ter ▁was ▁delight ed ▁to ▁capture ▁his ▁first ▁world ▁title , ▁" We ▁worked ▁hard ▁and ▁it ▁came ▁through ▁in ▁the ▁ring . ▁We ▁made ▁it ▁look ▁easy ▁ton ight . ▁This ▁is ▁a ▁bless ing . ▁We ▁wanted ▁to ▁come ▁out ▁here ▁and ▁establish ▁that ▁I ▁was ▁the ▁better ▁f ighter ▁and ▁we ▁made ▁that ▁happen ." ▁In ▁the ▁fight , ▁Por ter ▁suffered ▁a ▁dam aged ▁right ▁eye ▁due ▁to ▁accident al ▁cl ash ▁of ▁heads . ▁ ▁Por ter ▁vs . ▁M align aggi ▁Golden ▁Boy ▁announced ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Por ter ▁would ▁defend ▁his ▁newly ▁won ▁world ▁title ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 9 , ▁against ▁former ▁world ▁wel ter weight ▁champion ▁Paul ie ▁M align aggi ▁( 3 3 – 5 , ▁ 7 ▁K Os ) ▁on ▁the ▁under card ▁of ▁Bernard ▁Hop kins ▁vs . ▁Be ib ut ▁Sh umen ov ▁at ▁the ▁DC ▁Arm ory ▁in ▁Washington . ▁Por ter ▁entered ▁as ▁the ▁# ▁ 6 ▁wel ter weight ▁cont ender ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁according ▁to ▁The ▁Ring ▁Magazine . ▁M align aggi ▁was ▁ranked ▁as ▁the ▁# ▁ 8 ▁cont ender . ▁Por ter ▁won ▁via ▁ 4 th - round ▁T K O . ▁A ▁double ▁j ab ▁opened ▁a ▁cut ▁under ▁the ▁left ▁eye ▁of ▁M align aggi ▁in ▁round ▁one . ▁Por ter ▁had ▁a ▁huge ▁second ▁round , ▁badly ▁rock ing ▁M align aggi ▁multiple ▁times . ▁In ▁round ▁four , ▁Por