By Ian Aldous: On Saturday November 4th, ‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter (27-2-1) will take on Adrian Granados (18-5-2), as he continues his journey to reclaim a welterweight world championship. The fight will serve as co-feature to Deontay Wilder vs. Bermane Stiverne 2 for the WBC world heavyweight championship, live on Showtime at 9pm ET/6pm PT, from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Earlier this week, Porter took some time away from camp to talk with me about the fight and his career so far.
By Allan Fox: Shawn Porter (27-2-1, 17 KOs) will be taking a stay busy fight against the recently defeated light welterweight contender Adrian Granados (18-5-2, 12 KOs) in a 10 round fight on the undercard of WBC heavyweight champion Deontay “Bronze Bomber” Wilder’s title defense against Luis Ortiz on November 4 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF welterweight champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter and his father/trainer Kenny Porter both see IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) beating challenger Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) on September 26. Porter, 29, doesn’t go into detail in giving reasons why he believes Triple G will best Canelo, but his father Kenny sees Golovkin as simply the better boxer of the two. That’s kind of a surprise, because the consensus with the boxing public is Canelo is the better boxer.
By Dan Ambrose: The WBC is going to make Danny Garcia (33-1, 19 KOs) and Shawn Porter earn a title shot against WBC welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman by fighting each other for the interim WBC 147lb title.
By Allan Fox: By Jeff Aranow: Shawn Porter sees former 4 division world champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner (33-2, 24 Kos) being at the “end of the line” tonight in his fight against lightweight world champion Mikey Garcia (36-0, 30 KOs) on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Dan Ambrose: Fresh off his knockout victory over Andre Berto, WBC mandatory challenger Shawn Porter has called out #2 WBC Danny Garcia for a fight between them. Porter, 29, would prefer to face WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman in a rematch, but he’s on the shelf right now in recovering from elbow surgery.
By Scott Gilfoid: Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) just finished bagging the IBF welterweight title off of champion Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) last Saturday night in stopping him in the 11th round in England. The win over Brook let the boxing world know that there is a new star in the welterweight division in Spence, and he’s ready to win all of the remaining world titles in the division Spence ‘s win over Brook came against arguably the second best fighter at 147.
By David Alexander: In front of a passionate crowd at Bramall Lane in Brook’s hometown of Sheffield, England, Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs) made a strong case for pound-for-pound recognition by forcing Kell Brook (36-2, 25 KOs) to submit due to a badly swollen left eye. Special K was over matched in rounds 8,9,10 and eventually the 11th when he dropped to his knee and told the ref he couldn’t continue.
By Rob MaClean: Shawn Porter (27, 2, 1, 17Ko’s) managed to pull off an impressive TKO of Andre Berto (31, 5, 24Ko’s) in Brooklyn, New York, by scoring a TKO victory in round 9. In what was an extremely entertaining slug fest between two welterweights it was the wrecking ball that is Shawn Porter who offered too much for Andre Berto this evening.