Shawn Porter will be the best boxer in the world...

[V.WEBB]

Porter is good, and I won't knock him for that. I believe that he will get better with hard work and time.

But alot of ppl on this board talk about him non stop, ONLY because he was one Manny's sparring partners for the Cotto fight, I'm calling a spade a spade.

[DiegoFuego]

I think it depends on your fighting style. If you have good hand speed, good power, and can be a good offense fighter that gets inside, he can be devastating to bigger guys and they'll be the ones hurting bad.

Tyson is a perfect example. Once he got inside his opponents were as good as dead.

you can never under any circumstances compare another fighter to Mike Tyson. Not that Tyson is so great or anything (he's not even a top 10 heavyweight all time), but he was just one of a kind and a complete freak.

[CarlosG815]

you can never under any circumstances compare another fighter to Mike Tyson. Not that Tyson is so great or anything (he's not even a top 10 heavyweight all time), but he was just one of a kind and a complete freak.

I didn't compare him to Tyson, I just said that Tyson is a guy that was able to utilize his height to his advantage.

If you watch porter he has a lot of Tyson's qualities. He has a thick neck, good physique, incredibly evasive and can use his left extremely effective.

[sultanisking]

heard he struggled with a 17 year old in a lower weight division while sparring...

[Mr. Philadel]

Showtime will DEFINITELY be one of the top dudes if not THE top dude!!

[Guest]

I have enjoyed watching Porter's fights so far on television.

He's a good young prospect with some nice quickness and pop, but I would have to wait and see when he fights some of the tougher guys in the division how he stacks up.

He's not there yet and I am sure he knows this.

[Siggy]

he's gotta work on his footwork. dunno if he's trying to emulate manny, but he does a lot of unnecessary bouncing, even when he's in his opponents punching range.
also, his shots can be shorter.
great prospect though, he should at least try to make 147 though. i think he could stand to lose a little bit of weight around the torso.

[MidnightSpecial]

Porter has alot of talent and is a great person on top of that.

He has good people surrounding him too.

He has all the means to go far... lets hope he does.

Shawn has me as a fan for life.

He gave me two free tickets to go watch him fight live in Tunica for his second to last fight. I met him after the fight and he was a hella nice guy and so was his dad Mr. Kenny.

[R.M {7}]

porter is a good prospect but come on lets not get crazy here he has a lot to prove before we can say he is the future pound for pound number one fighter in the world.. i have a feeling the ts is a pac fan

I'm a Manny fan, but seriously, what does that have to do with anything? matter of fact my favorite fighter before all this started was Cotto. But what does that have to do with anything? Answer? nothing.

This is a hope thread, some people on here taking it way too seriously.