Shawn Porter, an American boxer, is currently competing in the welterweight division. Fans regard him as one of the most exciting boxers because of his aggressive style of fighting. In his illustrious boxing career, Showtime has won the welterweight titles twice and is currently aiming to capture the belt for the third time.
However, Porter’s successful career is not as smooth sailing as it seems. Because the fighter has had failures during his title reigns, going forward, let us take a look at all the professional career losses of the former WBC welterweight champion, Shawn Porter.
Who has defeated Shawn Porter in his Professional Boxing Career?
Shawn Porter vs Kell Brook
After winning the IBF title in 2013, Shawn Porter successfully defended his welterweight title twice against Paul Malignaggi. Thereafter, Showtime had to defend his belt against his toughest challenge at that time in the form of Kell Brook in 2014.
Both the fighters were undefeated, and this created a lot of excitement among fans. However, the American boxer failed to win this fight as Brook outclassed him to earn a majority decision victory.
Shawn Porter vs Keith Thurman
Following his first career defeat against Kell Brook in 2014, Shawn Porter bounced back by winning his next two fights against Erick Bone and Adrien Broner respectively. Consequently, Showtime earned an opportunity to win the WBA welterweight belt against titleholder Keith Thurman in 2016.
However, the American boxer was unsuccessful in capturing the title as Thurman won this fight via unanimous decision. Although the fight was very close, as both fighters were neck to neck as they traded blows throughout the entire 12 rounds. In the end, One time was more efficient in his strikes, which helped him secure the win and hand Shawn Porter his second defeat.
Shawn Porter vs Errol Spence Jr
Shawn Porter showcased a remarkable turnaround in his career after failing to win his fight against Keith Thurman in 2016. Owing to the fact, that the American boxer worked his way towards a four-fight winning streak and won the WBC world welterweight title. Subsequently, Porter and Errol Spence Jr clashed against each other in a huge title fight.
Gradually, there were a lot of eyes on this matchup because the winner would become the IBF and WBC welterweight title. And subsequently, this fight delivered all the expectations of fight fans as both boxers engaged in a brutal 12 round war.
Speaking about this big fight, Porter started strongly as he overwhelmed Errol in the initial stages of the bout. However, as the fight progressed, it was Errol Spence Jr. who took over and landed some good shots. Although the changing point of the fight was when the Truth landed a short left hook in the 11th round to drop Porter.
In the end, after 12 rounds of action, the judges scored this contest 116-111, 116-111 and 112-115 in favour of Errol Spence, as he edged this boxing bout via split decision. This was Shawn Porter’s third career defeat and after this fight, Showtime fought once in 2020, where he defeated Sebastian Fornella.