Comments Thread For: Eimantas Stanionis-Keith Thurman Set For December 9 As Part Of Showtime/PBC PPV In Vegas

[_Rexy_]

...which means it's possible he'll be over-trained. Thurman is taking a calculated risk here. At least Stani didn't take 12 rounds of punishment from Ortiz. I used to be a big fan of Thurman, but I'm hoping Stani retires him.

I don't know what to expect from Stan TBH. I thought he was overrated at first, then he really impressed me against Butaev and then he's basically been inactive waiting on Ortiz. I want to see what he's still got. PBC should have gone ahead with Stanionis vs Crowley which is what they were discussing before the Ortiz fight.

[kiaba360]

I don't know what to expect from Stan TBH. I thought he was overrated at first, then he really impressed me against Butaev and then he's basically been inactive waiting on Ortiz. I want to see what he's still got. PBC should have gone ahead with Stanionis vs Crowley which is what they were discussing before the Ortiz fight.

Ortiz/Stani was such a big missed opportunity. That style match-up was gonna produce fireworks. Stani has a year's worth of pent-up frustration. If he's able to hone it, Thurman is in trouble.

I've long assumed that Crowley was gonna be fed to Ennis.

[_Rexy_]

Ortiz/Stani was such a big missed opportunity. That style match-up was gonna produce fireworks. Stani has a year's worth of pent-up frustration. If he's able to hone it, Thurman is in trouble.

I've long assumed that Crowley was gonna be fed to Ennis.

Crowly is fighting Mario Barrios next for the interim WBC belt. Or at least he's supposed to be.

[Southpaw16]

boots next fight will be another obscure guy with no wiki page..again..

Hahahaha the guys with wiki pages want nothing to do with him.

[messi807]

Mayweather is not fighting Mikey Garcia. Are you serious?

If Floyd really wanted a big pay day, he'd rematch Pacquiao.

Why do either when he just keep banking millions on one-sided beat downs?

It's almost official

[messi807]

37 years and the send-off is a couple of guys saying farewell soon themselves. The only people paying to watch this will be the families of the fighters.

Not true at all.. I bet it does at least 400k buys.

[messi807]

Why weren't these guys fighting for the last five years when PBC had contracts with CBS, Showtime, NBC, NBC Sports Network, ESPN, FOX, Fox Sports 1, Spike TV, Bounce TV, and ITV?

We're not gonna miss 35 year old Keith Thurman fighting twice every four years. We're not gonna miss Danny Garcia fighting twice every 3 years. We're not gonna miss 40-year Erislandy Lara at the end stage of his career.

PBC has done severe, severe damage to the sport of boxing. Boxing is on the f**cking verge of being as popular as cricket. This is bad.

If PBC has done severe damage to the sport... Top Rank & Matchroom must be 200x worse lol, seeing as PBC have consistently put on the best fights in the past 2 years.

[ShoulderRoll]

I can see 2 other additional fights on this card to stack it on the way out for Showtime. What other rumored PBC fights are still bubbling?

It would be awesome if they could add a couple more good matchups.

[Bronx2245]

De Los Santos is a good shout. Hopefully he puts on a good performance against Shakur. There's a TON that can be said about the names you mentioned.

Say what you want, PBC does NOT have a wall higher than anyone else! How many TR fighters have you seen on all PBC cards, like you saw Porter, Martin, and Fulton?

[kiaba360]

Say what you want, PBC does NOT have a wall higher than anyone else! How many TR fighters have you seen on all PBC cards, like you saw Porter, Martin, and Fulton?

In the Figueroa/Navarrete thread, I said that TR/PBC are fighting to see who can outlast the other. All the big promotional outfits have created their own ecosystems so they don't have to work with each other. They all take turns shxtting on each other for the bad behavior that they all engage in. When Hearn wanted to use DAZN's budget to match-ups between PBC/TR fighters and his own stable, Hearn got laughed at because he was perceived as desperate and inept. When the promoters act so cynical towards each other, it's no wonder why us fans become cynical and pessimistic as well.

It's a good thing that PBC has allowed some fighters to move around, but sometimes it feels like they do it out of necessity. Porter was only interested in facing Crawford, or he was gonna retire(?). Fulton had to demand to be allowed to face Inoue. The Frank Martin/Stevenson situation is how things usually play out: cynical bad faith behavior that leads to NO FIGHT. At some point. promoters need to realize that they are gradually damaging the integrity of the sport by not working together.