"We now have another opponent in front of us, someone who's very skilled, very basically and fundamentally sound. Just looking at film of the guy, he keeps his hands up, he throws a good, straight jab and good a one-two. That's the basics of boxing, that's the fundamentals of boxing; things that I work on every day and he's very good at them. Not everybody else I've faced up to this point has been as good at them as he has," stated IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter, who spoke more about his upcoming title defense against undefeated mandatory challenger Kell Brook. Porter recently answered a number of questions for members of the media during a conference call to promote the upcoming August 16 showdown.
"We're going to go out there, we're going to do everything the way we always do it. We're going to box, use our speed, our power, our quickness, everything that we have, and keep in mind that he is a good fighter and we won't be rushing in, we won't be getting out of control," Porter explained. "Every fight isn't going to be Shawn Porter coming in and knocking you out. Some fights I'm going to have to box, I'm going to have to use my feet and my hand speed. Other fights I can walk in, be a little more dangerous, and throw some really hard shots and walk guys down; it all depends. With this fight, I'm not going to say too much over the air, but we do understand that we have to come in there locked and loaded and ready to fight."
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