Comments Thread For: Conor Benn on Keith Thurman: That's the Main Fight I Want Out of the Whole Bunch; I'd Be Too Much for Him

[Rodtang]

They hold the belts this is who should be called out. If Benn was calling out champs it would be completely different. He is calling out fighters that he thinks are past it and unavailable.

That's fair enough. But this article is about him wanting Thurman. He's hardly past it. Just unavailable. And this is not name dropping by Benn. He'd definitely take that fight if he could get it. It's more name dropping by Hearn, as he should know better, that he'll not get Thurman for Benn. In fact I'm fairly sure there will have been no attempt to get that fight. They're focusing on trying to get Ramirez.

[PunchyPotorff]

Benn would be a handful for Thurmos... but the reverse could also be said.
Politics in boxing is probably as bad as it's ever been, maybe even worse...
else we could get solid fights like this with little trouble.

[John Locke]

Even this post-prime Keith would beat Benn into next year. No chance Hearn would allow this to happen.

[gluvsup]

A prime Thurman would outthink and hurt Benn. But this version of Thurman, who is getting closer to being the guy driving the Prime truck for Amazon? Benn has a good chance of wearing him down, and of hurting that famous Thurman body. Luckily for Keith, he still has his legs, so for a few rounds he could school the youngster, until...

There probably aren’t many money fights left for Keith so if Hearn can find any loot left in DAZN’s light pockets, this could be a fun one.