Porter beat Usyk in the AMS

[RyanjLarose]

This is pretty crazy honestly, I know ams is different blah blah blah..impressive though none the less ,right?

[lolpz]

He also got beat by Brook convincingly and then Thurman as a pro at 147.

He also almost lost to Julio Diaz the first time he fought him.


He's a great fighter not to discredit him, the point is that - beating Usyk in the amateurs doesn't define him and his skills as a pro. Andre Berto beat just about everyone in the amateurs, guy was clearly the top of the top there.

Styles make fights, Shawn's awkwardness and strength can and will give just about anyone and everyone problems.

[SugarRayCurtain]

How did he even fight Usyk, he was a HW

[4truth]

276–14 as an amateur. No disrespect intended but I can't help but think that Shawn might have progressed better than he has as a pro if he had had a different trainer.

[Pigeons]

How did he even fight Usyk, he was a HW

Depends on when they fought, Usyk was at middleweight until 2006. Usyk also didn't start boxing until 2002 so that also plays into it.

EDIT: They fought at middleweight in 2006, Porter won 23-20 in the US.

http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Records/Usyk_Olexandr.html

[Golden Boi 360]

I think Porter was an amatuer at 165 pounds at one time so I can see it.

[Madison Boxing]

276–14 as an amateur. No disrespect intended but I can't help but think that Shawn might have progressed better than he has as a pro if he had had a different trainer.

hes done pretty well to be fair, if he won 1 or 2 more rounds against brook and thurman he might be p4p top 5 at least lol, fine margins. in fact theres people who thought he won both fights

[TheCell8]

Kenny Porter already mentioned that when they fought, both were 15 years old and fought at 165. Keep in mind Usyk also didn't hit his growth spurt, so he was likely just a bit taller than Porter at that point. I would imagine around 5'10. He's 6'3 now.

[Cheek busting]

hes done pretty well to be fair, if he won 1 or 2 more rounds against brook and thurman he might be p4p top 5 at least lol, fine margins. in fact theres people who thought he won both fights

Very true.

Damn crazy how close boxing can be

[mlac]

He also got beat by Brook convincingly and then Thurman as a pro at 147.

He also almost lost to Julio Diaz the first time he fought him.


He's a great fighter not to discredit him, the point is that - beating Usyk in the amateurs doesn't define him and his skills as a pro. Andre Berto beat just about everyone in the amateurs, guy was clearly the top of the top there.

Styles make fights, Shawn's awkwardness and strength can and will give just about anyone and everyone problems.

not really, i made a ton of $ on that fight on the underdog Brook, only me and a couple of other people on here thought he would win, it was razor close..Brook won by 1 or 2 rounds, alot of people thought porter still won if i remember correctly..

I had the thurman fight a draw too, close fight that could of gone either way, people forget that Porter had Thurman in big trouble at one point too, yes he smothers he work at times, but he should beat Danny Garcia convincingly imo, who is the epitome of average.