Shawn Porter vs Saul Alvarez

[blegit]

Thought Porter had gone down to Welterweight. We had him on the radio show and he said the longer term plan was to work his way down to that. Maybe he changed his mind, gotta check that one....

He is at welter. As an amateur he was a middleweight but as a pro he has worked his way down to welter. I'm sure he knew his height would eventually be too much of a hinderance.

[fan johnny]

Thought Porter had gone down to Welterweight. We had him on the radio show and he said the longer term plan was to work his way down to that. Maybe he changed his mind, gotta check that one....

He is at welter. As an amateur he was a middleweight but as a pro he has worked his way down to welter. I'm sure he knew his height would eventually be too much of a hinderance.

Porter has always been in the 154lbs class not just as amateur but for pretty much his entire professional career. He just decided light welter has more attention and it's where the money is besides that there is the fact he can qualify for the class so why not fight there same as Margarito and others like Paul Williams have done. It all makes sense because they all feel they can gain a size advantage. Porter could handle Alvarez at 154lbs because he is faster has a big punch for the weight and his skills are more refined. Size is not an issue for Porter. He's actually taken out bigger guys. It's a good match-up at this point for both fighter's careers. GBP would think this is a good test for Alvarez and WBC could easily vote Porter in for a sanctioned fight.