Shawn Porter is an undefeated American

United States

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 professional boxer

Boxing

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 in the Welterweight

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Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 division. He is known for being Manny Pacquiao's

Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...

 main sparring

Sparring

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 partner in his super bout

Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto

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 against Miguel Cotto

Miguel Cotto

Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...

. On season 10 episode 5 of MTV's Made

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 Shawn and his dad Kenny Porter helped Erin become a boxer.

Amateur career

He compiled an astounding amateur record of 276-14. In 2007 he won the World Golden Gloves Championship but at the PanAm Games

Boxing at the 2007 Pan American Games

The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 2007 Pan American Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from July 20 to July 28. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China...

 Shawn was knocked out in the second round by Cuban Emilio Correa. Though he boasts amateur victories over current pro prospects Daniel Jacobs

Daniel Jacobs (boxer)

Daniel Jacobs is an American professional boxer and is the former NABO and NABF Middleweight champion.-Early life:Jacobs was born and raised in the Brooklyn residential neighborhood of Brownsville to a Antiguan father and African-American mother. He was raised by his mother, Yvette Jacobs, his...

, Demetrius Andrade

Demetrius Andrade

Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade is a professional boxer from the United States best known for winning the 2007 world championships as an amateur. He made his professional debut October 23, 2008. Demetrius represented the United States in the 2008 Olympics...

, Edwin Rodriguez

Edwin Rodriguez (boxer)

Edwin Rodriguez is a Dominican-American professional boxer who lives in Worcester, Mass.-Amateur:Rodriguez had a 84-9 record and won the US Championships 2005 and the National Golden Gloves 2006.-Pro:...

, Shawn Estrada

Shawn Estrada

Shawn Estrada is an undefeated Mexican American professional boxer in the Super Middleweight division and was a U.S...

, and Jonathan Nelson, he came up just short in qualifying for the 2008 U.S. Olympics team.

Pro career

Porter is trained by Freddie Roach and his father Kenny Porter at the Wild Card Gym.

Shawn won his first Championship belt, the Interim WBO NABO

World Boxing Organization

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 Light Middleweight

Light middleweight

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 title against Russell Jordan on ESPN

ESPN

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's Friday Night Fights. On April 16, 2010 he knocked out veteran Raul Pinzon

Raul Pinzon

Raul Pinzon is an Colombian Welterweight boxer.-Pro career:In Miami Raul fought Mexican Sensation Saul Alvarez on Telemundo, Losing by spectacular fashion in the first round with a quick K.O. On May 15, 2009 Pizon lost to fellow Colombian Ricardo Torres. He then lost to undefeated welterweight...

 in just one round.

Move to Welterweight

In July 2010, Porter beat Ray Robinson in his first fight at Welterweight.

Porter's last fight was on October 15, 2010 against Hector Munoz. Porter won the fight by ninth round TKO to win the NABF

North American Boxing Federation

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 Welterweight title.

Professional record

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| || ||align=left| Steve Forbes
| || || June 17, 2011 ||align=left| Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

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|align=left|Defends his NABF

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 title
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|Win || 18-0-0 ||align=left| Anges Adjaho
|UD || 10 (10) || February 18, 2011 ||align=left| Wicomico Civic Center, Salisbury, Maryland

Salisbury, Maryland

-Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...

|align=left|Retains NABF

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 title
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|Win || 17-0-0 ||align=left| Hector Munoz
|TKO || 9 (2:05) || October 15, 2010 ||align=left| Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Oklahoma

Miami, Oklahoma

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|align=left|Won the NABF

North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles. It is a boxing federation within the World Boxing Council .-History:...

 Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

 title
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|Win || 16-0-0 ||align=left| Ray Robinson
|UD || 10 (10) || July 16, 2010 ||align=left| DeSoto Civic Center

DeSoto Civic Center

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, Southaven, Mississippi

Southaven, Mississippi

-Households And Families:As of the census of 2000, there were 28,977 people, 11,007 households, and 8,134 families residing in the city. The population density was 857.9 people per square mile...

|align=left|Debut at Welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

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|Win || 15-0-0 ||align=left| Robert Kliewer
|TKO || 5 (1:08) || May 22, 2010 ||align=left| Fitzgerald Casino & Hotel, Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open...

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|Win || 14-0-0 ||align=left| Raul Pinzon

Raul Pinzon

Raul Pinzon is an Colombian Welterweight boxer.-Pro career:In Miami Raul fought Mexican Sensation Saul Alvarez on Telemundo, Losing by spectacular fashion in the first round with a quick K.O. On May 15, 2009 Pizon lost to fellow Colombian Ricardo Torres. He then lost to undefeated welterweight...

|KO || 1 (2:39) || April 16, 2010 ||align=left| Wicomico Civic Center

Wicomico Youth and Civic Center

The Wicomico Youth and Civic Center is a multipurpose arena located in Salisbury, Maryland, USA. It contains of space and can seat 2,500 for banquets, 1,600 for theater concerts and stage shows, 6,100 for end-stage concerts, 6,747 for center-stage concerts, boxing and wrestling, 4,157 for ice...

, Salisbury, Maryland

Salisbury, Maryland

-Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...

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|Win || 13-0-0 ||align=left| Russell Jordan
|UD || 10 (10) || February 19, 2010 ||align=left| Wolstein Center

Wolstein Center

The Bert L. & Iris S. Wolstein Convocation Center is an indoor arena located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It replaced the Woodling Gym...

, Cleveland, Ohio

Ohio

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|align=left|Won the Interim WBO NABO

World Boxing Organization

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 Light Middleweight

Light middleweight

Light Middleweight , is a weight division in professional boxing, above 147 pounds and up to 154 pounds ....

 title
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|Win || 12-0-0 ||align=left| Jamar Patterson
|TKO || 4 (1:54) || December 18, 2009 ||align=left| Grand Casinos

Grand Casinos

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, Hinckley, Minnesota

Hinckley, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,291 people, 551 households, and 332 families residing in the city. The population density was 454.3 people per square mile . There were 614 housing units at an average density of 216.0 per square mile...

|align=left|Patterson was undefeated before the Fight
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|Win || 11-0-0 ||align=left| Jerome Ellis
|RTD || 4 (3:00) || November 21, 2009 ||align=left| Fitzgerald Casino & Hotel, Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open...

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|Win || 10-0-0 ||align=left| Lamar Harris
|TKO || 1 (2:18) || August 29, 2009 ||align=left| Fitzgerald Casino & Hotel, Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open...

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|Win || 9-0-0 ||align=left| Brandon Wooten
|TKO || 1 (2:00) || June 19, 2009 ||align=left| Wicomico Civic Center

Wicomico Youth and Civic Center

The Wicomico Youth and Civic Center is a multipurpose arena located in Salisbury, Maryland, USA. It contains of space and can seat 2,500 for banquets, 1,600 for theater concerts and stage shows, 6,100 for end-stage concerts, 6,747 for center-stage concerts, boxing and wrestling, 4,157 for ice...

, Salisbury, Maryland

Salisbury, Maryland

-Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...

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|Win || 8-0-0 ||align=left| Sam Sparkman
|DQ || 2 (3:00) || April 25, 2009 ||align=left| Fitzgerald Casino & Hotel, Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open...

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|Win || 7-0-0 ||align=left| Eloy Suarez
|TKO || 1 (2:59) || April 3, 2009 ||align=left| Pepsi Pavilion, Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee

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|Win || 6-0-0 ||align=left| Abdias Castillo
|TKO || 4 (1:43) || March 14, 2009 ||align=left| Fitzgerald Casino & Hotel, Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open...

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|Win || 5-0-0 ||align=left| Cory Jones
|UD || 4 (4) || February 6, 2009 ||align=left| Wicomico Civic Center

Wicomico Youth and Civic Center

The Wicomico Youth and Civic Center is a multipurpose arena located in Salisbury, Maryland, USA. It contains of space and can seat 2,500 for banquets, 1,600 for theater concerts and stage shows, 6,100 for end-stage concerts, 6,747 for center-stage concerts, boxing and wrestling, 4,157 for ice...

, Salisbury, Maryland

Salisbury, Maryland

-Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...

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|Win || 4-0-0 ||align=left| Tommy Stepp
|KO || 1 (1:55) || January 24, 2009 ||align=left| Fitzgerald Casino & Hotel, Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open...

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|Win || 3-0-0 ||align=left| Phillip Hammac
|TKO || 2 (1:30) || November 22, 2008 ||align=left| Fitzgerald Casino & Hotel, Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open...

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|Win || 2-0-0 ||align=left| Toris Smith
|TKO || 1 (0:53) || November 1, 2008 ||align=left| West Junior High School, West Memphis, Arkansas

West Memphis, Arkansas

West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 27,666 at the 2000 census, with an estimated population of 28,181 in 2005, and 31,329 in 2011 ranking it as the state's 11th largest city, behind Hot Springs...

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|Win || 1-0-0 ||align=left| Norman Johnson
|TKO || 1 (1:17) || October 20, 2008 ||align=left| Wicomico Civic Center

Wicomico Youth and Civic Center

The Wicomico Youth and Civic Center is a multipurpose arena located in Salisbury, Maryland, USA. It contains of space and can seat 2,500 for banquets, 1,600 for theater concerts and stage shows, 6,100 for end-stage concerts, 6,747 for center-stage concerts, boxing and wrestling, 4,157 for ice...

, Salisbury, Maryland

Salisbury, Maryland

-Demographics:Salisbury is the principal city of the Salisbury-Ocean Pines CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Salisbury metropolitan area and the Ocean Pines micropolitan area , which had a combined population of 176,657 at the 2010 census.As of the census of 2000, there were...

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