Errol Spence Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Shawn Porter couldn’t care less about how heavily favored Errol Spence Jr. is to beat him. The WBC welterweight champion is certain that he is the best opponent Spence has agreed to fight. Now that he has completed a grueling training camp, the prideful Porter can’t wait to prove it Saturday night.
LOS ANGELES – Shawn Porter has fought a long list of accomplished welterweights on his way to this pay-per-view showdown with Errol Spence Jr. Each of them was “missing something,” according to Porter. He hasn’t detected any such flaws in Spence, which is why Porter predicted that the unbeaten IBF welterweight champion will emerge as the toughest opponent of his 11-year, 34-fight professional career Saturday night at Staples Center.
LOS ANGELES – Errol Spence Jr. would welcome a fight against Manny Pacquiao next if everything goes as planned with Shawn Porter. Pacquiao enhanced his credibility as a potential opponent for Spence by beating Keith Thurman two months ago and winning the WBA welterweight title. The Filipino icon clearly would help Spence earn what would be a career-high payday as well.
LOS ANGELES – Errol Spence Jr. is considered the superior puncher in his fight with Shawn Porter. The powerful southpaw has knocked out 84 percent of his pro opponents, including Kell Brook, who beat Porter by majority decision five years ago. Porter’s knockout ratio is significantly lower (52 percent), but one well-informed former welterweight champion warned skeptics that they shouldn’t doubt Porter’s power.
From the moment the fight was announced, Errol Spence has openly promised that he will become the first to knock out Shawn Porter. Nothing in the past several weeks of training camp has him any less convinced of such an outcome for their Sept. 28 Fox Sports Pay-Per-View headliner. In fact, he’ll consider it a disappointment if it doesn’t happen.
By Cliff Rold - The slow rolling but steady PBC round robin at welterweight featuring Errol Spence, Danny Garcia, Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter, and now Manny Pacquiao lands on its latest chapter Saturday night (Fox PPV, 9 PM EST). It’s the second unification bout of the bunch. Unlike the fallout from Thurman-Garcia that saw the WBC...
LOS ANGELES – Errol Spence Jr. knows Shawn Porter’s persistence is one of the WBC welterweight champion’s greatest attributes. Spence also is confident that he’ll eventually beat the determination out of Porter in their 12-round, 147-pound title unification fight. The unbeaten IBF champion promised again Friday that he’ll become the first opponent to knock out the durable, gritty Porter on Saturday night at Staples Center.
Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain sees no way that Shawn Porter can shock Errol Spence when they collide for the WBC, IBF world titles on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but he also ruled out, from his assessment, that Spence could be the best welterweight in the world.
Spence, Porter Weights Photos Gallery - Shawn Porter didn’t have to cut off any of his hair to make weight this time. The WBC welterweight champion made weight on his first try Friday for his 147-pound title unification fight against Errol Spence Jr. Porter weighed exactly 147 pounds when he got on the California State Athletic Commission’s scale at the Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel. (photos by Stephanie Trapp)
LOS ANGELES – Shawn Porter didn’t have to cut off any of his hair to make weight this time. The WBC welterweight champion made weight on his first try Friday for his 147-pound title unification fight against Errol Spence Jr. Porter weighed exactly 147 pounds when he got on the California State Athletic Commission’s scale at the Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel.