Spence Unifies Welterweight Titles, Edges Porter by a Slim Margin

By Robert Aaron Contreras
On Saturday, Errol Spence (26-0, 21 KO) unified the WBC and IBF welterweight titles by the skin of his teeth, escaping a sustained, inspired attack from Shawn Porter (30-3-1, 17 KO) by split-decision, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Spence was pushed like never before, and grateful for a knockdown in the eleventh round thatgot the job done, earning two scores of 116-111 to overrule a 115-112 for Porter.
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