Keith Thurman: Broner Won't KO Molina, He's in Tough

By Edward Chaykovsky

On March 7th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, WBA 'regular' welterweight champion Keith Thurman will face Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero in the main event of Al Haymon's new series, 'Premier Boxing Champions,' on NBC.

But there is also an interesting fight on the undercard, when former three division world champion Adrien Broner enters the ring for his third fight at 140-pounds in a battle with dangerous puncher, John Molina.

Thurman gives his thoughts on the co-featured bout of the evening.

"It is interesting. Molina is obviously the bigger and the stronger fighter, I think he’s the slower fighter, but he’s a dog. I don’t really see Adrien Broner stopping him, I see it being a tough match. It’s an interesting match up, Molina’s got a big height and reach factor, he’s got the punch, he’s got experience," Thurman told On The Ropes Boxing Radio.

"It’s interesting, I think this is gonna be Broner’s toughest fight at 140lbs. Broner has done a lot of things in his career, he’s skipped 140lbs originally and moved up to 147lbs to fight Paulie Malignaggi, then Marcos Maidana. It’s an opportunity for him to make a statement in that weight division and possibly get some of the bigger names at 140lbs afterwards, but he has to win come March 7th."