Shawn Porter: record, next fight and profile →
Shawn Porter, Sebastian Formella Weights Photos Gallery - The 33-year-old Sebastian Formella, originally from Hamburg, Germany, in addition to boxing, works as a bridge controller in the port of Hamburg. (photos by Sean Michael Ham)
Shawn Porter takes his first step toward his goal of becoming a three-time welterweight titlist. Making his 2020 debut, the former two-time title claimant will take Germany’s Sebastian Formella in a 12-round eliminator to determine the mandatory challenger for the WBC and IBF welterweight titlists.
Shawn Porter was as unfamiliar with Sebastian Formella until recently as a lot of boxing fans who will tune in to watch their fight Saturday night. In fact, the former IBF/WBC welterweight champion wasn’t aware that the unbeaten German contender existed until he was presented as a potential opponent. Porter since has studied plenty of Formella’s film in preparation for their 12-round, 147-pound IBF/WBC elimination match, which will headline FOX’s telecast Saturday night from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
German contender Sebastian Formella relishes the opportunity he has in front of him in his U.S. debut as he prepares to face two-time welterweight champion "Showtime" Shawn Porter in a welterweight title eliminator headlining FOX PBC Fight Night and on FOX Deportes this Saturday, August 22 from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Porter, who resides in Las Vegas, initially used the time off from the pandemic to spend time with his wife and two children, but he was back in the gym by April with his father and trainer Ken Porter. Although the pandemic led to safety concerns in the early weeks, the father and son duo sparred each other to limit outside interaction, they soon were back into the rhythm of their normal training.
Shawn Porter isn’t convinced Errol Spence Jr. will defeat Danny Garcia. The former IBF/WBC welterweight champion can’t commit to picking a winner in that welterweight title fight until he watches Spence in the first few rounds against Garcia on November 21. Like virtually every other boxing observer, Porter simply doesn’t know if Spence will be the same ferocious fighter following his horrific car accident last October 10 in Dallas.
FOX announced during its Jamal James-Thomas Dulorme broadcast Saturday night that Porter will battle Sebastian Formella in the network’s main event August 22 from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Las Vegas’ Porter and Germany’s Formella will compete in a 12-round IBF/WBC welterweight elimination match.
According to the World Boxing Council, they have sanctioned the bout between Shawn “Showtime” Porter and Sebastian Formella for the WBC Silver welterweight title. The fight is pegged to take place on August 22nd at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles, in a closed doors setting.
There are some offers that one can't refuse. Undefeated Sebastian Formella, after years of hard work, will travel to the United States to face former WBC, IBF world champion Shawn Porter on August 22 in the main fight in Los Angeles as part of a "PBC on Fox" televised event.
Given how the year has played out, Vergil Ortiz Jr. was willing to accept his rescheduled fight with Samuel Vargas as unfinished business. Now comes the time to truly satisfy his hunger. The unbeaten welterweight managed his first fight following a 2019 Prospect of the Year campaign, brutally dismantling Toronto’s Vargas (31-6-2, 14KOs) over seven lopsided rounds Friday evening at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California.