▁morning ▁of ▁May ▁ 2 5 , ▁Tom ▁Brown ▁informed ▁the ▁W BC ▁a ▁deal ▁was ▁in ▁place ▁for ▁the ▁bout ▁to ▁take ▁place , ▁thus ▁the ▁pur se ▁b ids ▁were ▁cancel led . ▁Brown ▁stated ▁the ▁fight ▁would ▁take ▁place ▁at ▁the ▁Bar cl ays ▁Center ▁in ▁either ▁August ▁or ▁September ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁On ▁July ▁ 2 4 , ▁the ▁long - await ed ▁announ cement ▁was ▁finally ▁made ▁confirm ing ▁the ▁bout ▁to ▁take ▁place ▁at ▁the ▁Bar cl ays ▁Center ▁on ▁September ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁Before ▁a ▁crowd ▁of ▁ 1 3 , 0 5 8 ▁in ▁attend ance , ▁Por ter ▁became ▁a ▁two - time ▁world ▁champion ▁after ▁defe ating ▁García ▁via ▁un anim ous ▁decision . ▁The ▁official ▁scores ▁were ▁ 1 1 6 - 1 1 2 , ▁ 1 1 5 - 1 1 3 , ▁ 1 1 5 - 1 1 3 ▁in ▁Por ter ' s ▁favour . ▁Por ter ▁started ▁off ▁slowly ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁four ▁r ounds ▁but ▁then ▁came ▁on ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁and ▁took ▁over , ▁domin ating ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁bout . ▁Both ▁box ers ▁box ed ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁quarter ▁of ▁the ▁fight . ▁Por ter ▁had ▁little ▁success ▁in ▁doing ▁this . ▁He ▁then ▁made ▁adjust ments ▁and ▁began ▁fighting ▁more ▁on ▁the ▁inside ▁and ▁connecting ▁with ▁body ▁sh ots . ▁One ▁of ▁Por ter ' s ▁main ▁attributes ▁was ▁the