Shawn Porter: record, next fight and profile →
Shawn Porter training photos gallery - Former welterweight world champion "Showtime" Shawn Porter hosted a media workout at the Porter Hy-Performance Center in Las Vegas Wednesday as he prepares to take on Danny "Swift" Garcia for the vacant WBC Welterweight World Championship on Saturday, September 8 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™. (photos by Nabeel Ahmad).
BoxingScene.com recently caught up with veteran trainer Ruben Guerrero who is best known for training his son Robert Guerrero who was a multi-division champion. Guerrero started his career as a super bantamweight and won his first title at 126 pounds and would go on to win his last title (the WBC interim welterweight title) at 147 pounds.
Danny Garcia has watched Shawn Porter’s last fight numerous times. The former WBC welterweight champion takes more confidence from that footage every time he studies it. He isn’t impressed by Porter’s performance against Adrian Granados, especially since Granados really is a junior welterweight who fought Porter at welterweight for the opportunity and more money.
Former two-division champion Danny Garcia has received the benefit of the doubt in a couple of his fights throughout his championship reign. That string of good fortune came to an end last year when Garcia lost a split decision to Keith Thurman.
On September 8th former champions Danny Garcia (34-1) and Shawn Porter (28-2-1) will square off for the vacant WBC welterweight title. The fight takes place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY and will be televised by Showtime. The title became vacant when the oft-injured Keith Thurman relinquished the title after being injured again during training for his comeback bout. He still holds the WBA title.
Shawn Porter's father/trainer is very confident ahead of his son's September 8th showdown against Danny Garcia (34-1). The fight takes place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and will be televised by Showtime. The vacant WBC welterweight title will be at stake.
LOS ANGELES – Shawn Porter suspects Andre Berto is simply trying to rationalize his technical knockout loss to Porter last year. That’s the only explanation that made sense to Porter once he was told Berto blamed his loss on Porter’s repeated head-butts during a conference call last week (https://www.boxingscene.com/berto-porter-fight-bullsht-it-all-head-butts--130269). Porter dropped Berto once in the second round and twice in the ninth round on his way to stopping him in the ninth round of their April 2017 fight at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Danny "Swift" Garcia (34-1, 20 KOs) and Shawn "Showtime" Porter (28-2-1, 17 KOs) will clash for the vacant WBC welterweight World Boxing Council title on Saturday, September 8, at an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Danny Garcia gets the feeling Shawn Porter will try to fight different when they meet than how Porter has boxed against other opponents. If Porter approaches him the way Garcia envisions, a manner other than the smothering style Porter typically employs, Garcia believes he can become the first fighter to beat Porter by knockout. Porter has lost only a majority decision to Kell Brook and a unanimous decision to Keith Thurman during his nine-year, 31-bout pro career.
Over the past few years former two-division champion Danny Garcia (34-1) and his father/trainer Angel have laughed off criticism that they "cherry pick" their opponents. The "cherry picker" talk began when Garcia blew out an over matched Rod Salka in 2014. Salka had campaigned at lightweight and moved up to a catchweight of 142 pounds for the bout. Fights against past their primes Paulie Malignaggi, Robert Guerrero, Brandon Rios and against Samuel Vargas did little to diffuse that criticism