Shawn Porter

Khan names opponent list for next fight: Malignaggi, Broner, Porter & Peterson

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malignaggi5656By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan (28-3, 19 KO’s) is now actively looking to line up his Plan B opponent after being bypassed by Floyd Mayweather Jr. for his May 3rd fight. Khan is interested in fighting one of these names for his next fight in April or May: Paulie Malignaggi, Lamont Peterson, Shawn Porter or Adrien Broner, according to BoxNation. Peterson and Malignaggi are retread opponents for Khan, as he stopped Malignaggi in the 11th round in 2010. Khan was beaten by Peterson by a 12 round decision in 2011.

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Khan were to fight Malignaggi next fight, because that would be a safe fight for Khan to keep him winning until Mayweather gives him a shot. With the news yesterday from Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer that Mayweather still is interested in fighting Khan, but not for May, it would make sense for Khan to take a soft touch like Malignaggi for his next fight instead of someone that could beat him.

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Brook wants Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter winner in June

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thurman11By Scott Gilfoid: #1 WBA, Kell Brook (23-0-1, 14 KO’s) says he’ll be fighting the winner of the proposed Keith Thurman vs. Shawn Porter fight by next June at the latest. The Thurman-Porter fight is being talked about by Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer for next April, and the chances are very high that Thurman will emerge as the winner of that fight unless he can somehow mug Thurman in the same way he did to Devon Alexander last December.

“Shawn Porter vs. Keith Thurman. The winner I get before June.”

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Shawn Porter used old blueprint to defeat Alexander

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08 Porter victory IMG_3724(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Eric Thomas: Shawn Porter (23-0-1, 14 KO’s) says he used the blueprint from Devon Alexander’s loss to Tim Bradley from 2011 to defeat Alexander (25-2, 14 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision and take his IBF welterweight title last night at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Porter’s father felt that the blueprint that Bradley created would be perfect to beat Alexander a second time by using a lot of aggression and smothering him. It worked well with the judges giving Porter the win by the scores 115-113, 116-112, 116-112.

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Shawn Porter vs. Broner Possible dream match-Up: Who wins?

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07 Porter vs Alexande IMG_3180(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Allen Hmiel: Talk about an evenly matched fight between a talented Shawn Porter 23-0-1 versus the “future of boxing,” as he calls himself Adrian Broner at 27-0. The unbeaten newly crowed IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter and WBA welterweight champion Adrian Broner are built the same way and both possess the quick hands and boxing ability to draw fan interest.

Two evenly matched similar fighters would be a great fight in the immediate future in early 2014.

Shawn destroyed a vastly overrated former IBF 147 lb. champion Devon Alexander and took Devon’s title belt last night in their fight on Showtime. Broner has an easy fight coming up against the one dimensional Marcos Maidana next week.

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Devon Alexander sees win over Porter leading to bigger things

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alexander342By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO’s) expects to look strong on Saturday night in making his second defense of his title against the unbeaten Shawn Porter (22-0-1, 4 KO’s) at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Alexander, 26, has seen some of Porter’s fights and he’s not been overly impressed with what he’s seen of his skills. He feels that Porter is definitely a level below him in the talent department. Those thoughts are echoed by a lot of other boxing fans as well.

Alexander said this via Sky Sports “His [Porter] skills are limited. You can expect me to win and be explosive. I’m going to be smart and get the win. After this fight we can expect bigger and better things. I’ll be a major player at 147.”

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Devon Alexander defends against Shawn Porter this Saturday on Showtime

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By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO’s) defends his title against the unbeaten Shawn Porter (22-0-1, 14 KO’s) this Saturday on Showtime at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. This is a step up from Alexander’s last title defense against Britain’s Lee Purdy, but it’s a step down from the guy that Alexander defeated to capture his IBF title against the hard hitting Randall Bailey.

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Porter: Rios will take a lot of shots from Pacquiao

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rios545By Chris Williams: Former sparring partner of Manny Pacquiao, the unbeaten welterweight contender Shawn Porter, believes that the boxing world is going to see the old version of Pacquiao in 9 days when he faces Brandon Rios (31-1-1, 23 KO’s) on November 23rd in Macao, China. Porter sees Rios taking a ton of head shots in this fight and he wonders how he’s going to be able to take all those punches for 12 rounds.

We don’t know what Pacquiao is going to do once he starts getting hit by Rios in return. Yes, it’s likely that Pacquiao will land a of quick shots in the early going, but the question is what happens to him when he starts taking big head shots in return.

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Devon Alexander: Shawn Porter’s skills are limited

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alexander453434By Allan Fox: IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO’s) isn’t too worried about his title defense on December 7th against unbeaten Shawn Porter (22-0-1, 14 KO’s) at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Alexander sees the 5’7″ Porter as a limited fighter that he’ll have no problems beating next month when they face each other.

Porter, #6 IBF, #6 WBO, #15 WBA, recently defeated Julio Diaz by a 10 round unanimous decision last September after having fought to a grueling 10 round draw against him last December. Diaz was able to catch Porter with some big shots in both of the fights, and it was pretty competitive throughout. Porter, 26, also has wins against Phil Lo Greco, Alfonso Gomez, Anges Adjaho, Ray Robinson, Hector Munoz, and Raul Pinzon. But his promoters haven’t put Porter in with anyone that you can call a good fighter until now with him facing Alexander.

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Devon Alexander faces Shawn Porter on November 30th in San Antonio, Texas

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alexander5654By Scott Gilfoid: Amir Khan’s decision not to fight IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander (25-1, 14 KO’s) on December 7th wasn’t much of a surprise because Khan wants the fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and he’s going to wait around to see if he’ll get that big money bout next.

That leaves Alexander making his next defense against the capable Shawn Porter (22-1, 14 KO’s) next month on November 30th at the Freeman Coliseum, in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

It’s a good basic title defense for Alexander. Porter is ranked #7 IBF, #7 WBO, #14 WBA, and he’s coming off of a 10 round unanimous decision win over Julio Diaz last month. Porter looked a heck of a lot better in beating Diaz than Khan did last April.

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A Look Back on This Weekend’s Boxing – 17 & 18th May, 2013

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peterson454By Shane Newsome: Welcome readers to my weekly column which takes an informative, un-bias, retrospective look back on just what went on at the weekend, with reports on the biggest and best boxing action from across the globe.

This week we saw the good, bad and ugly sides of boxing. Including the rise of a new star in Lucas Matthysse, the re-emergence of some old ones in Shane Mosley and Guillermo Jones and perhaps the beginning of an end for some present ones in Lamont Peterson and Denis Lebedev.

So as usual we start our look back in the same place we begun our preview, on Friday at Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia and the WBA ‘Regular’ World heavyweight title defense for unbeaten Russian Alexander Povetkin (26-0) against challenger and previously unbeaten Pole Andrzej Wawrzyk (27-1).

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