Expect unrelenting intensity and nonstop physical fireworks when 147-pounder Shawn Porter climbs into the ring. Trained by his father Kenny, Shawn compiled 276 wins as a standout amateur before becoming a world champion as a professional.

Porter looks like a football player. The broad, thick shoulders, that beefy torso, those piston-like legs that are always propelling him forward as if he was driving himself into a tackling sled. It’s as if he was born to shed blockers. In fact, Porter was an all-conference high school football standout in his native Akron, Ohio.

Under his father’s tutelage, Porter compiled an incredible amateur record of 276-14, besting such notable future pros as Danny Jacobs, Edwin Rodriguez and Demetrius Andrade. Porter won the World Golden Gloves championship in 2007, but he came up just short of qualifying for the 2008 U.S. Olympic team.

He turned pro soon after that, and made his debut with a first-round technical knockout of Norman Johnson in Salisbury, Maryland, in October 2008. As he rose through the ranks, Porter became a reflection of his no-nonsense dad. “Iron sharpens iron,” Kenny said of training his son in an interview. “He is like me: unstoppable.”

Art Eddy: First question is for Shawn. What has been the preparation like for you as you get ready for your match with Andre Berto in a world title eliminator main event at Barclays Center on April 22nd on Showtime at 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT?

Shawn Porter: I am excited. I am almost there. I am almost ready. For me the countdown has begun. At this point we are at the sharping phase. The running and sparring has been done. Right now we are fine tuning everything. We have the same mindset for a game plan and we will be ready on April 22nd

AE: Kenny have you guys switched your training methods for this fight compared to last fights?

Kenny Porter: We just try to push him a little bit farther than last time. We added a few things for this fight. There are somethings that he has done before. This time he is training about nine thousand feet above sea level. Up there he is sparring. He is hitting the bag. He is chopping wood. He is doing sprints up the hill with his boxing gloves on.

He is working with a personal trainer. It is another guy that we brought in. He is a personal basketball trainer. He has been doing things with basketball and some hand eye coordination. He is hitting medicine balls to help with his conditioning as well. There has been some different things to shock his muscles.

AE: Kenny you have said that Shawn is not only your son, but your best friend. What are some of the obstacles you guys face when you have to separate the role of father and son to boxer and trainer?

KP: I wouldn’t say that there are certain obstacles. The things that we deal with are just basically what a boxer and coach deal with when a boxer may not want to do the extra mile or do an extra round and you have to push them. You see him look at you like you are just doing this because you are my dad. I am like no I am doing this because I am your coach. (Both laugh.) It is just the normal stuff.

AE: You guys are a great example of how a father and son can not only work together, but push each other to always be the best you can be. How do you guys approach that type of working relationship and how do you make sure you guys are always doing the right things to make that relationship work?

SP: The funny thing is that it is not an overnight process like you would expect from another boxer and trainer. I can say which is pretty cool that this process came right out of the womb. He has always taught me. He has always shown me in sports or in education the dos and the don’ts. Not just in boxing, but in life.

I think along the way that understanding of he is my teacher, my father and my coach has always been there. In this point in my career and in my life it is the same. If it ain’t broke than don’t try and fix it. It can almost be like a strategy that we have come up with that makes this boxing and family life work. In actuality it is just the way we have grown to do things. It has happened since birth.

AE: Kenny what were some of the first few thoughts that popped into your mind when you found out that you were going to be a dad?

KP: Actually the first thought was that I was scared. I didn’t know what it was going to be like. I was more nervous and scared to think what it would be like. I ran out and bought a teddy bear thinking that is what I should do. I was going to have a baby so I ran out and bought a stuffed animal. I have three children. I bought a stuffed animal for all three of them before they were born and brought it to the hospital. My daughter still has all three of those stuffed animals. It is some twenty years later and she still has them.

AE: Shawn, parents will try and teach their kids lessons in life. For you what is the biggest lesson or core value that you have learned from your dad?

SP: Oh wow. That is a long list. It is a very long list. I am not wrong by saying everything. He taught me how to be a gentleman. He taught me how to admit to my own faults. To be careful about the things that I do and the things that I say. Who I am around and who I allow to be around me. It goes on and on.

I would say the two things that I have learned the most from my dad are how to be responsible and how to love. The way I love my sport and the people around me and my family all comes from my dad. My dad carries his heart in his hands. He will quickly let me know that when he is screaming at me it is only because he loves me and he wants to help me.

The other side of that is the responsibility that comes along with everything that I do. Everything from being an athlete to being a brother to being a gentleman. He has taught me how to handle that responsibility. How to show humility and how to be gracious and not take anything for granted.

AE: Kenny, what advice do you have for new dads?

KP: It would be something along the lines of do what I do because I live that life. If you are going to tell your kids don’t drink then you shouldn’t drink. I never drank. If you are telling your kids not to do drugs, then you shouldn’t do drugs. Live a life that when your child is watching or not watching he could still look at you and love you and be proud of you and not take anything negative from you. I would say to them try to live that life that is going to be represented to your child at all times. Whether he is watching or when you don’t think he is watching because they are watching.

Life of Dad Quick Five

AE: Do you guys have a favorite family movie that you all love to watch together?

SP: We got too many movies. We can go old school and say The Great White Hype. More recently I would say I Spy.

AE: Do you guys have a favorite song that you all like to sing to or dance to as a family?

SP: We have two. The song that we always sing at karaoke is No Diggity. We got that down and choreographed. The other one is more cliché, but when we were in California some time ago and whenever we got into the car we would hear Just the Two of Us.

AE: Describe the perfect family vacation.

SP: We really don’t take that much time off, but one of our better little getaways has been when we went to Phoenix. We skydive and go to the race track and race cars around the track. Also when we have gone to Miami and had some time on the Jet Ski and did some parasailing.

AE: Favorite post boxing match meal is?

SP: That is an easy one. Chocolate chip cookies. I am more than certain that is not the answer you were expecting, but that is the answer. (Both laugh.)

AE: Shawn what song gets you the most pumped up before a fight?

SP: Yeah, I don’t like a quiet backroom, but I don’t like a lot of talking in the backroom so we play music. It is usually spiritual or Gospel music. It is up tempo though like Kirk Franklin. It has to have a really good beat that you can bounce to.

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