By Jeff Zimmerman
In the ring post-fight…
Errol Spence Jr: “He’s a rough, awkward fighter. He’s rough and rugged and be always come to fight. He was strong. I’m a bigger, stronger welterweight.”
With Danny Garcia next to him as likely next opponent: “The tables are turned. I told Al Haymon, you line them up and I’ll knock them down.”
Shawn Porter: Did y’all enjoy that?!? He’s a strong kid. We both knew it would be a dogfight…I hope everyone enjoyed this. This is what we came for and what everyone came for.
Great fight. Would have been eye-opening for Spence if he had thought every fight would be as one-sided as Mickey Garcia . * Heard he’s going to be matched against Danny Garcia next .
Great fight. Porter gave it his all. I thought Spence would wash him. It was dogfight. Crawford is licking his chops though.
This was good fight. I have to give Porter credit for lasting the distance and making it more competitive than I thought he would. The fight went according to script as far as I’m concerned, but Porter proved more durable and not as reckless/amateurish/Leon Spinks-like as I thought he would. My assessment of him was a bit harsh, but I don’t like his style.
Kudos to Spence. He was simply too strong, too polished, and too good. He won as I predicted, and judging by the swelling on Porter’s face, Porter felt that hurt. Good fight, and I didn’t think it was anything close to a split decision win for Spence. All judges should’ve scored it for him.
Boxing is in decadence. These 2 boxers are a B class at best. Both would have being iced by the .likes of Tito Trinidad, Oscar de la Hoya,, Ike Quartey, jose luis lopez and terry nortis. Any day.
Trinidad would have Knocked Porter out like he did Barnes…He would’ve punished Spence enroute to a late stoppage like he did to Oba Carr
I thought it was definitely a great action fight.. Spence landed the harder more precise punches and Porter landed some great shots as well.. I think that like Maidana/Mayweather 1, lots of people are giving Porter credit for being rough n brutal but that’s not actually a metric for scoring a boxing match… His aggression was great but it wasn’t always effective.. His offense got him hit and his defense was to literally back away and retreat to catch his breath… I thought Spence’s body attack forced Porter to fight more wildly and desperately as the fight went on… I had it 116 – 111 for Spence with the knockdown
But that was a nice turn off the ropes from porter in round 6.. anybody noticed that? That’s a rare move usually fighters don’t do it like that. He looked like a Dragonball Z character
What a shame that Spence is fighting Danny Garcia! Garcia is washed up and his dad (trainer) is a PITA causing racial wars half the time. Garcia is a joke now. Spence needs to pick a different fighter.
How is Danny Garcia a joke??! While he may not be an A-level fighter right now without a strap, he’s still a World Class fighter! I’d rather see Spence vs Crawford, but fighting Danny isn’t a bad second choice
I read Porter said he thought the knockdown made the difference. So going into round 11, Porter must have thought he had won 5 of the first 10 rounds. Maybe Porter really was ahead 6 rounds to 4 after 10 rounds, and lost the last 2 rounds, so he lost by 1 point. To me, after the knockdown, if Porter had not won 7 of the first 10 rounds, it is hard to argue with a 1 point win for Spence, unless Porter clearly won round 12.
Anyway, with Crawford vs Spence, if you have Danny Garcia, Manny Pacquiao, and then Spence having to fight his mandatory, and you have Crawford turning 32 the day of this fight, you know they are trying to keep Crawford on the outside and getting old. But hey, why can’t Crawford drop to 140 and fight Lomachenko in a Top Rank super fight. That way Crawford can stop wasting time with his mandatories, and just do the super fight of all super fights against Lomachenko. You know Top Rank won’t let that happen, even though Lomachenko and Crawford are the selling points of Top Rank boxing and only 12 lbs away from eachother. Even if Crawford made 141 lbs, I’d bet Lomachneko would be game to do a very low ends welterweight title fight.
This had to be a tough fight to score live. I’m surprised how many people on this site struggled with it at home, but Porter knows. I think he’s surprised it was Split.
As for Danny Garcia…after wrestling off Spence for 12 rounds Soence probably deserves a showcase fight. I hope they put it on Basic Cable, because it’s DEFINITELY NOT PPV worthy. Note: I thought the significance of a title unification and the undercard made last night’s action one of the most worthy of PPV in a while.