Shawn Porter warns Danny Garcia: ‘I will change the conversation at welterweight’

Shawn Porter

DANNY GARCIA and Shawn Porter will contest the vacant WBC welterweight on Saturday (September 8) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

โ€œI know Iโ€™m the better all-around fighter. I can just do more in the ring than Shawn Porter, period. Iโ€™m going to prove it on Saturday,โ€ Garcia declared. โ€œIt means the world to me to get this belt back. This is a new chapter in my career. Iโ€™ve been in a lot of great fights. Iโ€™m a seasoned champion. This is a chance to regain something that was mine. This is one of the moments where I have to just go out there and prove myself.

โ€œThis is nothing new to me. Iโ€™ve performed at this level for a long time. Iโ€™ve put in the hard work. Come Saturday night Iโ€™m going to get this victory because Iโ€™m the better fighter and a true champion.

โ€œIโ€™m incredibly motivated, but I know that sometimes in life if you want something too much, you donโ€™t get it. Iโ€™ve achieved a lot in this sport. This will just add more hardware to my collection.โ€

Garcia has his sights set on Errol Spence, the IBF welterweight champion and one of the stars in the sport. โ€œI absolutely want to unify with Errol Spence Jnr after I win. I want the biggest fights. This would be my fourth world title. All Iโ€™ve ever done is face everyone they put in front me and Iโ€™ve earned those huge fights,โ€ he said.

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Porter however expects to put himself in the frame for the major fights in the welterweight division. โ€œThe way Iโ€™m going to win this fight will change the conversation at welterweight. Youโ€™re going to have to wonder whether Errol Spence Jnr and Terence Crawford have what it takes to beat me. Iโ€™m here to put on a great show, win this title and do it in spectacular fashion,โ€ he said. โ€œIโ€™m used to being the underdog. Iโ€™ve upset people before. Iโ€™m looking forward to doing what it takes to be that one to pull it off.

โ€œDanny has to know that heโ€™s getting in the ring with a bull. This isnโ€™t going to be an easy 12 rounds. Iโ€™m going to make him earn every inch.โ€

โ€œStyles make fights. One way or another, Iโ€™m ready to do whatever it takes to win this fight. Thereโ€™s nothing Iโ€™ve ever wanted in my entire life more than this. Iโ€™m out here to take it,โ€ he continued.

โ€œAnything Danny is coming with, Iโ€™m taking it. Itโ€™s mine. Whatever it takes, I will not be stopped on Saturday night.โ€

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