Thurman To Hunter: I'll Slap You, F*** Your Fighters Up!

By Edward Chaykovsky

WBA 'regular' welterweight champion Keith 'One Time' Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) is ready and willing to trade punches with veteran trainer Virgil Hunter.

In early article on BoxingScene.com , Hunter sent a warning to Thurman about some of his trash talking. Thurman took a few shots at Hunter when discussing the trainer's UK pupil, Amir Khan.

Hunter made it known that he won't allow Thurman to keep kicking around threats in the press.

“I laugh at Keith, God bless his heart. I love him. When he said he wanted to knock me out......Keith, you better cut that ponytail before you talk about knocking me out. I’ll grab you by your ponytail and break your neck, boy," Hunter told ES News. 

"They don’t understand that. I’m a 62-year-old man and I won’t play no games with you. I know some things that will take you straight out of here, and I have no problem utilizing it.”

Thurman is ready to rumble, telling ESPN's Brian Campbell that not only will he light up Hunter, but he will actually travel to the trainer's gym in the Bay Area of California and knock around his entire stable - and if Hunter attempts to intervene than Thurman will put hands on him too.

“If [Hunter] really has some beef, we can sign a contract,” Thurman said. “I can go to his gym and I’ll slap you up. I don’t want to talk a lot of junk, especially to Virgil. He’s the trainer. Get out of this, you don’t belong in this. This is the fighters’ world."

“I will f*** your fighters up, each and every one of them. And if you want to jump in with it, my hands are there. I will throw. I don’t like threats and he’s not a fighter. We are not going to fight unless he wants to fight. I don’t like beating up old people, but I don’t like motherf***ers talking sh*t either, man. That’s that. Zero to 100 real quick.”