‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter usually puts on a show every time he steps into the ring, and anytime you step in the ring with the Ohio native, expect a rough and tough night.
Now, the former IBF welterweight champion is looking to become a two-time champion as he will battle Danny Garcia for the vacant WBC welterweight title at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on September 8.
Not only does the 30-year-old Porter want to beat Garcia, but he also hopes to entertain the fans at Barclays Center.
“Brooklyn doesn’t like me because of what I wear or what I say, they like me because I come to fight and I entertain,” Porter said on Tuesday. “That’s all because of my dad and the tools he’s given me to be the very best that I could be.
“All of my abilities – power, quickness, the whole nine will help me get this victory. To beat Danny Garcia, you have to use your whole arsenal. Especially beating him in the fashion we want to beat him in. We want to look great.”
While Porter wants to put on a show for the fans, he does not want the crowd to dictate how he will fight. A lesson he said he learned in his last fight against Adrian Granados.
“At the end of the day, I learned a lesson in my last fight. My dad told me not to do anything for the crowd,” Porter said. “You have to do what you have to do to win. September 8 isn’t going to be about making the crowd yell and winning them over. That is already done. It is a matter of going in there with whatever game plan we go with and making it happen.”
No matter how exciting the fight will be against Garcia, Porter main focus is to walk out of the ring with the WBC belt.
“The belt is all I want. Winning a title is always special, but beating Danny Garcia for it will be icing on the cake,” Porter said. “He’s been a top fighter for a long time and this win will help solidify me. Once I have the belt, the sky’s the limit.”