By Allan Fox: Paulie Malignaggi (33-5, 7 KO’s) will be challenging unbeaten IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter (23-0-1, 14 KO’s) on April 19th on the undercard of the Beibut Shumenov vs. Bernard Hopkins fight at the DC Armory, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. Malignaggi thinks his experience will be too much for the young 26-year-old Porter, who has faced much lesser opposition during his 6-year pro career.
“Porter is a good fighter and I’m sure he’ll be a champion again in the future, but he doesn’t have the tools or experience to beat me.”
By Michael Byrne: Shawn Porter has arranged a voluntary defence of his new IBF 147lb title with the biggest available name, Paulie Malignaggi, but the IBF have stated that the winner must fight mandatory challenger Kell Brook within 90 days. This is great news all round. Porter gets to fight another big name after springing onto the big stage with his upset victory over Devon Alexander. 
By Scott Gilfoid: The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has given IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter (23-0-1, 14 KO’s) an exception to take on former two division world champion Paulie Malignaggi (33-5, 7 KO’s) in an optional title defense with the stipulation that the winner of the Porter-Malignaggi fight must face #1 IBF Kell Brook (31-0, 21 KO’s) by this Summer, according to Fightnews. 
By 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. 
By 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. 
(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. 
(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.
By 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. 
By 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.