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American professional boxer Shawn Christian Porter was born on October 27,
1987 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. Particularly known for his aggressive pressure fighting style,
physical strength and high workrate, Porter is a two-time former welterweight world champion,
having held the IBF title and the WBC title. As of August 2021,
he is ranked as the world's third best active welterweight by BoxRec.
Porter's father is Kenny Porter, who is also his trainer and manager.
Growing up in Akron, Ohio, he has the body of a football player having played the sport in his
school, Stow-Munroe Falls High School. However, his boxing career started at a very early age,
and upon matriculation from high school, he passed up the opportunity to play
college football to focus on his boxing career. Porter is a married man. His beautiful wife named
Julia and they have tied the knot since 2014. The couple was blessed with two wonderful sons.
As an amateur, Porter competed mostly as a middleweight and compiled an astounding
amateur record of 276–14. One of his notable fights in his amateur career was in 2007,
when he won the World Golden Gloves Championship. With that success,
everyone thought that he would be able to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Olympics
team, but Porter failed to qualify for the team, and turned professional instead.
Porter made his professional debut at 165½lbs in October 2008, defeating Norman Johnson. Within two
years of turning pro, in 2010 he already had his first championship belt, defeating Russell Jordan
for the Interim WBO NABO Light Middleweight championship. Within another year, he had
also defeated Raul Pinzon, Hector Muzon, and Ray Robinson for his first fight in the Welterweight
division, increasing his fame and net worth. Porter claimed the vacant WBO NABO welterweight
title by defeating Alfonso Gómez on July 2012 and went on to win the IBF Welterweight title
by beating Devon Alexander in December 2013. He defended the same belt against Paulie Malignaggi
and won. However, he lost it later to Kell Brook in August 2014. In June 2015, he fought Adrien
Broner to improve to 26-1-1 with 15 knockouts in his professional career. As of January, 2019 his
career record out of 32 fights is 29 – 2 with 17 wins by knockout. In September 2019 Shawn lost to
Errol Spence, Jr., with Porter's WBC and Spence's IBF welterweight titles on the line. On August 22,
2020, Porter made his strong coming back since losing his WBC title, dominated in a bout against
undefeated former IBO welterweight champion Sebastian Formella. On July 31, 2021, the WBO
ordered their welterweight champion Terence Crawford to defend his title against Porter,
the #2 ranked WBO welterweight contender. On September 14, 2021, it was announced that a deal
had been agreed to stage the fight on November 20 at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, airing on
ESPN+ PPV. As of August 2021, he is ranked as the world's third best active welterweight by
BoxRec and fourth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and The Ring magazine.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Shawn Porter's net worth as of 2021 stands at $5 million.
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