Shawn Porter

By Chris Williams: WBA World welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) wants a conclusive end to his fight against Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) this month on June 25 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Thurman wants a knockout, and he feels confident he’ll be able to make that happen.

Thurman says Porter will run into something when he comes after him the way he normally fights. Thurman has the power to knockout any fighter in the division. The only question is whether he’ll be willing to engage enough with the 28-year-old Porter to use his power.

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By Dan Ambrose: WBA World welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) says he’s hoping to score a knockout win over #2 WBA Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) in their fight this month on June 25 on Showtime Championship Boxing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Thurman’s other goal is for him to be known as the hardest puncher in the welterweight division. Unfortunately, being known as the harest puncher in the 147lb division doesn’t necessarily mean that Thurman will be the best fighter in the weight clas because he’s got some heavy competition in Errol Spence Jr., Kell Brook and Danny Garcia.

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By Dan Ambrose: WBA World welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) has less than a month before he faces Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) on June 25 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The two fighters sparred together three years ago, and Thurman supposed spent much of the time running from Porter to keep from getting hit.

Thurman, 27, has a different perception of what took place during the sparring sessions, which he says took place over a three to four week period. Thurman says he wasn’t running from Porter, he was “dodging” him and making him hit air. It’s understandable why some people might interpret dodging as a form of running because what it means is that Thurman wasn’t staying in the pocket against Porter. He was moving to keep from getting hit.

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By Dan Ambrose: In a month from now former IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) will be challenging WBA World welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) for his title on June 25 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

There are many boxing fans who are leaning in the direction of the 27-year-old Thurman to defeat Porter in this clash. However, it’s a fight that is really a toss-up when you look at the two fighters’ previous fights.

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By Danny Esch: The mega fight between Keith “One Time” Thurman and Shawn “Showtime” Porter will soon make landfall on June 25th at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn New York. For those that don’t understand the magnitude of this fight let me emphasize my point to you that this truly is a “Mega” type of fight.

I emphasize this point because you will have the luxury of watching two young guys who are both in their prime years in this sport. This fight is truly a 50/50 type of fight because both fighters posses knock out power in both hands and arguably unblemished records except for Porters fight against Kell Brook that some say Shawn Porter actually one.

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(Photo credit: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME)By Chris Williams: WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) is calling his June 25 fight against former IBF 147lb champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) as the best match-up of 2016. We’ll find that out for ourselves if this is going to be a good fight or not because Thurman hasn’t fought since last year in July, and he hasn’t fought anyone good as of yet during his career.

For all we know, this fight could turn out to be a mismatch or a boring affair if Thurman decides to back pedal all over the ring to avoid getting hit by Porter. Thurman, 27, was involved in a traffic accident recently.

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