Comments Thread For: Garcia-Porter Officially Announced For 9/8 at Barclays Center

[MeanestNiceGuy]

This fight has been announced more times than the Dr. Dre follow up album at this point.

That mythical Detox album that he's promised us for nearly 20 years???

[The Big Dunn]

Chances are, there will be a few headbutts, cuts, and required stitches, so that December date's probably impossible.

LMFAO! Funny but definitely true.

[MeanestNiceGuy]

LMFAO! Funny but definitely true.

But hey, I'm always down for a December fight....those fights rarely disappoint.

[TreJac]

It will be bad for boxing when one of these two guys come away with the wbc title! More so Garcia than Porter! Garcia will keep the belt hostage while not fighting top contenders as he did before he lost to Thurman! If it goes to the pbc scorecards, it will be a split decision or a draw to try and justify a rematch! It never fails with the pbc scorecards! Keep the scorecards close to keep guys relevant!

[Bronx2245]

You gotta take that if you are Danny but I doubt Haymon would let that fight go down. I doubt Arum would as well.

Did you see this?

July 23, 2018:

A new proposal aimed at addressing extreme weight cutting practices in combat sports will be introduced at the Association of Boxing Commissions annual convention this weekend in Orlando, Florida.

The potential policy changes, which would require a majority vote by ABC members to go into effect, call for a second-day weigh-in ahead of all sanctioned championship fights in boxing.

During this second weigh-in, which would take place the morning of the fight, athletes would not be allowed to weigh more than 10 percent over the contracted weight. If an athlete failed to comply, the contest would still go on, but that athlete would be ineligible to win the championship.

Additionally, offenders would forfeit at least 10 percent of their contracted purse, face the potential of a suspension and, perhaps most notably, be removed from the rankings of all sanctioning bodies until they successfully make weight at a future bout...

If the ABC passes the new proposal, it would not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2019. Both Foster and ABC president Mike Mazzulli said they are optimistic the proposal will pass.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...s-title-fights

[MeanestNiceGuy]

It will be bad for boxing when one of these two guys come away with the wbc title! More so Garcia than Porter! Garcia will keep the belt hostage while not fighting top contenders as he did before he lost to Thurman! If it goes to the pbc scorecards, it will be a split decision or a draw to try and justify a rematch! It never fails with the pbc scorecards! Keep the scorecards close to keep guys relevant!

More PBC banter. Don't you have anything better to do? Lol

[pillowfists98]

Porter is relentless and is always incredibly well conditioned. Danny won't be able to handle the pressure coming at him non stop for 12 rounds.

[The Big Dunn]

Did you see this?

July 23, 2018:

A new proposal aimed at addressing extreme weight cutting practices in combat sports will be introduced at the Association of Boxing Commissions annual convention this weekend in Orlando, Florida.

The potential policy changes, which would require a majority vote by ABC members to go into effect, call for a second-day weigh-in ahead of all sanctioned championship fights in boxing.

During this second weigh-in, which would take place the morning of the fight, athletes would not be allowed to weigh more than 10 percent over the contracted weight. If an athlete failed to comply, the contest would still go on, but that athlete would be ineligible to win the championship.

Additionally, offenders would forfeit at least 10 percent of their contracted purse, face the potential of a suspension and, perhaps most notably, be removed from the rankings of all sanctioning bodies until they successfully make weight at a future bout...

If the ABC passes the new proposal, it would not go into effect until Jan. 1, 2019. Both Foster and ABC president Mike Mazzulli said they are optimistic the proposal will pass.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...s-title-fights

no. I will read now. this could be significant.

It was crazy that Muniaga and Beefy fought at 176 and 172 for the 154 lb title and Machado and Mensah fought at 145 and 138 for the JLW title.

[Larry the boss]

Great news....

[SUBZER0ED]

Great news. Now hopefully the winner will be ready in December to fight Spence in a unification bout.

I'm a big Danny fan so I will be rooting for him but Porter is tough and Danny didn't look good against Thurman. He was badly outboxed.

Danny by UD.

Danny outboxes the wild Porter, similarly to how he outboxed Matthysse.