8 Years After $2.35 Million Adrien Broner Bout, Shawn Porter Finally Reveals the Truth Behind Fight Fixing Allegations

Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter fought on June 20, 2015, in the Battle of Ohio match. Porter hailed from Akron and Broner from Cincinnati. The fight ended with Porter winning by unanimous decision. The scorecards read 114-112, 115-111, and 118-108. Porter dominated most of the fight, landing powerful shots and keeping the pressure on. However, Broner had a moment in the 12th round and knocked down Porter with a hard left hook. He couldn’t capitalize on it. Moreover, Adrien earned $1.35 million from the fight, whereas Porter earned $1 million.

Now, eight years after the bout, why are we discussing it again? This is because of a past allegation against Porter. In his fight against Terence Crawford, people suspected Shawn of using his eyes to communicate with his father. Furthermore, this led to match-fixing accusations. However, finally, Porter has broken his silence on the incident.

Shawn Porter breaks his silence on fight-fixing allegations

Shawn shed light on the match-fixing allegations. Furthermore, his revelations provide a deeper insight into what caused this to happen. Shawn said, “You already know I don’t watch a lot of stuff of myself, but I seen the word ‘exposed’ you know, that’s something that will kind of catch your eye. In the video, right there my eyes, yes they are speaking look at any fight, even going all the way back to when I was an amateur if there’s an eight count, there’s a nine count, a knockdown my eyes, my instructions whenever something happens you go to neutral corner look at me that’s all that was.”

Next, the interviewer was swift to mention the Broner fight and how it triggered speculations. The interviewer mentioned how after the bout Porter looked directly into his father’s eyes. To this Porter said,  “Right at my dad! Obviously people want the clicks and just want to encourage everybody keep following podcast and let that deter you from anything that’s said right here.”

Then, he emphasized the fact that he speaks his mind. Porter said, “My heart. I’m very transparent.” Furthermore, he elucidated the aftermath of the allegations. He elaborated on how his father received texts from people accusing him of fixing the match. As Shawn said, “I’ve touched on that fight quite a few times. I don’t want people to get a misunderstanding here I know that right after the fight my dad had got some calls people were texting him saying yo you the fight was fixed you do all that kinda stuff. That is just the way we’ve always operated so what you see me is yes we’re communicating I’m letting know that I’m okay.”

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