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Shawn Porter Video Interview - Errol Spence Jr. was even more dazzling in defending his title than he was while winning it. Spence battered Lamont Peterson until the fight was stopped a second into the eighth round Saturday night in the first defense of the welterweight title he won last year.
NEW YORK – Shawn Porter acknowledged part of the reason he came to Barclays Center on Saturday night was to scout Errol Spence Jr. Spence still isn’t an option for Porter’s next fight. Like Spence, Porter prefers to fight Keith Thurman. Porter lost a close unanimous decision to Thurman in an entertaining welterweight title fight in June 2016 at Barclays Center and wants a rematch as soon as possible. The former IBF welterweight champion is the mandatory challenger for Thurman’s WBC 147-pound championship, thus he’ll eventually get his second shot at the unbeaten WBA/WBC champ unless someone knocks off Thurman before Porter gets the chance.
NEW YORK – Errol Spence Jr. didn’t mean any disrespect to Lamont Peterson. They continued to demonstrate strong regard for one another at a press conference Thursday in Manhattan for their fight Saturday night. Despite the lopsided odds on their fight, Spence expects a real challenge from Peterson when they square off at Barclays Center in Brooklyn (Showtime; 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT).
Last year, the World Boxing Council was ready to order a fight for the WBC interim-welterweight title between two-division world champion Danny "Swift" Garcia and former champion "Showtime" Shawn Porter. The winner would have been the mandatory challenger to full WBC champion Keith Thurman, who holds decision wins over both fighters.
Former multi-division world champion Robert Guerrero, who retired earlier this year after suffering a knockout loss to Omar Figueroa, is now focused on his career as a broadcast analyst. Guerrero took some time to rank the top players in the welterweight division - and he views WBA, WBC champion Keith Thurman as the top dog of the weight class. Thurman dropped and decisioned Guerrero back in March of 2015 in the main event of the very first Premier Boxing Champions televised card on NBC.
There are various reports that WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) will be facing Jessie Vargas in the spring. Shawn Porter, who narrowly lost to Thurman in June of 2016, will be an interested observer should this match-up come to fruition. His father/trainer, Kenny, told BoxingScene.com - "We'll be sitting ringside, waiting on you 'lil Kiki' to fight your mandatory, Shawn Porter. We'll be waiting on you, we'll be ringside."
Badou Jack, Shawn Porter Video Interview - The first 300 fans who bring a toy to the Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes event Friday, December 15 at Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster, Calif. will receive a free t-shirt and five dollars off of general admission tickets.
Earlier this month as the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, former IBF welterweight world champion Shawn Porter overcame a bad hand injury to outwork and decision Adrian Granados over the twelve round distance. Porter (28-2-1, 17 KOs) injured his left hand in the sixth round, but continues to take the fight to Granados (18-6-2, 12 KOs), who was more than willing to trade punches. All three judges saw it 117-111 for Porter.
Former two-time welterweight champion Shawn Porter picked up another victory Saturday night when he defeated Adrian Granados via unanimous decision. The fight was televised by Showtime as part of a triple-header, headlined by Deontay Wilder's one round destruction of Bermane Stiverne.
Two-time welterweight champion Shawn Porter (28-2-1) is very impressed with IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence (22-0). The 27-year old Spence burst onto the scene in May when he captured the title with a knockout victory over Kell Brook in Brook's backyard in the UK. Spence is scheduled to make the first defense of his title in January against the always tough former champion Lamont Peterson.