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<\/a>Welterweight World Champion Keith Thurman has an acute understanding of what it takes to beat Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter. The undefeated, former unified champion edged both fighters in blockbuster matchups and will be watching intently from ringside at Barclays Center as the two face off for the WBC Welterweight World Championship Thurman vacated due to injury.<\/p>\nThe reigning WBA 147-pound champion, Thurman defeated Porter via unanimous decision in a 2016 Fight of the Year candidate (FULL FIGHT VIDEO: https:\/\/s.sho.com\/2MAUoNH), and narrowly beat Garcia via majority decision in 2017 (FULL FIGHT VIDEO: https:\/\/s.sho.com\/2MZB6kA). The matchups were so closely contested that both fights would have been ruled draws if a single round were scored differently. <\/p>\n
Thurman spoke with SHOWTIME Sports\u00ae Hall of Fame analyst Steve Farhood to break down what he calls \u201cone of the best matchups of the year\u201d in seven key categories \u2013 punching power, physical strength, defense, speed, boxing ability, ring IQ and chin.<\/p>\n
See below for Thurman\u2019s analysis of the showdown of consensus top-5 welterweights, which airs this Saturday live on SHOWTIME.<\/p>\n
PUNCHING POWER: Edge GARCIA: \u201cDanny can punch with both hands. He does load up, so you can\u2019t be right there in front of him.\u201d<\/p>\n
PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Edge PORTER: \u201cShawn is clearly the more physical fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n
DEFENSE: Edge GARCIA: \u201cPorter\u2019s defense is his offense. With Danny, I\u2019ve never seen anyone so willing to just stare at me without throwing a punch. He\u2019s committed to being second, a pure counterpuncher.\u201d<\/p>\n
SPEED: Edge PORTER: \u201cShawn is faster and a little more athletic. He\u2019ll triple on the jab to get inside and use stutter-steps. Danny\u2019s real relaxed, but that doesn\u2019t necessarily come through in his hand speed.\u201d<\/p>\n
BOXING ABILITY: Edge GARCIA: \u201cNeither one is known for boxing. Danny\u2019s a counterpuncher, and Shawn outworks you. Danny has nice boxing movement when he wants to be evasive. He\u2019s underrated when on his back foot. We saw that against (Lucas) Matthysse and (Brandon) Rios.\u201d<\/p>\n
RING IQ: EVEN: \u201cHard to judge. These are two world champions with tremendous amateur pedigrees.\u201d<\/p>\n
CHIN: EVEN: \u201cIn my fights, Porter took more big punches than Garcia did. I had to hit hard to keep Porter off me. They both have enough power to hurt each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
PREDICTION: \u201cThis is one of the best matchups of the year. I try not to overthink it. It\u2019s Porter by decision or Garcia only by KO. I lean toward PORTER.\u201d<\/p>\n
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING\u00ae telecast begins at 9 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. PT and features a welterweight title eliminator between Yordenis Ugas and Cesar Barrionuevo and heavyweight action that pits unbeaten Polish slugger Adam Kownacki against former heavyweight champion Charles Martin.<\/p>\n
Undercard streaming coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET\/4 p.m. PT on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING COUNTDOWN as five-division world champion Amanda Serrano attempts to win a world title in her record sixth weight class when she faces Yamila Esther Reynoso for the WBO 140-pound title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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