Porter Vs Ugas Predictions

  

View the PORTER VS UGAS match fought on March 09, 2019. Fight card information, stats, odds, news, social, buy the fight & more. Ugas will win by being a crafty boxer. He's a slick guy and will outbox Porter. For Porter to win, he's gonna have to smother Ugas and rough him up.

CARSON, Calif. -- In what was a highly unpopular decision Saturday night, Shawn Porter retained his WBC welterweight title via split decision over Yordenis Ugas. Porter won by scores of 116-112 and 115-113, while the third judge had Ugas winning 117-111.

As Porter was announced as the winner, loud jeers could be heard throughout Dignity Health Sports Park, as this was a verdict that will debated for quite a while.

Neither Porter nor Ugas really took control of the fight for long stretches. Many of the rounds could've gone either way, as Porter decided to box from the outside, while Ugas (23-4, 11 KOs) controlled the center of the ring.

The problem was that neither could sustain an offensive attack. At various times, the rather sparse crowd voiced its displeasure at the lack of action.

'The crowd was expecting a big brawl, but that's not the way this fight needed to go tonight. That style that we used left the fight close. We got the win, we're still champion and we're looking forward to what is next,' said Porter, who improved to 30-2-1 (17 KOs).

Porter nearly lost his title at the scales Friday, needing an impromptu haircut to eventually make the 147-pound limit. And Saturday, he retained his title by a hair.

'The weight cut didn't affect me at all,' Porter said. 'I was on my toes all night. I was very focused the entire fight and just listening to my corner.'

While Porter was relieved, Ugas was understandably aggrieved by the decision.

'There's no doubt about it, I was robbed tonight. 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,' Ugas said after his debatable loss.

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Welterweight Ramos beats Santana

In what was a hard-fought welterweight contest, Abel Ramos (24-3-2, 18) shook off a second-round trip to the canvas from a left hook at the hands of Francisco Santana to win a 10-round unanimous decision by scores of 95-94, 97-92 and 98-92.

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'He caught me on a flash knockdown in the second round. I didn't see the punch coming and he caught me a little bit off balance,' Ramos said. 'As soon as I got up, I was good.'

The scores didn't reflect the competitive nature of the bout. Santana pressured Ramos throughout and attacked his body with both hands.

'I was very surprised by the scorecards,' said Santana (25-7-1, 12 KOs). 'I thought I did enough to win. It was very competitive, but I was landing more significant punches.'

But Ramos, who was fleeter of foot and faster of hands, was able to box effectively, and a series of right uppercuts hurt Santana badly in the seventh round. Santana kept coming forward, but it was Ramos who landed the cleaner punches.

'I thought I won the fight. I landed more punches,' Ramos said. 'I felt like I was landing all night and I was doing good clean work throughout the fight.'

Heavyweight Ajagba beats Mansour

A lot still needs to be found out about heavyweight prospect Efe Ajagba (9-0, 8 KOs), but this much is clear: He can punch. And he showed his prodigious power once again by stopping veteran Amir Mansour (23-4-1, 16 KOs) in two rounds. The 24-year-old Nigerian dropped Mansour twice in the first and then continually hurt him in the second. As that round ended, the fight was waved off by referee Thomas Taylor.

'I want to be the best heavyweight in the world. That's my dream,' said Ajagba, who represented Nigeria in the 2016 Olympic Games. 'I'm going to go home and work hard and prepare for the next fight,'

Porter Vs Ugas Prediction

Shawn Porter vs Yordenis Ugas Preview Mar. 9th

WBC Welterweight Champion Shawn Porter of Akron, Ohio will be battling it out this Saturday, March 9th when he takes on Yordenis Ugas of Cuba in Carson, California. The 12-round bout can be seen live in the USA and Canada on Fox and Fox Deportes. Porter won the vacant title his last time out when he beat Danny Garcia by unanimous decision in August. Ugas last fought in September as well when he beat Cesar Barrionuevo by a 12-round unanimous decision.

Porter vs Ugas Betting Odds

Here are the betting odds from online sportsbook BetOnline.ag (full review here).

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  • Yordenis Ugas +300
  • Shawn Porter -400

My Pick

The 31-year-old Porter is 29-2-1 with 17 Kos and is also a former IBF Welterweight Champion. He lost his title via a close majority decision to Kell Brook of England in August of 2014 with his other defeat being a unanimous decision to WBA Champ Keith Thurman in June, 2016. His draw was a 10-round affair against Julio Diaz in 2012. Porter’s a blue-collar boxer with a lot of energy to burn, but isn’t known as a big knockout puncher. He’s scored his fair share of stoppages though and his current knockout ratio stands at 53 per cent.

Porter stands 5-feet-7-inches tall with a 69.5-inch wingspan. He enjoyed a fine amateur career before turning pro in 2008 and has 207 rounds under his belt since then. His best victories have been against Andre Berto, Adrien Broner, Julio Diaz in a rematch, Paulie Malignaggi, Devon Alexander, Phil Lo Greco, Erick Bone and Alfonso Gomez. Porter seems to have a pretty good chin, but Broner did manage to drop him in last round in June of 2015. Porter’s been taken the distance in 10 of his last 13 contests.

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Ugas is 32 years old and now fights out of Miami, Florida. He also had an excellent amateur career and won a gold medal as a lightweight at the 2005 World Championships when he was 19 years old. He also captured gold at the Pan American Games two years later and took home the bronze medal from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He defeated Jose Pedraza, David Arce, Sadam Ali, Francisco Vargas and Darleys Perez as an amateur, but was beaten by Amir Khan.

Ugas turned pro in 2010 and has 153 rounds of experience under his belt. He carries a mark of 23-3 along with 11 Kos. He isn’t known for his power with a current knockout ratio of 42 per cent. He stands 5-feet-9-inches tall with a 69-inch reach so is two inches taller than Porter with a negligible half-inch edge in reach. Ugas’ three pro losses have been to Johnny Garcia by eight-round split decision in 2012, a 10-round split decision to Emanuel Robles in 2014 and an eight-round unanimous decision to Amir Imam in his next fight in 2014.

Ugas hasn’t faced any truly elite boxers as a pro, but has victories over Kenny Abril, Cosme Rivera, Jamal James, Bryant Perrella, Thomas Dulorme and Jonathan Batista. He has plenty of boxing skills along with a solid chin, and not much in the way of power. Basically, he’s a little similar to the champion Porter, but hasn’t been as successful as the champion as a pro.

Prediction…

This is a pretty good matchup with two solid pros who were excellent amateurs going at it. Porter’s key to winning is to throw a high volume of punches every round and make Ugas back up. He’s going to have to be wary of counter shots though as Ugas is quite skillful. Porter is naturally more aggressive and if he stays true to his usual style I think he can do enough to retain the title, but he certainly can’t take Ugas lightly.

I’ll go with Porter’s pro experience.

Play: Porter -400 @ BetOnline.ag

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