Danny Garcia will fight Shawn Porter on Saturday, 08 September 2018 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the recently vacated WBC welterweight title which ads much needed spice to the night. The fight will headline a quality undercard which will be broadcasted by Showtime in the USA on their regular subscription channel (non-PPV) while BoxNation has the live rights for the United Kingdom.
Danny Garcia vs Shawn Porter Live TV Coverage Details: The fight night coverage begins around 09:00 p.m ET on the regular showtime channel with several quality undercard fights scheduled on the night. Chris Colbert Takes on Sulaiman Segawa and Clayton Laurent Jr. vs. Sherman Artis Jr most notable. BoxNation coverage begins at around 1:30 am early hours of sunday morning in the UK.
| COVERAGE STARTS | Showtime coverage of the fight night begins at around 08:00 p.m EST while BoxNation have live coverage starting at 01:00 am UK time. |
| There two undercard fights scheduled on the night which will start at 08:00 p.m ET while the Main-Event starts after 11:00 p.m ET | |
| Undercard Fight 1 | Chris Colbert vs Sulaiman Segawa |
| Undercard fight 2 | Clayton Laurent Jr. vs. Sherman Artis Jr |
| Main-Event | Danny Garcia vs Shawn Porter (Walterweight Title Fight main-event starting at around 11:00 p.m ET / or 04:00 am uk time) |
Both of these fighters lost against Keith Thurman who vacated the welterweight title after suffering hand injury. It gives Both Garcia and Porter to get themselves back at the top on welterweight division and a win would put them right up there as top contenders again. Garcia who is coming into this fight on the back of a comfortable win over Brandon Rios is hoping to get his hands on the title again while Porter also looking for the same after celebrating two wins (Andre Berto and Adrian Granados) after his lose against Keith Thurman.