Former unified world welterweight champion Keith Thurman joins The PBC Podcast this week to discuss his ring return this summer, address the latest rumors and lay out his top target.. Also, hosts Kenneth Bouhairie and Michael Rosenthal preview Saturday night's stacked PBC on SHOWTIME triple-header (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT) featuring undefeated rising welterweight star Jaron "Boots" Ennis … In December 2009, Porter took on undefeated 27 year old Jamar Patterson (8–0, 4 KOs) at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minnesota in a scheduled 8 round fight. [53] On February 23, Thurman's promoter said he had been forced to postpone his upcoming fight with Porter after being injured in a car accident. [17] In July, Porter beat 24 year old Ray Robinson (11–1, 4 KOs) via unanimous decision (99–89, 97–92, 98–91) at DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Mississippi. We kept throwing it." [43] Garcia was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness prior to the weigh-in and was forced to withdraw. Porter had little success in doing this. The fight ended in a split decision draw after 10 rounds 96–94, 95–95, 94–96. [31] Porter improved his record to 22–0–1 after defeating Díaz by decision, retaining the NABO title and winning the vacant IBF North American title as a result. Porter won the fight after 4 rounds via unanimous decision (40–33, 40–33, 39–35). news delivered to your inbox. [citation needed], Porter is trained and managed by his father Kenny Porter, located in Las Vegas, Nevada.[13]. [23], In April 2012, after over a year out, Porter stopped veteran journeyman Patrick Thompson in round 6. Lou DiBella had insisted the injury is not serious or career threatening, but admits the American is lucky to have escaped major injury. His first opponent was American Hector Munoz (18–3–4, 11 KOs) at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. The fight took place on August 16, 2014 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Shawn Porter has a feeling that Errol Spence Jr. will have an easy time in the ring his next time out. Porter was the busier fighter, landing 175 of 448 (39%) punches thrown, whilst Berto landed 81 of 254 thrown (32%). Shawn Porter Speaks on Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, and Much More! At the time of stoppage, Porter was ahead on all scorecards, 79–71, 79–74 and 78–73. Porter won via 4th-round TKO. [71] A day later, Porter added fuel to the speculation when he called out García in a WWE-esque promo on social media, "I just heard that the WBC will ask Showtime Shawn Porter to fight another title eliminator. Visit ESPN to get up-to-the-minute sports news coverage, scores, highlights and commentary for AFL, NRL, Rugby, Cricket, Football and more. Ezekiel "Kell" Brook (born 3 May 1986) is a British professional boxer.He held the IBF welterweight title from 2014 to 2017, and has challenged once for the unified WBC, IBF, and IBO middleweight titles in 2016 and has challenged for the WBO welterweight title in 2020. Thurman landed 235 of 539 punches (44 percent) and Porter landed 236 of 662 (36 percent). This is a blessing. Put your skill on the line along with your record. [50] The fight drew close to 2.4 million viewers. Suarez beat the count, but was out on his feet. }); fight. For the win, Porter earned $500,000, while Granados took home a $200,000 purse. }); jQuery('body').append('