IBF welterweight champion Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. clashes with WBC welterweight champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter in a massive pay-per-view title unification showdown tonight from Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Errol Spence Jr: “Shawn is a champion just like me, and now we’re going to get it on. I’ve been wanting that WBC belt for a long time and now he’s going to hand it over to me on Saturday night, or I’m going to take it from him.”
Shawn Porter: “Errol knows what it is. He’s going to come to fight, and I’m going to come to fight. The fans are in for a treat. This is the best of the best about to go in there and do it.”
Spence is a 9:1 favorite.
the reason Porter is smiling is because he knows how much he is going to make off of this unification. Spence looks like he is saying, you can smile, but you know I’m not playing with you. Still say if Crawford really wants the Spence fight, he should have gotten Top Rank to offer a sweet deal to Danny Garcia by now to fight by December 2019. Top Rank said in November 2018 they were going to do what they could to make Danny Garcia vs Crawford by late 2019. Danny Garcia vs Crawford would be a New York, Atlantic City, or Philadelphia fight. But instead, Crawford will fight Kavaliauskas. To me, Top Rank should offer Danny Garcia a deal to fight Kavaliauskas in a main event for big money, with the winner getting a guarantee to fight Pacquiao or Crawford. Crawford could always fight his old #1 Custio Clayton up in Halifax, or Sergey Lipinets (a fight that was supposed to happen 2 years ago).
On paper, Spence should win this fight handily. He’s got the reach, power and jab.
I’m going with Porter on this one.
I don’t think Spence has ever faced a true, dirty, throw-back Mauler. You don’t “teach” that style in a gym. It’s difficult to adjust to. Sometimes, you can be a little “to” fundamental.
This has all the hallmarks of an upset.
I think Porter finds a way to keep it in a phone booth and simply Wolverines Porter to a 12 Rd decision.
Feel free to come on here and bash my IQ if I’m wrong.
Lay your bets on the table….. I guarantee you Spence’s trainers are got him ready for Porter’s straight ahead, short arms, pitter-pat, hold and hit style. Spence’s movement and reach will keep Porter honest on the outside. Porter’s style is predictable, boring, and lacks creativity. No upset in this fight. Spence will carry it all the way on points. Spence’s jab will give Porter trouble as the fight progresses as Porter will be flat-footed and relying on his short-arm counters. Yes, Dave, your boxing IQ is being bashed……..Sorry
True, but laying huge odds on Spence not a good idea either.
Boxing is in a sad state. Why? Spencer vs Porter is the best out there? These two boxers are solid, but way far from the 90′ and 2000’s era. Trinidad at 147 would destroy these 2 ….in the same night. Oscar de La Hoya, Ike Quartey, Jose Luis Lopez, Pernell Whitaker, Terry Norris…..and many more from the 90’s or 2,000 would eat today’s champions. Boxing is dead here in America.
David, nobody’s going to knock your IQ. There’s nothing wrong with your reasoning on the face of it.
Porter’s game plan has to be to fight in a phone booth. We all saw what happened to the hapless Mikey Garcia when he tried to simply outbox a man with footwork and a jab in Spence.
The problem here is that Spence would have spent the last 6 weeks training for this sort of crowding and will be using lots of lateral movement if’s he’s wise particularly early in the fight.
@David totally agree. Never did understand all the retarded talk about the “bigger” man. If anything the shorter guy is the bigger man. Maybe not tall, but bigger, the same weight on a smaller frame. Porter will take it to the later rounds and TKO/KO Spence. Look at Paquiao and “tall”, Margarito. Bashed his face in and fractured his eye socket. He works Spence like Maidana did Mayweather and clubs him and stays in his face which I have been seeing on his sparring sessions, Spences reach and skills go out the door. Elbows, forearms to the face. Spence is one and done. The most important factor in all this is if Porter has the endurance to sustain this barrage. The better conditioned fighter is going to win this thing. and whose chin holds up best.
Joe Blow, comparing Pac-man vs. Margarito to this fight is completely backwards. Pac-man is smaller and could box. Margarito was bigger and lacked such great skill. He was a typical slugger with a puncher’s chance. Porter is smaller with a pattern built after Margarito. Spence is bigger with a Pac-man ability to box. You talk about the “bigger” man issue in boxing? In some cases, a skilled boxer with the larger stature and reach can make a difference when utilized effectively. Spence executed that tactic very well against the short-smaller-man Garcia and won a huge edge victory. Porter lacks much creativity in his style. That will haunt him in this fight as it progresses thru the rounds.
You are 100% accurate David. Mr. Porter has the tools to win. If Floyd ‘low risks for high reward’ Mayweather never complimented Mr. Spence’s sparring complements then Errol wouldn’t be as ‘sought’ after. Mr. Spence is an average pugilist that social media arm chair repeaters have made into a giant. He doesn’t have any extravagant facets. Copyright 2019 Coach Hilario
Not one of these guys has mentioned Crawford. When all the smoke clears he will be the last one standing.
Crawford very good-Spence probably a level above all including him.
Porter’s style is so predictable and rather boring as the fight goes on: charge in, pitter-pat, hold, pitter-pat on the hold, break. Nothing great…….. Spence will have his way as the fight progresses on the outside with lateral movement and check hooks. After Porter loses this fight, I hope we are done seeing him in the spotlight. There are many others waiting in line to fight the top notch champions and the entertainment will be at a much higher level than seeing Porter’s predictable snooze-fest style.
Porter wins in a dog fight. Porter reminds me of a young Meldrick Taylor with power and speed and granite chin.
Easy victory for Spence, Porter will NOT win a round
LOL!!!!! Whatever happens happens. My life isn’t going to change, but their bank account surely will……………by the millions. Porters videos on you tube show him sparring with guys at the upper tier level 3 weight classes above him. If his endurance holds out he wins in a self made street fight. He tires and can’t sustain it Spence picks him apart. Its all in whose in better shape, has a better chin, and the most heart. I don’t think either style is going to be the deciding factor.
I agree……However, Spence will put on a clinic with his movement and jab followed by the hook…. Porter is going to eat those shots before he can even get close..…….Easy fight to score……..
Terrence Crawford is the real champ at 147 lb.