Former world welterweight champion Shawn Porter fights Danny Garcia for the vacant WBC welterweight title in the main event on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. In the co-feature, Adam Kownacki meets former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin in a 10-round bout.


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