Premier Boxing Champions is set to unleash its first superfight of the year, as the promoter on Saturday announced that Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter will square off March 12 at Mohegan Sun Casino Resort in Uncasville, Conn.
CBS will televise the welterweight championship bout starting at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT.
Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) has quickly ascended the ranks and is perched on many experts’ top 10 pound-for-pound lists. “One Time” will defend his WBA 147-pound title, a belt he won by edging out Robert Guerrero across 12 rounds last March in Las Vegas.