Thurman isn't such a big deal...

Before you give me abuse just hear me out. I just rewatched his fight with Diego Chaves and although I personally feel that was his toughest fight and best performance (as he adjusted very well) he was getting caught and was very sloppy at times. This might work against most opponents with his power but this is the guy you fans think can trouble and even beat Mayweather? "Are you serious?". Mayweather would see those punches coming all day. Chaves has a 66" reach and was catching Thurman and Mayweather has a 72" reach, that is just asking for trouble. I see Floyd outboxig the crap out of him. Numerous Mayweather opponents>Thurman. Canelo is a tougher fight that Thurman and look what Floyd did to him. He definitely has power but most of his power comes from him winging his punches. He's definitely top 10 at worst but I favour Brook, Maidana, Pacquaio and Bradley all over him. My man Matthysse wants to move up next year and Thurman is an inch taller but has the same reach (69") and they both tend to weigh the same on fight night (157). I honestly believe that is a perfect fight for Lucas. Chaves got him on the ropes and hurt him with body shots and Matthysse has some of the best body shots in boxing. He's also a boxer puncher and I'm confident he hits harder than Thurman. (Judah, Alexander, Corley have said he hits the hardest out of their opponents). Just my opinion. Have a nice, productive day people :boxing: Chaves fight: http://youtu.be/vtdAVByJ8dQ

Comments (20)

Ham_Porter

A decent athlete with a solid dig, nothing more than that.

10y ago

alexguiness

I'll be honest - Collazo gave Thurman a lot of problems. Thurman looked pretty poor - in the same way Khan did against Algieiri. I am a Thurman fan, but he can't cut the ring.

10y ago

ROSS_CALIFORNIA

Why are you basing all of this on a fight from two years ago? Thurman has improved a lot since then and from the looks of his more recent fights, I think Thurman does have a chance against Mayweather. Besides, it's not like he was in any kind of serious trouble against Chaves. I used to say the same thing about Broner when people would bring up the Ponce fight. Thurman probably has improved, but its not comparable to night and day between now and then. Thurman gets beat by Floyd easily.

10y ago

SalimShady1212

Can't give the man credit for what he did take? The hate is strong with you, young Salim. Something else I noticed about Thurman; he looked like he hasn't slept in days. Did you see the dark circles under his eyes? Lol na I'm just not sold on him yet. I gave him credit for beating Guerrero and Chaves. And his eyes always look like he hasn't slept in a month lol.

10y ago

Ray

10y ago

SUBZER0ED

I want to see him take one of these: http://youtu.be/IqrsK_Clx8g :haha: Can't give the man credit for what he did take? The hate is strong with you, young Salim. Something else I noticed about Thurman; he looked like he hasn't slept in days. Did you see the dark circles under his eyes?

10y ago

SalimShady1212

I want to see him take one of these: http://youtu.be/IqrsK_Clx8g :haha:

10y ago

SUBZER0ED

My take is that Collazo is a crafty veteran who went on the retreat early in the fight. It was partially caution and partially setting Thurman up. Keith is used to using his power to win fights and has a reputation as a power puncher. He got a little overconfident when Collazo started the fight backing up, but got thrown off a little when Luis suddenly started walking him down. Thurman is still young and learning and likely has learned something from this fight.

10y ago

SalimShady1212

I think Thurman is good and solid, just not elite. I think he will have massive problems with Maidana, Brook and Porter, i would still favour him vs Khan, he can knock Khan out easily. How do some retards say Thurman is a hybe job? GTFO. That Collaza stoppage looked very suspicious though as if someone came to his corner, hey man you know you're not allowed to win, you got 20k$ extra and we stop it right here, looks like his hand got injured during camp as well. I thought he would have knocked out or totally dominated Collazo but he had a very hard time with him but thats no reason to call him a hype job. Thats just retarded. The point is that his performance was flawed and very underwhelming, the body shot Khan landed vs Maidana would have made run time crumble.

10y ago

Jubei

10y ago

SalimShady1212

I agree with op My brother from another mother :boxing:

10y ago

MrRolltide91

I agree with op

10y ago

mjgaz6

Thurman is overrated hype job that loves to run. He has one legit win on his resume and that is Diego Chaves.

10y ago

solo20

iam telling you guys the guy HAS STAMINA PROBLEMS its going to take a guy with a good chin and power to expose this more then what Robert expose THE SIGNS ARE THERE. THIS IS HIS BIGGEST FLAW

10y ago

trixx12

Yes Thurman is overrated.

10y ago

Hype_job

I'm watching it now as I missed it good grief Atlas' nuthugging is absolutely unbearable.. "Collazo never did it against the A level fighters which is what he is facing now" "Best athlete in boxing":wtf1::blowjob::puke:

10y ago

SalimShady1212

I think it was because he punched with a low output, low volume, and that was his biggest fault tonight. He gave space to Collazo and backed up from him all the time instead of fighting on the inside and rough him the **** up or at least hold him, push him and then punch him again from mid range. In fact there would be just better solutions against Collazo's pressure than what Thurman actually did. He still won most of the rounds but he looked disappointing. He definitely needs to learn how to fight on the inside. Yeah, you can't doubt he won and he probably would have still won however the problem is he looked underwhelming.

10y ago

HEND

Collazo pretty much walked through his shots too. I think it was because he punched with a low output, low volume, and that was his biggest fault tonight. He gave space to Collazo and backed up from him all the time instead of fighting on the inside and rough him the **** up or at least hold him, push him and then punch him again from mid range. In fact there would be just better solutions against Collazo's pressure than what Thurman actually did. He still won most of the rounds but he looked disappointing. He definitely needs to learn how to fight on the inside.

10y ago

SalimShady1212

I disagree on that, I think Thurman would have pulled out the decision quiet widely anyway but whatever. The point is he didn't look comfortable at all tonight and he was pressured by a guy with not so much power and not a great defense all night long. Collazo pretty much walked through his shots too.

10y ago

HEND

I agree 100%, I had Collazo winning the last couple rounds and the way it was going, if they didn't butt heads, Collazo would have won the decision most likely. I disagree on that, I think Thurman would have pulled out the decision quiet widely anyway but whatever. The point is he didn't look comfortable at all tonight and he was pressured by a guy with not so much power and not a great defense all night long.

10y ago