Career
He holds notable wins over Julio Díaz, Devon Alexander, Paulie Malignaggi, and Adrien Broner. As an amateur, Porter competed mostly as a middleweight and compiled an astounding amateur record of 276–14. Though he boasts amateur victories over current pro prospects Daniel Jacobs, Demetrius Andrade, Edwin Rodriguez, Shawn Estrada, and Jonathan Nelson, he came up just short in qualifying for the 2008 United States. Olympics team
Porter is a graduate of Stow-Munroe Falls High School.
There he earned all conference in football his junior and senior year. Porter is trained and managed by his father Kenny Porter, located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Porter began his pro career at 165½ pounds, and gradually cut his weight down until he was fighting within the Light Middleweight limit. On April 16, 2010 he knocked out veteran Raul Pinzon in just one round.
Move to welterweight
In July 2010, Porter beat Ray Robinson in his first fight at Welterweight.
= Porter versus Brook Shawn Porter was ordered by the IBF to make his next mandatory defense against Kell Brook. Brook defeated Porter for the championship via 12 round majority decision.
= Porter versus Bone On March 13, 2015, Shawn Porter was scheduled to make his debut as a part of the Premier Boxing Champions series on Spike television against veteran Roberto Garcia.
The fight took place in Ontario, California, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena. Garcia was hospitalized with an undisclosed illness prior to the weigh-in and was forced to withdraw. However, things came together and Erick Bone (16-1, 8 KOs) stepped in to face Porter on short notice at a contractually agreed-upon weight of 149 pounds.
Porter knocked Bone out in the fifth round.
= Porter versus Broner On June 20, 2015, Shawn Porter faced Adrien Broner on Premier Boxing Champions on National Broadcasting Company at a catch weight of 144lbs as per Broner"s demand. Broner was warned many times for holding during the bout and was deducted a point in round 11.
Broner opened the 12th round with a clean left hand that connected and dropped Porter for the first time in his career. Porter recovered from the knockdown and improved his record to 26-1-1 despite the usual pre-fight trash talk by Adrien Broner.
