He would have gotten the bigger names already by now forget about bringing money to the table or not enough fans or whatever your favorite fighter excuse is to not fought Him ...if thurman didnt have a high KO % he would have gotten the big names period
He would have gotten the bigger names already by now forget about bringing money to the table or not enough fans or whatever your favorite fighter excuse is to not fought Him ...if thurman didnt have a high KO % he would have gotten the big names period
I disagree with your analysis.
It's because he has a high KO ratio that people know who he is, and the reason they tune in to watch his fights.
The last performance aside, he was developing the reputation of being an exciting must see fighter.
If he continues to KO people and doesn't do anything stupid, i.e Gamboa, Kirkland, eventually the fans will flock to his fights, and he'll put himself in a position to pick fights rather than ask for fights.
Well one of the main reasons he's known is because he's a ko artist. I doubt that if he was simply "all about decisions" that he'd be getting fights on Showtime cards as he is now.
this, and that's why he got booed after the bundu fight
He would have gotten the bigger names already by now forget about bringing money to the table or not enough fans or whatever your favorite fighter excuse is to not fought Him ...if thurman didnt have a high KO % he would have gotten the big names period
Well one of the main reasons he's known is because he's a ko artist. I doubt that if he was simply "all about decisions" that he'd be getting fights on Showtime cards as he is now.
Not sure many on here know Thurman 's story. He was the chief sparring partner for Winky Wright at 15 years old give or take a year. His amateur career wasn't as promising because he always had a pro style! The fight against Bundu was boring to most, but let the world know if you guys where watching how much of a threat he is ! That Bundu fight had the makings of a spoiler fight like what Herrera did to provodnikov! Bundu throws a gan of feints, keeps moving and throws combo but doesn't commit - so if Thurman was over rated he would have fell for the trap - instead he out boxed the boxer and out footworked the mover in UD style! He ****'d bundu's head up so bad that he swept him and made bundu think- the only way I can win is by engaging this animal and if I do I will get ko'd - Thurman is a serious threat - those that understand know, those that just see fist flying see him as overrated - oooh well..
He would have gotten the bigger names already by now forget about bringing money to the table or not enough fans or whatever your favorite fighter excuse is to not fought Him ...if thurman didnt have a high KO % he would have gotten the big names period
Keith Thurman is knocking out journeymen (D-level fighters) and, therefore, all the B and A-level fighters are afraid of him. Do you have any idea how stupid that sounds?