Porter doesn't stand a chance. Thurman is the superior boxer.

One of the biggest fights in the new welterweight era and one of the most anticipated fights.

Thurman is simply the better boxer.

Workrate:

Thurman vs Guerrero - Thurman threw 598 punches and landed 211.
Thurman vs Jan Zaveck - Thurman threw 817 punches and landed 217.

Porter vs Broner - Porter threw 590 punches and landed 149.
Porter vs Alexander - Porter threw 642 punches and landed 184.

Defence:

Thurman vs Guerrero - Guerrero landed 104 of 497 punches - 21%
Thurman vs Zaveck - Zaveck landed 110 of 397 punches - 28%

Porter vs Broner - Broner landed 88 of 309 punches - 28%
Porter vs Alexander - Devon landed 169 of 628 punches - 27%

Pretty even stats against opponents on the same level - the biggest difference is the fact that Thurman won 120-108, 120-108, 120-108 over Zaveck and 120-107, 118-109, 118-108 over Guerrero. On the other side Porter only won 114-112, 118-108, 115-111 over Broner and 115-113, 116-112, 116-112 in a close fight vs Devon Alexander.

Thurman is a clever fighter with good and fast movement. He have a better KO% than Porter and he is 26-0 with 22 KOs and 4 wide decision wins. Porter with 26-1-1 with 16 KOs. 1 draw vs Julio Diaz which he defeated a year later by a easy decision. Thurman then defeated Diaz by a early KO in the third round. He lost against Kell Brook who haven't fought any a level boxer since or before and he had a close decision win over Devon Alexander.

Thurman is also a good brawler. In the fight vs Diego Chaves he turned the fight around and dominated from round 3-4 until he got the knockout win in the 10th round. Diego Chaves is still his best win so far, and he is far better than everyone on Porter's recordlist - maybe as good as Brook. I also rate Guerrero as a better win than Broner - like i rate Zaveck just as good as Devon at that time.

Either this will be a decision win for Thurman or a KO. I don't see Porter winning this fight.