Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter
| Date | September 28, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC and IBF welterweight titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spence Jr. wins via 12-round split decision (116–111, 112–115, 116–111) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter was a professional boxing match contested on September 28, 2019, for the WBC and IBF welterweight championship.
Spence Jr. won the fight via split decision, with two scorecards reading 116–111 for Spence Jr., and the third 115–112 for Porter.[1]
Background
The event took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.[2][3]
Spence was the 1 to 9 favourite to win, with Porter as a 5 to 1 underdog.[4]
The fight
Spence Jr. and Porter participated in a frenetic encounter from start to finish, with one CBS analyst declaring it a "fight of the year candidate".[1]
Porter started fast, sometimes overwhelming Spence Jr. in the early rounds. Spence Jr., however, began attacking Porter's body and was able to slowly gain a slight edge on the judges' scorecards. With the fight still close, Spence Jr. landed a short left hook to Porter's chin in round eleven, causing Porter's glove to touch the canvas and scoring the only knockdown of the fight. Porter remained on his feet and received an eight-count by referee Jack Reiss before resuming the contest, finishing the round and engaging in an action-packed twelfth and final round.
In the end, Spence Jr. was given a split decision win on the official scorecards, with Filipino judge Rey Danseco and Steve Weisfeld had it 116–111 for him and Larry Hazzard Jr tallied 115–112 for Porter.[5] Spence Jr. won Porter's WBC title and successfully defended his IBF title for the fourth time.
Fight card
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
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| Welterweight | Lindolfo Delgado | def. | Jesus Zazueta Anaya | KO | 6/6 | 1:59 | [9] | |
| PPV bouts | ||||||||
| Welterweight | Errol Spence Jr. (c) | def. | Shawn Porter (c) | SD | 12/12 | Note 1 | ||
| Super middleweight | David Benavidez | def. | Anthony Dirrell (c) | KO | 9/12 | 1:39 | Note 2 | |
| Super lightweight | Mario Barrios | def. | Batyr Akhmedov | UD | 12/12 | Note 3 | ||
| Welterweight | Josesito Lopez | def. | John Molina Jr. | KO | 8/10 | 0:39 | ||
| Fox Sports 1 Preliminary bouts | ||||||||
| Welterweight | Robert Guerrero | def. | Gerald Thomas | UD | 10/10 | |||
| Middleweight | Joey Spencer | def. | Travis Gambardella | KO | 3/4 | 0:53 | ||
| Live Streamed Preliminary bouts | ||||||||
| Super featherweight | José Valenzuela | def. | Charles Clark | KO | 1/4 | 1:06 | ||
| Super middleweight | Misael Rodriguez | def. | Brandon Maddox | KO | 3/8 | 1:13 | ||
| Welterweight | Fabián Maidana | def. | Ramses Agaton | KO | 1/8 | 2:07 | ||
| Middleweight | Leon Lawson III | def. | Alan Zavala | KO | 2/8 | 2:27 | ||
| Welterweight | Alfonso Olvera | def. | Amon Rashidi | UD | 8/8 | |||
| Featherweight | Juan Antonio Lopez | def. | Fernando Garcia | UD | 8/8 | |||
| Light heavyweight | Burley Brooks | def. | Fabian Valdez | KO | 1/6 | 2:35 | ||
^Note 1 For WBC, and IBF welterweight titles
^Note 3 For vacant WBA (Regular) super lightweight title
Broadcasting
The fight was telecast on Fox Sports pay per view in the United States, Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and via FITE TV on pay per view outside of North America.
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports[10] |
| United States | FOX Sports |
| Worldwide (unsold markets) | FITE TV |
See also
- Felix Trinidad vs. Oscar De La Hoya, another Welterweight unification fight pitting an IBF champion (Trinidad) against a WBC one (De La Hoya), a bit over 20 years to this fight's date.
References
- ^ a b "Errol Spence Jr. earns split decision win over Shawn Porter to unify welterweight titles". www.cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ^ "Errol Spence Jr. to face Shawn Porter in welterweight unification fight this September". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^ "Fight Night SAT, SEP 28, 2019 9pm ET Eastern Time/ 6pm PT Pacific Time Staples Center, Los Angeles, California". premierboxingchampions.com. Premier Boxing Champions. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ^ Anson Wainwright (September 24, 2019). "Fights Picks: Errol Spence vs. Shawn Porter". ringtv.com. The Ring. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ^ "Errol Spence Jr v Shawn Porter: Texan wins IBF & WBC welterweight unification fight". bbc.co.uk. BBC. September 29, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ^ "BoxRec - event".
- ^ PBC ON FOX (September 28, 2019). "Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter EXCLUSIVE PRELIM BOUTS". youtube.com. Youtube. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ^ "Spence-Porter Undercard Results". fightnews.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ^ "Lindolfo Delgado vs. Jesus Zazueta Anaya". www.tapology.com. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- ^ "Errol Spence Jr vs Shawn Porter: World title unification clash live on Sky Sports presented by Premier Boxing Champions". skysports.com. Sky Sports. September 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2025.