The narrative suddenly changes on Shawn Porter...

[Fangedgrowl]

Porter is underrated by many here - mainly because he is black...but not 'slick'.

The truth of the matter is that Porter had a very credible Amateur career and was a worthy title holder at 147.

He come to each fight prepared and has no quit in him whatsoever - he has some skills, but his aggression and physicality are his main attributes.

Another reason he is not popular is he is a clean living, intelligent athlete and does not live the thug life, partying with guys like Spence, Davis and Broner et al.

Spence isnt slick either thats why i think he struggles with Pac and definitely struggles with Crawford.

[Jim Tom]

Before the fight. Shawn was an un skilled brawler that would hit a brick wall on Spence and would never had a chance on winning before getting KOed.

Now all of a sudden Porter is suddenly great and the Thurman fight that is considered a clear close win for Thurman suddenly becomes a razor close fight that could have gone either way.

Shawn gave his all and made it a great fight thus earning respect. Now Shawn has many fans and we can’t wait to see him in his next. I think I will go watch him it doesn’t matter where.

[boliodogs]

I don't think he did ever have a chance of beating Spence. According to computerbox or whatever it is called Spence outlanded Porter 222 punches to 171 punches so that's a hell of a lot more punches. Spence landed more punches and power punches in 10 of the 12 rounds plus he scored a late round knockdown. Computerbox may not be perfect but they are neutral. They just count punches and don't have a favorite. Thurman clearly beat Porter years ago. Spence beat a better version of Porter by a wider amount that Thurman did. Porter is very good and would beat most welterweights and would probably beat Thurman in a rematch in my opinion. Porter has improved over the last few years while hurman has gotten worse judging by his last two fights. I think Spence s the best welterweight and would be the betting favorite to beat any other welterweight. The judge who had Porter beating Spence was way off and the other two judges had it right with a 116 to 111 win for Spence.