Porter Outworks and Out Hustles Adrien Broner in 12UD

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Shawn PorterThe heavily anticipated showdown between Shawn Porter and Adrien Broner finally came to head in the main event of PBC on NBC and the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

The first round was definitely a feel out round for both fighters. Broner was moving backwards and Broner was walking him back, but neither really let the hands go. The highlight of the round was an incredible left hook from Porter that landed on the chin of Broner. The punch shook Broner and it was obvious that he felt the shot.

 

Broner was holding a lot in the first couple rounds. The tie-ups were ugly and the clinching would often escalate to even dirty tactics. It was a much better round for Broner following a relatively inactive 1st round. Broner waited for Porter to come charging in and then take his shots. They didn’t have much on them, but they landed. Porter wasn’t completely shut out and he had some decent power shots land.

 

The fight was fairly close, but Porter was separating himself with more meaningful power shots.

 

It started to turn into a very ugly fight as Broner continued to hold and push Porter’s head down, and not to be outdone Porter was pushing his forearm in the throat of Broner.

 

The story of the fight was Broner landing less effective punches as Porter was coming in versus Porter landing big shots in a sporadic fashion. Broner continued to get away with shoving Porter’s face and it was a clear desperation move over the more physical fighter, but it was effective in keeping Porter off of him.

 

The fight was boiling down to how you scored some of those close middle rounds. Broner began to counter very well and his rhythm got stronger as the fight moved into the later rounds. Still, Porter’s aggression and non-stop throwing in close quarters was keeping the scorecards interesting.

 

Porter was mixing in a body attack throughout the fight, but it was rarely anything meaningful. However, in the 8th round Porter began ripping to the body and while it was unclear if Broner was truly feeling the effects at such a late stage in the fight, the shots were clean enough to count for something.

 

Porter outpunched Broner heading into the championship rounds, but the power shots factor was the actual bottom-line in this fight.

 

Porter really separated himself in the 10th round, landing hard right hands throughout the 3minutes. It was a much more brilliant effort on the part of Porter, who was not just relying on brute force.

 

In the 11th round, referee Tony Weeks finally took a point from Broner for his dirty tactics, although he’d been warned several times for several different infractions. This happened  in a round where Porter was using the momentum from the previous round to dictate the pace. It was clearly his round as he smothered and remained physical, but he was awarded an extra point in the process, furthering his lead as they headed into the final round.

 

Broner got the point back in the 12th by starting out the round with a check left hook that landed flush on Porter’s chin and sent him to the canvas. Porter got up quickly and proved he still had his wits about him. Porter came back to have a decent round, but Broner fell into a grove based on confidence.

 

The fight went to the scorecards and the judges scored the fight 114-112, 115-111, and 118-108 for Porter, giving him the unanimous decision victory which brings him to 26-1-1 as a professional.

 

It was an ugly fight, but Porter got the job done and he showed moments of brilliance.