Thurman has the better resume and wins of the 3 but the layoffs are ridiculous and he lost to a past prime Pacquiao.
Andrade has some decent wins in 3 decent wins in Vanes, Culcay, and Sulecki but he has been fighting world level since 2013 and never fought a top 5 ranked in his divisions.
Russell fights literally once a year for the past 5 years now. He has some decent wins but not one real career defining victory past prime Gonzalez or Joseph Diaz maybe.
Dude stays calling for super fights but barely gets in the ring.
All 3 had hype around them and all 3 did end up becoming world champions but their championship reigns haven’t live up to the hype.
Andrade.
Thurman beat Andrade in the amateurs once. Andrade beat Thurman twice.
But their pro careers really diverged when Thurman fought Porter, Danny, and Pac.
Whereas Andrade hasn't had a marquee opponent.
GRJ had one.
Andrade tries to get big fights. It's not his fault that Golovkin etc. don't want that work.
Gary Russell Jr chooses to fight once a year. He's the most disappointing.
Andrade considering his talent. When he first came out, I thought (and still do to some degree) that no one can touch him around his weight class. He's that skilled. Russell and Thurman at least stepped up at some point. Andrade's management is not great
Thurman probably, had a potential but didnt live up to expectations, lost his career defining fight
Andrade and Russel were not as hyped, Andrade still has his big fight ahead of him, as for Russel - no shame losing to Loma, he'll have another opportunity at 130, probably vs Tank
It's definitely andrade. Gary Russell has at least had 1 marquee fight even if he lost. Arguably 2 cause he did beat johnny Gonzales after iced mares.
Andrade hasnt even really had a top notch opponent
Without reading the other posts, I'd say Thurman. He really seemed to be elite for a short time. Then got injured, came back and had a subpar performance against then lost to Pac. Hasn't fought since (I realize Covid may have prevented him from fighting). But like I said, he was heading toward greatness and I don't think he's ever coming back.
Andrade seems to want big fights. Maybe he'll get them and have a great career. He hasn't done much and hasn't has any real big wins. But there is hope.
Russell strikes me as a guy who doesn't seem to mind not achieving greatness. He fights once a year, makes some money and seems to be a happy guy, but not hungry for stardom and legend status. So, while he is a disappointment, he never really seemed to care much anyway.
All of them seldom fight. But when Thurman fights, he fights goog opponents. And his fights tend to have action.
Russell seldom fights and he sometimes fight good opponents.
Andrade seldom fights ang often against unknown opponents where he has all the advantages but still bores us to death. In short, he doesnt do what he is supposed to do.
Thus far I'd have to say Andrade & it's not even close.
When it's all said & done tho I think Andrade will have the best here's why: Thurman is a one division fighter. He can't go down or up & do anything significant. I also don't think he'll win another big fight in his career. Unless Mikey Garcia is considered that...
Gary has more upside than Thurman to me but now that I think about it mid post he may never get another significant fight. I think GRJ is black balled at PBC which is where the fights are for him unless he goes to Top Rank which I don't see. He would beat everybody at 126. I think he'd beat almost everybody at 130. He'd almost certainly beat 3/4 champions. But I think when it's all said & done he'll have the worst career due to lack of opportunities.
Andrade is the only 2 division champion of the 3, while his reign hasn't been watu would expect I think he'll eventually get & beat at least 1 or 2 names before his career is over.
By far Russell, because it's 100% his own fault.
Since getting washed by Lomachenko, he's completely packed it in.
Thurman became an almost consensus P4P top 10 fighter after beating Danny Garcia & Shawn Porter.
Andrade is being frozen out and maybe a little bit is his own fault, but it's mostly guys not wanting to fight a difficult style.
Keith's obviously had a good career but injuries, inactivity and marriage prevented him from being remembered for a long time. The 2013-2016 One Time was a monster
Tough one between GRJ & Andrade but GRJ did give a very good account of himself vs Loma & fought a few decent enough contenders. Fk knows what Andrade is doing with his career. I hate the word/term but he is a wasteman.
Thurman has had a good career with injuries. Gary had his brain broken by Loma and now only fights once a year so he doesn't get stripped of his title, and Andrade fights people nobody has ever heard of while five people watch.
Thurman 147 resume porter garcia pacquiao better than anything crawford come close to. 3 top 10 opps vs zero. So outside being the most injury prone boxer rivaled only to beterbiev. (Theyre the grant hill andrew luck of boxing. Talented but stay hurt to the point there prime been robbed by unlimited injuries. Gary russell n andrade on the other hand no excuses. Has andrade even fought anyone dude makes crawford selection of opps look legit. I get the name of the game get a belt milk it dont fight a soul ranked unless huge $ to compensate the risk yet andrade should be stripped of title similar to crawford if fights 1 more bum or shot fighter next. Atleast take a risk 1 out of 4 fights fight your bums 3 fights then fight a garcia if crawford or fight sergey if andrade. Andrade doesnt even have david lemieux on record literally everyone worth it has him on resume . enough sad bout the bum andrade
Thurman has the better resume and wins of the 3 but the layoffs are ridiculous and he lost to a past prime Pacquiao.
Andrade has some decent wins in 3 decent wins in Vanes, Culcay, and Sulecki but he has been fighting world level since 2013 and never fought a top 5 ranked in his divisions.
Russell fights literally once a year for the past 5 years now. He has some decent wins but not one real career defining victory past prime Gonzalez or Joseph Diaz maybe.
Dude stays calling for super fights but barely gets in the ring.
All 3 had hype around them and all 3 did end up becoming world champions but their championship reigns haven’t live up to the hype.
Thurman has had layoffs but his run from 2013-2017 was good. He has the better resume as you said because he faced top opposition
Andrade has been boxed out in a sense but at least he was signed to fight Billy Joe Saunders before Saunders failed his drug test.
Russell Jr. has tremendous talent that he only displays once a year against fairly non-descript opposition. He hasn't had a big fight since Loma in 2014 so I think his career has been most disappointing so far.
Thurman did very well for himself than the other 2, Gary Russel jr just lets his spark dies out everytime he gets soemthing going, and andrade still got alot of time with no damage.
So..... Russel Jr.
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