Shawn Porter

By Dan Ambrose: Last Saturday night, former IBF welterweight champion Shawn “Showtime” Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) revealed to Showtime Sports that a deal is being finalized for him to face WBA World welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) on March 12 at a still to be determined venue. Porter will be looking to capture Thurman’s WBA title and return to a world championship status. Porter lost his IBF 147lb title to British fighter Kell Brook by a 12 round decision in 2014 in a close fight.

“I’m being told that that fight is being finalized and will be taking place March 12,” Porter said to Showtime. “I’ll be ready for the fight and March 12 can’t come any sooner!” No venue has been named.”

This should be a good 50-50 fight. Some fans believe that Thurman will be able to outbox Porter the same way that Brook did by using a lot of jabbing and holding. The holding might not work against Porter, but the jabbing could be successful if Porter isn’t able to duck under the shots.

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By Dan Ambrose: It looks like the welterweight clash between WBA “regular” 147lb champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) and “Showtime” Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) could be ready to be announced. Dan Rafael is reporting that the Thurman-Porter fight will be taking place on March 12th at the Mohegan Sun, in Uncasville, Connecticut.

The fight might be announced this Saturday night by Showtime during the Deontay Wilder vs. Artur Szpilka telecast. Lou Dibella will promote the Thurman vs. Porter fight.

“Not done yet but I’m told Lou Dibella will promote Keith Thurman – ‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter [on] 3/12, Mohegan Sun,” Rafael said. “Since Thurman-Porter is 95% going to be on CBS, sister net Showtime will probably announce it on Saturday night during the telecast.”

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By Danny Esch: The long anticipated fight between Keith “One Time” Thurman and Shawn “Show Time” Porter is finally approaching us. Last year in 2015 the fight was suppose to take place in December to close out the year with a bang for PBC but the fight was then postponed. It was in fact a mystery as to what really transpired between the two camps and their promoter Al Haymon.

In my opinion the mystery became a fully fledged “mystery” because Thurman created a very talkative persona during his rise in the boxing community but when a dangerous fight such as this one was mentioned the champion disappeared. Thurman was known as an up and coming fighter who was very vocal and ferocious in the ring but calm and collected outside of the ring.

Today it seems though that Thurman has reappeared once again and as in the past he also has become vocal again which is what most fans love about him.

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By Dan Ambrose: The potential fight between WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) and #4 WBA Shawn “Showtime” Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) will likely be moved to March 12, according to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times.

The reason why it will be moved from Mach 5th is because of UFC 197 taking place on that night with Conor McGregor vs. Rafael Dos Anjos and Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate. It would be too much competition for viewers if Thurman-Porter were to take place on March 5.

“Was told earlier today the Keith ThurmanJr @ShowtimeShawnP fight would likely be moved to March 12 due to the fact McGregor going March 5,” Pugmire said on his Twitter.

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By Dan Ambrose: Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) and WBA “regular” welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) could be facing each other in late February on the 20th or 27th, according to Fighthype. The two of them definitely will be fighting each other. The only thing that needs to be established is what date the fight will take place.

Porter and his father/trainer Kenny Porter are a little frustrated at how long it’s taken to get the 27-year-old “One Time” Thurman into the ring, as they wanted to face him in December to get it over with.

They feel pretty confident that Thurman’s chin will betray him in this fight, and they can’t wait to get it over with. Thurman has looked vulnerable when standing in the pocket against fighters with any kind of punching power, and Porter would appear to be a bad match-up for him.

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By Dan Ambrose: Trainer Kenny Porter is still waiting for WBA “regular” welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) to make the call to get the fight done with Shawn Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs) for a fight in 2016. Kenny is starting to think that the 27-year-old Thurman is reluctant to take the fight because he’s starting to realize what he’ll need to go through in getting in the ring with a pit-bull like Porter.

Kenny says that Porter is going to go after Thurman and force him to make critical decisions how he wants to survive the situation. Kenny sees it as a case where Thurman will need to run, hold and fight.

“He [Thurman] has not signed the deal,” Kenny Porter said to Knockoutnews. “As far as the date, we’ll do it anytime they’re ready. It doesn’t matter where they want to fight at. We’re in shape to go in six weeks. We can fight in four weeks.

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By J Caldwell: If boxing truly is a young man’s sport, then a probable match-up between Shawn “Showtime” Porter (26-1-1, 16 KO) and Keith “One Time” Thurman (26-0, 22 KO) looks to be an exciting one. In complete deference to the older lions of the pride, including Timothy “The Desert Storm” Bradley, Amir “King” Kahn and Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, a possible showdown between boxing’s newer crop of talent (i.e., Thurman, Porter, Kell Brooks, Adrien Broner, Danny Garcia and, of course, Errol Spence) could perhaps set the stage for a glimpse of what’s to come in the welterweight division, a division which for now as it stand appears stacked with all kinds of boxing talent.

Cautionary tales abound. Whenever you allow “big cats” to roam the boxing landscape, things could end up getting pretty messy. What we as diehard boxing fans could end up witnessing within the short foreseeable future is a kind of boxing renaissance of sort; whereby, the torch as kindled from TBE’s “skills win fights” boxing era is pass on to a newer generation of younger, hungrier lions both willing and able to inflict damage on to each other.

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By Tim Fletcher: According to reports, the much talked about contest between WBA welterweight champion Keith Thurman and Showtime Shawn Porter is being moved to 2016 rather than taking place on December 12th like what was talked about. The Thurman-Porter fight could take place on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox Sports, according to RingTV.

The idea in moving the Thurman vs. Porter fight to 2016 is that it will give more time to build the fight to make it a bigger fight. If the Thurman-Porter fight were to take place in December, it wouldn’t give enough time to make it a huge fight.

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