Do you believe keith thurman's injury is real?

is that yusaf mack next to elton john?? :rofl::rofl: :rofl: Haha yup :boxing:

when thurman was on hbo and knocking out cans he was everybodys favorite lol.. dude stays with haymon and doesnt knock everyone out and suddenly hes a coward is that yusaf mack next to elton john?? :rofl::rofl: :rofl:

Yea. "Fake injuries" are mostly something fans dream up but rarely happen save for subversive contract disputes. That said, the time it took to make this fight, plus this on top seems a little suspect so I understand the suspicion. If I was Porter I'd move on. ever heard of david haye??

Or he is just stalling the fight for some unknown reason. No just another way Haymon protects his fighter from a potential loss

I don't know. Too many extremes here. Some are acting like everything is fake and some are blindly trusting Thurman when he has been distant for a long time since this fight was first discussed and he could easily provide a police report if he wanted to (not that he is obligated to). Faking of injuries do happen in boxing. One off the top of my head is Abner Mares clearly faked an injury to try to get his contract to run out on Frank Ezpinoza and go to Haymon...it ended up not working but Haymon paid Ezpinoza a lot of money to release Mares, regardless. I would guess with 65% certainty that Thurman is really banged up from a car accident or some other event.

Yes, I think his injury is real. If he was afraid to fight Porter he would not have signed the contract in the first place. I can't think of any reason he would fake an injury and he has no history of pulling out of fights. I don't like to assume a man is lying when there is no proof at all that he is lying. I am very disappointed the fight has been postponed or perhaps cancelled. It was a good fight and an important fight to help sort out who is the best at 147.

Yeah, but you've got to admit that it kinda is valid fuel for the "Thurman ducking" argument.

when thurman was on hbo and knocking out cans he was everybodys favorite lol.. dude stays with haymon and doesnt knock everyone out and suddenly hes a coward

Yea. "Fake injuries" are mostly something fans dream up but rarely happen save for subversive contract disputes. That said, the time it took to make this fight, plus this on top seems a little suspect so I understand the suspicion. If I was Porter I'd move on.

It's obviously real, it's retarded to think otherwise, especially considering he's already paid for sparring, training expenses etc, also the fight is still going ahead, it's just delayed by a few weeks, so there's nothing to gain by faking an injury. A bunch of NSB warriors think otherwise doe...

This fight had zero buzz going for it...something was up..not doubting he got in an accident but I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up fighting Garcia now in late May early June for A unification fight. Garcia does good ratings when he fights and PBC could use a huge fight for the summer..

I hope Thurman reads fan comments. This is why the goal of a pro boxer should be to make as much money as you can while taking as little punishment as possible. Boxing fans are so nasty.

I don't buy it. He never seemed interested in making this fight in the months leading up to it getting done, he was very quiet and then he pulls out with a bit of a dubious injury and no proof.....Not sure what the deal is, but something is off.

He has never given me any reason to doubt him, especially with something like this, so yeah I believe he got into a car accident.

Spot on. I believe he's hurt. These morons round here screaming conspiracy are so absurd. You don't find it interesting that Lou said he's a "very lucky young man", when it was deemed to be a " low velocity" accident, which by definition is 1-25 mph? Apparently, Keith had his accident during a rain storm. I'm not sure where Keith is training, but I checked the weather for Clearwater and St. Petersburg, and there were no rain storms for the dates given. He's pulling a Brook. Not because he's scared, but because a bigger fight has been offered, or at least talked about. Only fight I can think of would be one with Garcia.

No. and if the fight gets cancelled then he completely btched out.

Makes more sense than the conspiracy theories going on around here. Guy clearly got into an accident 2 weeks out from a big fight. Occams Razor. Like i said i dont like either guy, but you guys try too hard to look for negativity any time a boxer breaks camp because of injury, regardless of whats being siad or shown. News flash, injuries happen. All across the sports world, thousands of athletes are injured each year. Its only boxing fans that create this idea that everytime they happen, someone is faking to run away from a fight. Its absurd. Spot on. I believe he's hurt. These morons round here screaming conspiracy are so absurd.

You can't fake an injury to postpone a fight? Why couldn't it be fake? Whether he has to fight Porter next or not, maybe he didn't feel like camp was going good, maybe he was having weight issues..who knows..but you're statement makes no sense. Makes more sense than the conspiracy theories going on around here. Guy clearly got into an accident 2 weeks out from a big fight. Occams Razor. Like i said i dont like either guy, but you guys try too hard to look for negativity any time a boxer breaks camp because of injury, regardless of whats being siad or shown. News flash, injuries happen. All across the sports world, thousands of athletes are injured each year. Its only boxing fans that create this idea that everytime they happen, someone is faking to run away from a fight. Its absurd.

Naw don't believe a word of it he's been quiet and he's usually a mouthpiece ever since the porters started pushing for the fight he's been acting differently and been far quiter

People will believe what they like but Thurman's actions have indicated for a long time that he didn't want to fight porter. Accidents obviously happen but this seems to be a little too convenient.