Shawn Porter: record, next fight and profile →
Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter have been linked to a future fight for years, but with Crawford tied to Top Rank and Porter with PBC, no serious steam has been built for the pair to showdown. To complicate matters a bit more, Crawford and Porter are close and consider each other friends.
Keith Thurman is interested in fighting Shawn Porter again, just not necessarily next. Their fan-friendly fight in June 2016 provided some of the best boxing action of that year. Their 12-round battle for Thurman’s WBA welterweight title was so close that it warrants a rematch.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum hopes to have welterweight world titlist Terence Crawford back in the ring in September or October and recently named four potential opponents in fellow titleholder Manny Pacquiao, former titleholders Shawn Porter and Kell Brook and longtime contender Yordenis Ugas.
Terence Crawford wouldn’t pick a winner. The WBO welterweight champion isn’t sure what to expect from Errol Spence Jr. in Spence’s first fight following his scary car accident in October. If Spence faces Danny Garcia next, though, Crawford knows the unbeaten IBF/WBC welterweight champ is in for another difficult fight, something similar to his 12 rough rounds with Shawn Porter.
Keith Thurman has never felt the need to respond to everyone who’s ever mentioned his name. Recent claims about his willingness to take on certain challenges, however, most certainly caught his attention.
Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter produced one of the most fan-friendly fights of 2019. Porter predicts that a rematch would be even better. The former IBF/WBC welterweight champion isn’t sure if it’ll ever happen, but Porter would welcome a second shot at Spence whenever the unbeaten Spence is ready.
His win over Danny Garcia will always hold a special place in the heart of Shawn Porter, the feat marking the start of his second welterweight title reign. It’s a moment in time he’s not averse to reliving, though not so much the lone successful title defense he made during such time.
A showdown with unbeaten pound-for-pound entrant Terence Crawford as a next option for Shawn Porter certainly makes sense, although the question at this point remains whether it will make dollars. The former two-time welterweight titlist remains an integral part of the 147-pound division. It’s a place he’s long ago earned due to his willingness to take on all comers. The downside to that is—absent running back a few fights—you quickly run out of options, particularly if you are not at the top.
Floyd Mayweather retired undefeated. The five-division champion also earned an unprecedented amount of money for a boxer, in excess of $700 million during a pro career that spanned nearly 21 years. And Mayweather beat Manny Pacquiao quite comfortably when they fought five years ago in a welterweight championship match.
As much as Shawn Porter would love a second run at Keith Thurman, he’s not confident of such a rematch taking place any time soon—or at all. The former two-time welterweight titlist remains in a holding pattern, eager to get back in the ring but forced to wait out both a global health crisis to end and the title picture to take shape before learning how he fits in. Porter (30-3-1, 17KOs) has long ago earned a reputation for taking on all comers, but is currently sitting on a split decision loss to Errol Spence (26-0, 21KOs) and unsure of his next move.