Shawn Porter: record, next fight and profile →
Danny Garcia has an interesting perspective on when and why Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford must fight. The prevailing opinion is Crawford-Spence is the fight within the welterweight division, the showdown that’ll ultimately determine 147-pound supremacy. Garcia, a former WBC welterweight champion, considers Crawford-Spence a fight that needs to happen sooner rather than later.
WBC welterweight champion Shawn Porter (29-2-1, 17 KOs) is waiting to get word on the outcome of the ongoing negotiations for an ordered rematch with Keith Thurman, who holds the WBA title.
The World Boxing Council has finalized their directives for the welterweight division. Earlier this year, Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) dropped the WBC welterweight title - as the fighter was still rehabbing injuries. Last month, Shawn Porter (29-2-1, 17 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Danny Garcia to capture the vacant belt at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Former two division world champion Jessie Vargas is hoping to secure a world title cracker with WBC beltholder Shawn Porter in the near future. This coming Saturday night, Vargas will headline a Matchroom USA card in Chicago, when he takes on Thomas Dulorme for the WBC "silver" title - which is going to bring the winner several steps close to a fight with Porter.
Shawn Porter became a two-time world welterweight world champion when defeated Danny Garcia via unanimous decision on September 8th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The highly anticipated match up was for the vacant WBC title and was broadcast by Showtime.
NEW YORK – Shawn Porter and Errol Spence Jr. sat a few feet apart early Sunday morning. The welterweight champions both stated during Porter’s post-fight press conference that they want to fight each other next. Whether that actually happens might not be up to them.
Now that he has had a chance to watch a replay, Danny Garcia is even more convinced he beat Shawn Porter. Garcia expressed his displeasure with the scoring of their fight in a Tweet late Monday night after watching Showtime’s encore broadcast of their 12-round welterweight championship match. Porter defeated Garcia by unanimous decision in a very competitive bout to win the vacant WBC 147-pound championship Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Shawn Porter-Danny Garcia was the most-watched of six boxing matches televised Saturday night on premium cable channels. Nielsen Media Research ratings released Tuesday revealed Showtime’s main event between Porter and Garcia drew a peak audience of 690,000. An average of 619,000 viewers watched their entire 12-round, 147-pound title fight.
IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence is very confident in his ability to stop Shawn Porter, who this past Saturday night defeated Danny Garcia by a unanimous decision late to win the vacant World Boxing Council welterweight title. Porter won on all three judges scorecards as he threw more punches overall, but Garcia made it razor close by landing a higher percentage of punches at the Barclays Center arena in New York.
NEW YORK – Errol Spence Jr. laughed awkwardly after delivering his departing message to Shawn Porter early Sunday morning. The unbeaten IBF welterweight champion might’ve been uneasy saying something so brash publicly to someone he respects, but he obviously isn’t completely convinced Porter wants to fight him next. Just before they left the interview room at Barclays Center, Spence told Porter, “Don’t duck me, son.”