Shawn Porter scored a ninth round stoppage of Andre Berto to become the WBC’s mandatory challenger to unified welterweight champion Keith Thurman in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, presented by Premier Boxing Champions, Saturday night on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
By Jeff Aranow: Former IBF welterweight champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter (27-2-1, 17 KOs) mauled former IBF/WBC champion Andre Berto (31-5, 24 KOs) in wearing him down and stopping him in the 9th round on Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Berto was knocked down 3 times in the fight. Once in round 2 and two more times in the 9th round.
By Allan Fox: Andre Berto (31-4, 24 KOs) and “Showtime” Shawn Porter (26-2-1, 16 KOs) will be fighting tonight, as well as WBC junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13 KOs) and Charles Hatley (26-1-1, 18 KOs) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Berto-Porter is an important fight for both of them, as the winner of match becomes the #1 WBC mandatory challenger to World Boxing Council welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman.
By Jeff Aranow: Andre Berto will be getting a purse of $1.2 million for his WBC welterweight title eliminator fight against Shawn Porter this Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. According to Dan Rafael, Porter’s purse for the fight is $1 million, which isn’t bad considering that he lost his last fight to Keith Thurman last June. The Berto-Porter fight will be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing.
The winner of the Berto vs. Porter fight will have a future fight against WBA/WBC champion Thurman.
By Jim Dower: In this Saturday’s television broadcast on Showtime Championship Boxing, Andre Berto, Shawn Porter, Jermell Charlo and Charles Hatley all weighed in successfully at Friday’s weigh-in for their matches at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Former two-time welterweight world champion Berto (31-4, 24 KOs) weighed in at 146 ½ pounds for his WBC welterweight title eliminator bout against former IBF champ Porter (26-2-1, 16 KOs). For his part, Porter weighed in at the welterweight limit at 147 lbs.
By Allan Fox: Former IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter (26-2-1, 16 KOs) wants his victory over Andre Berto (31-4, 24 KOs) on Saturday night to send a message to WBA/WBC 147 pound champion Keith “One Time” Thurman that he’s ready for a rematch against him to avenge his loss to him from last June. Thurman barely beat Porter by a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores 115-113, 115-113 and 115-113.
By Harry Rowland: Welterweights Andre Berto 31-4 (24) and Shawn Porter 26-2-1 (16) collide this Saturday 22nd April at the Barclays Centre, Brooklyn, New York, over the full 12 round championship distance, although there is no title on the line.
By Jeff Aranow: Shawn Porter says that he liked the way Floyd Mayweather Jr. boxed Andre Berto in beating him by a decision 2 years ago in 2015. Porter (26-2-1, 16 KOs) will be fighting Berto in nine days from now on April 22 in a WBC 147lb title eliminator on Showtime Championship Boxing from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Porter, 29, lost his last fight to WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman in getting out-boxed in a 12 round decision defeat last June.
Unbeaten heavyweight contender Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (27-0, 23 KOs) will return to the ring to take on Long Island’s Derric Rossy (31-12, 15 KOs) in a 10-round showdown Saturday, April 22 in a Premier Boxing Champions event live from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™.
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Also competing in undercard action is four-division world champion Amanda “Real Deal” Serrano (31-1-1, 23 KOs) who will look to make history by becoming the first woman and the first Puerto Rican fighter to win a fifth world title in five different weight classes. Both the Ortiz vs. Rossy and Serrano bouts were announced at a press conference in New York City on Thursday.
By Jim Dower: Unbeaten #1 WBA heavyweight contender Luis “The Real King” Kong (27-0, 3 KOs) has been added to the April 22nd fight card headlined by former welterweight champions Andre Berto and Shawn Porter on Premier Boxing Champions on Showtime from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The fight card starts at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT. The Berto vs. Porter fight will be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing.