Why is Shawn Porter being treated like a second tier fighter?

[Sheldon312]

yeah hes a legitimate world class fighter. he lost to thurman and brook by the narrowest of margins, and in both fights quite a few people scored it a draw or for porter. but in this sport even if you lose by one round you are a bum and youve been exposed.

People praise Madianna but Porter is better. I just don't get it.

[jmrf4435]

****ck porter. He's a headbutting dirty fighter.

The berto fight was like ward-kessler times 20, porter uses his head like a bettering ram.

The guy loses all his big fights....SUPRISED??? WHY?

[jmrf4435]

People praise Madianna but Porter is better. I just don't get it.

Well, you should really reassess how you come to the conclusion that porter is "better" than Maidana.

Because he's not, maidana has/had a better career. Porter has no big wins and loses all his big fights.

I thought Maidana put it on Broner more than porter did. That is a common opponent between the two.

Porter is the new andre brto guerrero type.

A GATE KEEPER FOR LIFE

[Rear Hook]

I like Porter. Good fighter, lost to Brook yeah, who's a damn good fighter in his own right and put on a boxing clinic on Shawn...of cure for insomnia that is! I've seldom, if ever, seen such a clinchfest.

I would rather have Porter destroying bums if that means we get to see more fights, which is, you know, a boxer's line of work. Not every match has to be a championship duel against an elite fighter. If you don't fight at all, your skills go down.

¿Who do you think he should (and deserves) to fight? ¿Garcia? ¿Spence? ¿Rematch Broner?

[Sheldon312]

Well, you should really reassess how you come to the conclusion that porter is "better" than Maidana.

Because he's not, maidana has/had a better career. Porter has no big wins and loses all his big fights.

I thought Maidana put it on Broner more than porter did. That is a common opponent between the two.

Porter is the new andre brto guerrero type.

A GATE KEEPER FOR LIFE

Porter is the better boxer and athlete compared to the two. I will go as far as to say that Porter is the only Welter that could've beaten Floyd.

[techliam]

Because the Welterweight division is in its weakest state in years, and the calibre of fighter there simply isn't great (or yet proven)

None of the fighters there are particularly exciting (enough to warrant greater attention).

The division needs to heat up a little with talent, Crawford will help, and hopefully within a couple years it will begin to pick up pace

[Sugar Adam Ali]

He lost to Thurman and Brook..

He can't be considered top tier, just a notch below, when your beating broner and Devon but losing to those guys.