Porter looked real amateurish the way he was trying to get out of the clinch, almost like a kid having a tantrum, he exerted too much energy doing that. I also couldn't understand why he was head hunting whilst in the clinch, Brook rolled all of it although many of them hit the back of his head. I thought Porter would have been smart enough to utilize one or two good uppercuts when Brook looked to smother/ tie up too.
This was my thoughts exactly! He stopped doing that after a few rounds as it must have been sapping his energy
What we saw with Porter is what we see with most seek and destroy type fighters.
For example. Provodnikov against Algieri. Porter versus Brook. Donaire versus Rigondeaux.
Now some will argue that Nonito is not a pure seek and destroy guy as he prefers to counter, but his mindset is basically KO or bust.
With the right guy in front of them, they look spectacular. However, when they come across a guy who they can't bulldoze through, they look lost. They can't adjust. Hell even Donaire was utterly lost in Donaire/Darchinyan 2...until he landed that one big shot late that ended up leading to the stoppage.
All three guys, Provo, Donaire, and Porter are different stylistically...but one thing they all have in common is a seek and destroy mindset. But once all three were in with the wrong guy -- they looked completely befuddled and had no way to adjust. At all. And these are just a few examples, but I think the vast majority of seek and destroy guys eventually run into this problem. Just can't seem to adjust when they can't hurt the guy across from them.
That's why they call it boxing. Hopkins-Kovalev. Ward-GGG.
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