My current event that I am going to discuss for this weeks blog post is the boxing fight between Shawn Porter and Keith Thurman. The fight between Thurman and Porter was scheduled to take place this weekend on March 12th, at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut. However, the fight was cancelled due to Keith Thurman being involved in a car accident the week prior to the fight. Thurman did not have any immediate injuries, however days after the accident, medical examiners confirmed that Thurman had suffered whiplash from the accident and was forced to have to reschedule for a later date. This was a big fight, one that I personally was looking forward to watching. The fight between these two set to be the main event, as they were fighting for the WBA welterweight title. Unfortunately, the entire undercard bouts could not be salvaged and had to reschedule those fights as well.
I completely agree with the decision that was made to cancel the fight. I do believe that they did everything possible to make this fight happen, but unfortunately accidents and surprises do happen, where people get hurt and the fight has to be rescheduled. As a huge boxing fan, I would much rather have them reschedule the fight and have both fighters 100%, than have them not reschedule with a fighter having less of an advantage due to an injury. I know there will be questions and disappointments in the days moving forward, but I believe that the boxing commission was right with rescheduling the fight for a later day. As of now, the long-awaited main event between Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter is set to take place on June 25th with the co-feature being WBA featherweight champion Jesus Cuellar taking on Abner Mares. So far the venue has yet to be determined.
Dennen, J. (2016). Keith Thurman vs Shawn Porter cancelled -. Retrieved March 13, 2016, from http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/keith-thurman-vs-shawn-porter-cancelled/
Velin, B. (2016). Entire March 12 Thurman-Porter CBS boxing card is canceled. Retrieved March 13, 2016, from http://boxingjunkie.usatoday.com/2016/02/24/entire-march-12-cbs-boxing-card-following-thurman-porter-postponement-is-canceled/
