you look close when he stood up that little two-step stagger, even on the floor you could see him trying his hardest to control the wobbles that were happening, he could have been really hurt from then on, I understand why his father stopped it, he didn't need to see his son out cold. Oh please lol Fury looked more hurt in the recent fight against Wilder and came back to blitz him. Márquez looked done in the 1st round of the first Pacquiao bout and came back to raise hell. Not saying that Shawn would’ve won but he wasn’t given the chance to by his egomaniac, panicky father.

My take on it is this. I believe Porter knew the fight was close and perhaps even thought he might be in front. Banging the canvas was a sign of knowing that having kept the fight razor close for 10 rounds that 2 knock downs blew that out of the water. He could have fought on but was theoretically 3 points down on that round with 2 to go which would have been perhaps too big of a hill to climb. His father throwing the towel in has been subject to all sorts of conspiracy theories...but most likely in the moment he misread Shawn's reaction to the second knock down.

Those knockdowns were legit, even with fair judging, it was a very even fight going into the 10th, with those 2 knockdowns, even if Porter survives to the final bell, he had no chance of winning on the cards. Porter was never expected to win, this fight was only interesting because it was a showcase to see how Crawford will perform against the top WWs, and he looked good.

This fight was a garbage

Porters legs were gone. The 15 month layoff did him no favors. That wasn't the same Porter that Spence fought that's for sure. His combos were slow as molasses even in the early rounds of this fight. Often these observations are because of what's in front of them and the source of the dreaded triangle theory that never works out in boxing, it's a totally different dance from one guy to the next when the styles are so different.

Porter was gone, if you look close when he stood up that little two-step stagger, even on the floor you could see him trying his hardest to control the wobbles that were happening, he could have been really hurt from then on, I understand why his father stopped it, he didn't need to see his son out cold.

Porters legs were gone. The 15 month layoff did him no favors. That wasn't the same Porter that Spence fought that's for sure. His combos were slow as molasses even in the early rounds of this fight.