Thurman interested in Crawford for return bout

Wow. I thought Crawford is still an unproven welter. But this poster says Bud will destroy Thurman. Hilarious. Wow Look how many people are picking Bud Is it still hilarious ? Watch boxing often

Would love to see it, just want to see Bud finally fight a live dog from the PBC side of the street. Otherwise he's basically got to beg Kell Brook or Mikey Garcia to fight in order to get a recognizable name in the ring with him. Kell Brook and Mikey Garcia aren’t even as good wins as Horn or Benavidez jr IMO. People want recognisable names, but they aren’t always better fighters, especially in 147lb Garcia’s case. Brook would always lose to Crawford, but he’ll get stopped if they fight now.

The Crawford fans will say he doesn't deserve a shot yet when Crawford announces a fight against some nobody outside of the top of 20 they will say its a 'dangerous' opponent. Fact is Crawford and his fanbase don't want any sort of risk. Thurman beats him anyway, you can't even compare their recent level of competition. Huge fan of Craw and I'd love for this fight to happen. Just as i wanted a potential fight between Craw and Porter to happen. You can assume all you want, but we all KNOW what that means..

Would love to see it, just want to see Bud finally fight a live dog from the PBC side of the street. Otherwise he's basically got to beg Kell Brook or Mikey Garcia to fight in order to get a recognizable name in the ring with him.

A true 50-50 fight. I would probably put it at 55-45 in favor of Crawford. But yea, it's closer than everybody thinks it is.

thurman may want this but we all know al gaymon won't let it happen. his worst nightmare is his guys losing to bob arum guys. fury beating wilder was a huge blow to pbc. crawford is the best welterweight his skills and style makes him the favorite over any of the pbc welters. crawford would beat thurman via body shot. in addition to being skilled crawford is just too tough and gritty for thurman. The way things been going al gots nothing to lose lol.

A true 50-50 fight.

Thurman needs to get back in the damn ring already. His injuries + inactivity have slowly drained all energy from his career. He really needs a tune-up fight or else he'll probably lose against another top opponent. A year layoff will get him battered by Crawford.

No he isnt. It's funny people be believing these smoke screens. And I agree. Thurman just making headlines. Keith wants no part of Crawford...would love the fight though

Agan, Crawford won`t be allowed to take that risk, even though Thurman is coming from a loss.

I'm not sure if there's even a clamor for Thurman vs Danny 2 anymore Seeme to have died out. And yeah, getting dropped by an unknown euro fighter raises many suspicion of Crawford's chin/durability Not sure what Crawford wanted to prove in that fight It’s like he was trying to showboat or showcase himself into getting his next fight Mean machine is no scrub either just cause he’s unknown to some boxing fans I really don’t think Crawford has a bad chin I think he got caught like every other fighter does His chin is good , if anything he’ll have to step up his game since I think he lowers his standards to his opponent Be a good start with Thurman , like the fight and it’ll be a good fight for how long it lasts See Crawford getting a late ko/tko

Make the fight much respect to Thurman for trying to get these guys in their prime win or lose.

Good fight, Keith should skip Garcia and go straight for Bud. Don't need another possible injury. Plus Bud had some trouble with non-elite Kav so Keith should get him now. I'm not sure if there's even a clamor for Thurman vs Danny 2 anymore Seeme to have died out. And yeah, getting dropped by an unknown euro fighter raises many suspicion of Crawford's chin/durability

He doesn’t want Crawford. At least he see’s no point of going through the trouble (outside of PBC) for Crawford. It wasn’t that long ago where he said he can easily fight Spence, Porter, Garcia or even Mikey or Broner. It was about a month ago. Or have we already forgot about the “WB-NO”? He’s lightened up on the subject, whether from fan backlash or whatever it is, but the guy asked him: Big money - Crawford? Answer: “ehh, Probably”. Thurman is a much better style matchup for Crawford than Spence, but he’d be dumb to fight Crawford coming off an injury that has kept him out of the gym. Garcia would be much safer, if not, someone even just below like Lipinets.

Thurman showed some meddle in his fight with Pac. As people said, he's been hurt, out, and really appearing to be on the decline recently...but he stayed in with Pac and adjusted his style a bit to finally start to walk down Pac and get to his body. I think people thought he'd have been gone by that point after that 1st rd. Wondering if TC has declined just a tad also? I think he may have....so the idea of his suspect defense /chin may come into play more. I like TC because he takes big time risks in the ring - when I watch him fight, I am typically pretty nervous ...because he puts himself into bad positions and is open to be hit flush. That's what makes him really exciting to me...and also because has a cold killer instinct. Thurman's right hands are not whipping in there like they used to, they don't look to have the same power anymore..so he probably will land that punch but does it have enough on it these days...can he catch TC in between like Gamboa and Mean Machine. It's a close fight I think, not a blowout for Crawford at all. I'll go with Crawford because we know that Thurman's liver seems to be a magnet for southpaws, or someone who can go southpaw like TC.

Thurman took 2 years off due to injury, came back and looked bad against Josesito Lopez then loses to Pacquiao. Now he’s been off for quite some time already, instead if staying busy and he wants to get right back in there with Crawford? He’s being stupid. Might as well cash out vs Canelo.

Make it happen, Bud sparks him out.

Will Arum let this happen? Arum's basically fake crying over Pac and won't allow that fight to happen. Thus cannot see him letting this fight happen either.

After he had lost? Fighters do this AFTER losing. Prior to that they would come out with all the excuses in the world. When Thurman had something to lose he didn’t want to know who Spence or Crawford were, now that he lost to Pacman and his belts are gone he is willing to fight anyone.

Good fight, Keith should skip Garcia and go straight for Bud. Don't need another possible injury. Plus Bud had some trouble with non-elite Kav so Keith should get him now.