Porter Vs Ugas Predictions
- Ramos prediction Ugas proved with great success against come-forward fighters like Porter and Figueroa that he can maintain control of distance without getting swallowed up.
- The early rounds were defined by Porter using his jab to try to cut down the distance, while Ugas worked power shots and jabs to the body. Porter had some success on the inside landing on Ugas’ chin during flurries, but was unable to hurt the Cuban.
- Prediction: Porter. Joshua Diaz, Staff Writer. I have Shawn Porter turning this into his preferred style of fight. He will force Yordenis Ugas to fight his fight–a rough, rugged, phone booth fight. Porter is on another level that Ugas can’t compete with. Prediction: Porter. Eric Ramos, Staff Writer. Yordenis Ugas upsets Shawn Porter by 10-round knockout.
Shawn Porter vs Yordenis Ugas Title Fight Preview by admin on Friday, March 8th, 2019 Shawn Porter (29-2-1, 17 KOs) put his WBC welterweight title on the line against Cuban challenger Yordenis Ugas (23-3, 11 KOs) tomorrow in Carson, California. View the PORTER VS UGAS match fought on March 09, 2019. Fight card information, stats, odds, news, social, buy the fight & more.
Shawn Porter (29-2-1, 17 KOs) put his WBC welterweight title on the line against Cuban challenger Yordenis Ugas (23-3, 11 KOs) tomorrow in Carson, California.
Porter Vs Ugas Predictions
Porter (-370) will make his first title defense at Dignity Health Sports Park after winning the vacant title back in September against Danny Garcia.
Ugas (+270) earned the right to be the first challenger after defeating Argentine boxer Cesar Barrionuevo via a 12-round unanimous decision in an undercard bout of the Porter-Garcia fight.
Ugas is not as experienced and physical as Porter, but although he’s the underdog he shouldn’t be underestimated. He’s likely to present a very tough challenge as he’s coming off a couple of good wins that have raised his confidence. Furthermore, he’s won eight fights in a row and four of those came via TKO.
Stylistically this fight should be quite interesting as Porter, who’s a pressure fighter that likes to always push forward, will face an opponent that has the boxing skills needed to trouble him. The Cuban has good legs to move around, a nice jab, good timing and is adecent counter puncher.
If Ugas can fight from outside, make this bout less of a brawl, and turn the combat into a jab exchange then he could have a chance to come out on top as he’s a far better technical boxer than Porter.
In his 2014’s loss to Kell Brook Porter struggled as the Britton used plenty of jabs and plenty of right-handed punches on the way to a victory by a majority decision. If Ugas uses a similar strategy he could pull the upset by catching Porter with a power punch when he tries to get inside and attack.
The problem for Ugas is that he doesn’t have as much strength as Brook to neutralize Porter when he comes in, so unless he manages to surprise him with a huge blow he will end yielding to Porter’s pressure.
If Ugas lets Porter push him back the fight could end sooner rather than later as Porter is way more physical and has more stamina than the Cuban.
This could be a fight of two halves, with the first one featuring a fresh Ugas that could outbox Porter in the first few rounds, but as the fight drags on Porter will take advantage of Ugas’ fatigue and overpower him with the inside pressure.
If that’s the case Porter may win with a late stoppage as he finds a way to overwhelm a tired Ugas, or via a majority decision if the fight goes to the cards.
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CARSON, CALIF. — WBC Welterweight World Champion Shawn Porterretained his title with a close split-decision victory over Yordenis Ugas Saturday night in the main event of Premier Boxing Champions on FOX and FOX Deportes from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
'The crowd was expecting a big brawl, but that's not the way this fight needed to go tonight,' said Porter. 'The style that we used left the fight close. As the clock ticks, you have to do what's working. Tonight the foot movement was working and it made Ugas have to reset.'
'I showed tonight that I belong with the elite fighters at welterweight,' said Ugas. 'All I can say is that I'm ready to fight any of the top names in the division. I'll be back.'
The early rounds were defined by Porter using his jab to try to cut down the distance, while Ugas worked power shots and jabs to the body. Porter had some success on the inside landing on Ugas' chin during flurries, but was unable to hurt the Cuban.
In round five, both men stood in the center of the ring for an extended period of time throwing power punches that had the crowd on their feet. Ugas began to work cleaner on his counterpunching as the fight went on, and Porter focused on movement while trying to snap his jab.
'I was on my toes all night,' said Porter. 'I was very focused the entire fight and just listening to my corner. We wanted to out box him and eventually turn it on and press him. But my dad did not think that was the smartest way to win the fight. We fought this way for 12 rounds and no one has ever seen that from me before.'
Porter Vs Ugas Prediction
Porter's activity clashed with the sharp countering and body punching from Ugas. According to CompuBox, Porter was more active on a per round basis, throwing 42.9 punches per round to 37.4 from Ugas. Ugas held the advantage in body punches landed at 57 to 34, while the two fighters each landed 79 power punches.
In round 10 Porter began to bleed from his right eye due to an accidental head butt, but late in round 11 he landed one of his most significant punches of the fight when he backed Ugas up with a left hook to the head. After 12 rounds, the judges' scorecards reflected that there were numerous close and hard to score rounds as all three judges agreed on only the fourth and ninth rounds, which went to Ugas and Porter respectively.
One judge saw the fight 117-111 for Ugas, which was overruled by scores of 116-112 and 115-113 for Porter. Both fighters believed after the fight that they had done enough to win.
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'There's no doubt about it, I was robbed tonight,' said Ugas. 'After the first round I figured him out and dominated the fight. He had no answer when I was pushing him back. I dominated the fight in my opinion.'
'We fought a good smart fight tonight,' said Porter. 'I was consistent and I thought we won a majority of the rounds. We got the win, we're still champion and we're looking forward to what is next.'