Porter is horrible to watch.

[Ron Swanson]

It's interesting most blame Broner for that fight being so ugly. Yes, it was Broner that held and held and held. But Brook held and held against Porter too. Because Porter comes in too far and tries to slug away from too close. I can't think of any other fights where Broner held so much. I suppose it's philosophical, do you blame the guy that fouls or the guy that caused the fouls to happen. From a referee standpoint of course he should blame Broner and should have penalized him more. But from a viewers perspective i think Porters part in that should be considered. When Porters next fight involves much holding and Broners next fight involves none will people change their minds?

I agree with the OP though, i don't like when a guy smothers both fighters ability to work clean. But i don't think Porter has the skill to fight top guys any other way. His one advantage is brute strength(don't confuse that with devastating punching power) so he mauls with his strength. I don't see many guys at WW that can beat him but i also don't expect him to last long because he's going to take a lot of flush shots.

[bzkfn]

I hate watching Porter fight. He's not a boxer, just a mauler who goes in too much with the head. Not entertaining at all for me.