FILE PHOTO – Shawn Porter looks on against Andre Berto during their WBC welterweight eliminator bout at the Barclays Center on April 22, 2017 in New York City. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP
MANILA, Philippines—WBC welterweight champion Shawn Porter wants Manny Pacquiao next if he goes on to topple undefeated IBF champion Errol Spence in their title unification clash on Sunday (Manila time) in Los Angeles, California.
The 147-pound division has plenty of talent to offer but as it stands, the only fights that pique Porter’s interest are against Spence and Pacquiao, who is the WBA (Super) champion.
“The fights that matter to me are the ones that will make me the best welterweight on the planet, and that starts with Errol Spence in my next fight. After that I’d like to take on Manny Pacquiao,” Porter told Sky Sports.
“Boxing for me right now is about looking at the guys in my weight class who can get me motivated and want to get in the gym and give my all every single time. Errol Spence is a fighter that does that for me and that’s where I want to be at.”
Porter (30-2-1, 17 knockouts) doesn’t find any point to level the score with Kell Brook, who dealt him his first loss in 2014.
“Would I want to fight Brook again? I don’t think so. His career has gone off in a totally different direction to mine after he beat me, and I don’t think me beating him now and leveling things up would bring a whole lot of credit. He’s been beat by GGG and then he lost to Spence, and I don’t even think he has anything lined up at the moment,” Porter said.
A fight with Amir Khan has also lost its appeal to Porter.
“Khan was a great fighter, and a fight between me and him a couple of years ago would’ve been certain to get people talking,” he said.
“He’s still about now and he’s doing okay for himself, but he doesn’t have anything I want at the moment.”