All eyes are on the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada tonight. Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter are preparing to take the ring for their highly anticipated showdown for the WBO Welterweight showdown. Porter has won the welterweight title twice in his career and Crawford is looking to maintain his perfect record while setting himself up for another major fight in 2022. Everything is on the line and both fighters have a lot to lose. It’s unclear who will win on the judges’ scorecards, but the fans will certainly emerge victorious regardless of what the outcome is.
Quick Facts
Who: Shawn Porter, Terence Crawford
What: WBO Welterweight Championship
When: Saturday, November 20
Where: Michelob Ultra Arena (Las Vegas, NV)
How To Watch: ESPN+ ($69.99)
Who Is Terence Crawford?
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Record: 37-0 (28 KOs)
Last Fight: Terence Crawford def. Kell Brook (TKO)
“I respect everything that Shawn does,” Crawford told the Las Vegas Review Journal.
“Shawn is athletic, he can box, he can bang, he can move around in the ring, he can cut corners and take angles. I’m not going to sit here and say that I don’t respect anything that he does. I’m just going to say that I do a lot of things better than Shawn. I’m going to show him come Saturday.”
Who Is Shawn Porter?
Hometown: Akron, OH
Record: 31-3 (17 KOs)
Last Fight: Shawn Porter def. Sebastian Formella (Decision)
“I think the first part of my legacy is done. You can say that Shawn Porter has fought everybody. The other side of the legacy is I need y’all to say that Shawn Porter was in the ring with the best and he beat some of the best. This is the other best and I have to beat this dude,” Porter told Boxing Scene about the upcoming fight.
“I keep saying that I have been in a couple of Super Bowls. I have won some and lost some but I don’t want this to be a Dan Marino effect when you are all talking about how good or great Dan Marino was but he never a Super Bowl. I can’t have y’all saying that about me. I can ‘t have you all saying he was in the ring with the best ‘but’. F’ that ‘but’.”
Predictions
Experts
- Brian Campbell, CBS Sports: Crawford def. Porter (Decision)
- Patrick L. Stumberg, Bad Left Hook: Crawford def. Porter (TKO)
- Nate Loop, Bleacher Report: Crawford def. Porter (Decision)
Boxers
- Shakur Stevenson, Super Featherweight Champion: Crawford def. Porter (TKO)
- Ray Beltran, Former Lightweight Champion: Crawford def. Porter (Decision)
- Timothy Bradley, Former Welterweight Champion: Crawford def. Porter (TKO)
Bettors
- Draftkings: Crawford (-700) | Porter (+500)
- Caesars Sportsbook: Crawford (-700) | Porter (+500)
- BET MGM: Crawford (-650) | Porter (+450)
