Moments ago, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, undefeated welterweight contender Shawn Porter captured his first world title, scoring a hard-fought unanimous decision victory over former IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander. It was a rough and rugged affair as Porter immediately took the fight to Alexander, bulling forward with his head down as he attacked the body. Both fighters traded feverishly throughout the fight, but it was Porter who got the better of it. Relive all the action in FightHype’s round-by-round results.
ROUND 1 Right hand gets in for Porter. Alexander walking him down. Porter digs to the body. Nice jab lands for Alexander. Porter bulls forward again. Right hand lands for Alexander. Both guys getting physical on the inside. Left hand lands for Alexander. HARD left lands for Alexander again. Overhand right lands for Porter. Porter looks to rough Alexander up on the inside again. Nice combination lands for Alexander. Close first round, but I give it to Porter for landing the best shot of the round.
Alexander 9 Porter 10
ROUND 2 Sharp straight left lands for Alexander. Porter bulls forward. Jab lands for Porter. They trade shots on the inside. Alexander digs a left to the body. Porter gets in a right. Another right lands for Porter, but he eats a hard left from Alexandcer. Porter ties him up. Left lands for Porter. Alexander gets in a left. Porter lands a left hook. Round to Porter.
Alexander 18 Porter 20
ROUND 3 Nice right lands for Porter and Alexander staggers. He ties Porter up. Porter continues to fires shots. 1-2 lands for Alexander. Some roughhousing on the inside gets a warning for both fighter from the ref. Porter really making it a rough fight for Alexander. Uppercut lands for Alexander. Both guys trading on the inside. Left hook lands for Porter. Alexander winging away. Another HUGE left hook lands for Porter. Alexander still pressing forward. Round to Porter.
Alexander 27 Porter 30
ROUND 4 Left hand lands for Porter to start the round. Porter attacking to the body like a madman on the inside. Alexander looks like he’s cut under his eye. Left hook lands for Porter. Jab lands for Porter. Alexander smiles and presses forward. Another jab lands for Porter. Both guys trade punches. Left to the body lands for Alexander. Left hand lands for Porter again. They trade rights. Right hook lands for Alexander. Round to Porter.
Alexander 36 Porter 40
ROUND 5 Porter bulls forward and attacks the body. Alexander tries to fight off the ropes. Stiff jab lands for Porter. Alexander lands a 1-2. Left hand lands for Alexander. They trade shots to the body. Jab and an uppercut lands for Alexander. They trade on the inside again; Alexander getting the better of it. Uppercut lands for Alexander. Alexander backing Porter up. Porter gets in a right. Short left lands for Alexander. Again. Round to Alexander.
Alexander 46 Porter 49
ROUND 6 Alexander pressing forward and backing Porter up. Right hook and an uppercut lands for Alexander. Quick combination lands for Alexander. Left hand ladns for Alexandcer. Porter gets in a left. Three-punch combo lands for Alexander. Right hook lands for Alexander. Porter ties him up. Porter digs to the body. Alexander answers. Porter lands a left hook. Left hand lands for Alexander. Round to Alexander.
Alexander 56 Porter 58
ROUND 7 Jab lands for Porter. Both guys trade on the inside. Left hand lands for Alexander. Nice combo lands for Alexander. Left hook lands for Porter. Porter digs a right to the body. Alexander lands a left. Porter answers. Alexander lands an uppercut. Both guys trade on the inside again. Left hook lands for Porter. Alexander lands his left. Close round, but I give it to Porter.
Alexander 65 Porter 68
ROUND 8 Porter digs to the body. Alexander lands an uppercut. Porter digs more shots to the body. Alexander lands a stiff jab. Counter left lands for Alexander. Porter digs to the body. Alexander fires back. A sloppy round from both fighters, but won by Porter, who outworked Alexander on the inside.
Alexander 74 Porter 78
ROUND 9 Jab lands for Alexander. Porter puts his head down and digs to the body. Alexander lands a couple of uppercuts. Nice counter left lands for Alexander. Right hook lands for Alexander. Porter digs to the body. Overhand left lands for Alexander. Porter digs to the body. Jab lands for Alexander. Counter lands for Alexander. A break in the action so the doctor can check out a cut on Porter. The action resumes. Right hook land for Alexander. Both guys trade on the inside. Porter lands an uppercut. Round to Alexander.
Alexander 84 Porter 87
ROUND 10 Right hook lands for Alexander. Left hand lands for Alexander. Porter lands some hard body shots. Alexander fires back. They trade lefts. Porter lands a left. They trade body shots. Short left lands for Alexander. Porter lands a right. Alexander lands a nice right hook. Close round, but I give this one to Alexander.
Alexander 94 Porter 96
ROUND 11 Porter lands some nice shots against the ropes. Porter digs to the body. Jab lands for Porter. Alexander lands an uppercut. Jab lands for Alexander. Counter left lands for Alexander. Porter lands a 1-2. Alexander lands a left. They trade to the body. Uppercut lands for Alexander. Both men dig to the body. Short left lands for Alexander. Another close round that I give to Alexander.
Alexander 104 Porter 105
ROUND 12 Porter gets in a jab. 1-2 lands for Alexander. Both guys trade to the body. Porter continues to make it rough and fire shots to the body. Alexander lands a 1-2. Porter digs to the body. Short left lands for Alexander. Hard right lands for Porter. They trade on the inside. Round to Porter.
Alexander 113 Porter 115
Official judges scorecards: 115-113, 116-112, 116-112
THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION…SHAWN PORTER
