The full lineup has been announced for the Spence-Porter undercard taking place September 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
PPV Fights
Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter (WBC/IBF welterweight titles)
Anthony Dirrell vs. David Benavidez (WBC super middleweight title)
Mario Barrios vs. Batyr Akhmedov (WBA super lightweight title)
Josesito Lopez vs. John Molina Jr. (welterweight)
FS1 Fights
Robert Guerrero vs. Jerry Thomas (welterweight)
Joey Spencer vs. TBA (super welterweight)
Off-TV Action
Misael Rodriguez vs. Brandon Maddox (super middleweight)
Lindolfo Delgado vs. Jesus Zazueta Anaya (welterweight)
Fabian Maidana vs. Ramses Agaton (super lightweight)
Burley Brooks vs. Fabian Valdez (light heavyweight)
Amon Rashidi vs. Alfonso Olvera (welterweight)
Fernando Garcia vs. Juan Antonio Lopez (featherweight)
Leon Lawson III vs. Alan Zavala (super welterweight)
Justin Cardona vs. Archie Weah (super lightweight)
Jose Valenzuela vs. Charles Clark (super featherweight)
The event is promoted by Man Down Promotions, TGB Promotions and Shawn Porter Promotions.
all these , PFV fights, damn, got rid of hbo, if showtime goes to ppv, I will cancel, been hardcore boxing guy for 55 yrs, I will not pay to watch fights on tv,
So Mike if you boxed, would you decline ppv if you were marquee? For 55 years you talk as though you’re very selfish to your wallet. There are fighters very deserving of ppv. Like, Mr. Crawford, GGG, Mr. Pacquiao and pre-retirement Andre Ward. Entertainers like Floyd Mayweather manipulated his career for twenty years on low risks for high reward. A sports Ponzi scheme Roy Jones made famous for nine years [before Mr. Mayweather.] Boxing has not recovered [yet]. Especially since the recent Mayweather v. McGregor debacle. Copyright 2019 Coach Hilario
Copyright 2019 Coach Hilario
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Here my predictions for the PPV fights:
1/ Spence vs. Porter: Spence by UD.
Spence is bigger, fresher and on his way up. Porter is still a serious challenge but he doesn’t react well to body shots and stylistically its not a good match up for him. Porter also switched his boxing style recently, and the experiment didn’t go too well. Its a great test though for Spence.
2/ Anthony Dirrell vs. Benavidez: Benavidez by UD.
First, I think its a great match up of two excellent fighters and of experience vs. youth. Dirrell has no real flaws, and neither does Benavidez. One difference though is that Benavidez lacks discipline, has a failed VADA test, had promotional problems and is mentally less stable than Dirrell (who is also not the most stable). Solely based on the Gavril and Love fights, I think Benavidez will take the title from Dirrell.
3/ Barrios vs. Akhmedov: Barrios by UD.
Both are undefeated, Akhmedov has the much better amateur pedigree. Neither of them had particularly noteworthy wins yet, so the fight will be a defining fight for both. Akhme is already 28 and will soon run out of time. Barrios has more pro experience, which should help him in this fight. I have seen only two fights of Akhmedov and although he won them, he didn’t impress me in either of them.
4/ Lopez vs. Molina: Lopez by UD.
Evenly matched seasoned fighters who will most likely have to retire within the next two years. Based on their last few fights, I think Lopez is a bit sharper at this point. He gave Thurman a good fight. Molina has taken a lot of punishment during his career. This may well be a blood fest and probably an open fight until the last rounds.
Thanks for letting us know!!!
Kudos to the one that have the nerve to watch all these fights.
Porter vs. Spence has all the ingredients of a snooze, being the opposite Molina vs. Lopez.
Benavidez will stop Dirrell and Barrios vs Akhmedov will be a good fight, but Barrios might prevail after the 5th round. Good card though
This is not a ppv worthy boxing card . We the boxing fans need to stop paying to watch boxing. Fox ppv , DAZN, ESPN+ , PBC ppv . Where does it end? At least with Showtime there is other content to watch other than boxing . Boxing is becoming a pay to watch sport . No other sport does this.
I agree. Before, only the superstars would fight ppv, now every other card is ppv. These Al Haymons and Mayweathers offering big money to sign up prospects are killing boxing.
I agree that Spence vs Porter on the surface doesn’t seem PPV worthy, but I actually think it is.
Before those points though I’d like to point out that they’ve given us an undercard that has both good matchups and importance to boot. The only fight that isn’t a title fight might end up being the best fight of the night. Two vets who come to fight and while neither should get a shot at another title the winner likely will and therefore this fight has added importance. Dirrell vs Benevidez is very interesting. The winner might be the best at 168 and at the very least go looking for Callum Smith.
Anyway, the main event…let me just ask any of you fans a simple question:
If a title unification fight between two fighters at or near their primes aren’t worthy of a PPV, then who is?
I know we all hate paying for it and that this isn’t the unification that we all want to see, but this probably is the best we can get right now. Politics will keep TC on the outside looking in and Pac just fought. Besides, is Pac better than Porter at this point? If he is, it’s not by much.