Tue Mar 16 2010
Still perfect.
Stow-Munroe Falls graduate Shawn Porter remained perfect as a professional boxer after recording a first-round knockout against Brandon Wooten of Kansas City, Mo., in a middleweight bout June 19 at the Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury, Md.
With the win, Porter improved to 9-0 with seven knockouts. Porter sent Wooten to the canvas early in the round and didn't need much longer to close the deal.
Most of the drama took place before the fight.
Porter was supposed to fight 5-0 Dion Savage of Las Vegas. Savage, however, did not get on his plane, according to Shawn's father, manager and trainer Ken Porter said.
"It happened two days before the fight," Ken said. "It was supposed to be a big step for us. We were looking forward to it."
The Porter camp tried to contact Savage and his management team prior to the scheduled bout, but had no success.
Wooten, who weighed 161.5 pounds, entered the fray June 18. Porter was expected to box at 155 pounds, but he gained a couple of pounds to fight Wooten.
More than 4,000 people attended the fight.
-- From staff reports
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