Thurman Says Danny Garcia is Vague in Who He Wants Next

By Ryan Burton

BoxingScene.com caught up with WBA welterweight champion Keith "One Time" Thurman shortly after Danny Garcia captured the vacant WBC welterweight title with an unanimous decision victory over Robert Guerrero on Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Thurman (26-0, 22KOs) has been very vocal about wanting to face the best fighters and unify titles. Next up is a tough fight against former champion and once beaten Shawn Porter - taking place on March 12th at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut.

The fight with Porter is part of Thurman's plan to take over the welterweight division in the wake of Floyd Mayweather's retirement last September.

Thurman wants to fight every top name in the welterweight division.

After the upcoming clash with Porter, Thurman said that he would like to face Garcia (32-0, 18KOs) but isn't getting his hopes up.

"No disrespect to Team Garcia but he is very vague when he talks about what's best in his career. No disrespect but Al Haymon manages all of us and he does it in a tremendous fashion. And he does have options.  He is just the kind of fighter who says 'we have options and we are going to see what's next,"
Thurman told BoxingScene.com.

Garcia was recently ordered by the World Boxing Council to make a mandatory defense in a rematch against Amir Khan. Garcia stopped Khan in four rounds back in 2012. Khan wants the fight, but Garcia has yet to verbally commit to the contest.

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