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Keith Thurman v Shawn Porter Preview
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the welterweight division.
The 147-pound ranks have long been a go-to for boxing's most glamorous fighters - from the 1940s nostalgia of Sugar Ray Robinson clear through to his 1980s namesake, Sugar Ray Leonard, and subsequent stars surnamed De La Hoya and, even more recently, Mayweather.
And while no one's suggesting the winner of Saturday's match between Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter will ultimately wind up on the division's Mount Rushmore, there's no denying that a convincing victory at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn will significantly enhance his profile.