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While there is no official date or venue for their fight against Danny Garcia (34-1, 20 KOs) for the vacant WBC welterweight title, Shawn Porter (28-2-1, 17 KOs) will begin preparing for battle on Friday.
Last week, it was revealed that a deal had been reached for a welterweight showdown between former world champions Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter. A WBC sanctioned purse bid was scheduled for last Friday, but it was canceled after the sanctioning body was advised that both sides had reached a deal. They will battle for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight title, which was vacated by Keith Thurman.
As BoxingScene.com reported on Friday, a deal had been reached for a welterweight showdown between former world champions Danny "Swift" Garcia and Shawn "Showtime" Porter. The contest is potentially going to land on August 25 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn - but it may also move to September.
World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman has revealed that a deal has been reached for a welterweight showdown between Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter - for the vacant WBC world title. A purse bid was scheduled to take place earlier today, and Sulaiman indicates that his organization was advised that a deal had been reached between the two sides - with a date of August 25th being targeted, potentially for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
According to World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman, everything is still moving forward for a planned purse bid, on Friday in Mexico City, for the welterweight showdown between Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter.
On May 25, the purse bid for the welterweight fight between Shawn Porter and Danny García, for the vacant title of the World Boxing Council, is scheduled to take place. According to the president of the WBC, Mauricio Sulaiman, the fighters are close to an agreement.
With Keith Thurman no longer the WBC welterweight champion, the title is now up for grabs between their two top rated contenders, former beltholders Shawn Porter (28-2-1, 17 KOs) and Danny Garcia (34-1, 20 KOs). Porter has made it very clear recently that he yearns for this particular match-up.
With Keith Thurman making the decision to relinquish the WBC welterweight title, the vacant title will now be contested between the two leading contenders, Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia. "I've been contacted by the higher-ups in that situation and I've been given the information that it's definitely going to happen,'' said Kenny Porter, the father/trainer/manager of the former IBF welterweight belt-holder.
According to World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman, Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) has vacated the WBC welterweight title. Thurman has been inactive since March of 2017, when he won a twelve round split decision over Danny Garcia to unify the WBA, WBC world titles.
Former welterweight champion Shawn Porter (28-2-1, 17 KOs) is getting tired of waiting for his mandatory shot against WBC/WBA beltholder Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs). Porter, who lost a close decision to Thurman in 2016, became the WBC mandatory last year after knocking out Andre Berto in a final eliminator.