Shawn Porter: Violent Subtleties (Video)

I think it takes skill to swarm like Porter does and not get routinely KTFO or KD'd. But he does smother himself big time and he's not landing crisp flashy punches often because of it, but when they land on him he gets snapped back and looks bad.

 

That's because you're only focusing on head shots. You fail to recognize the body work Porter lands on his opponents in many of the clinches he often finds himself in.

 

Subtle isn't a word I associate with Shawn Porter, or Marcos Maidana.

 

Porter is an elite Brawler, he does the roughhousing and the clubbing but he does it all with a bit of brains and a bit of thinking.

 

I had Garcia winning 7-5.

 

Lol no

 

Not really. I'm talking about the head shots he TRIES to land. He's smothering himself when doing it. Sure he can land body shots.

It's fine that he works the body, but it needs to have a bigger effect like debilitating his opponent and allowing him to land head shots easier. He just smothers himself whenever he goes for the head. He avoids the punches this way, sure, but he can't land many big punches either. I just don't put the same emphasis on body shots as in head shots. Time and time again fighters walk through them much easier than head shots. Sure the liver KO is nice but that's when someone actually gets hurt there and it doesn't happen nearly as often as head shot KOs.

 

I don't see bodyshots as having less of a value as headshots. I mean, consider an instance between a very tall heavyweight that's good at fighting on the outside. Say a prime Lennox Lewis or Larry Holmes. And they're fighting someone that's shot by heavyweight standard and are great inside fighters. Say a Prime Joe Fraizer or Mike Tyson. Are you saying that Fraizier's and Tyson's inside body attack has less of a value because they're not tall enough to land headshots like Larry Holmes and Lennox Lewis. To me, your method of scoring fights is discriminatory. From a physical standpoint, going to the body is a shot fighters most favorable chance of winning the fight. If you're devaluing their approach in such a scenario, how is that a fair fight?
By the way, I don't think Porter's body work is a ineffective as you assume. In almost every fight I've seen him in, his opponents are either backing up or covering up.

 

Porter is on his way down: swarmers can't maintain their aggression for many years.

Against Garcia i thought he was already showing signs of slowing down, and looked clearly weary of being countered.

I had Garcia winning a close one.