Comments Thread For: Keith Thurman irked by ref jumping in ?like a white rabbit? to stop fight

[Corelone]

I want to see Fundora vs Boots in the worst way. They don't need tune ups. I say they've been fighting tune ups already. If Lima wasn't a tune up it was a waste of money.

[hitmanjosh]

Thurman should be thankful to Thomas Taylor from saving his weak ass, from being killed! I do feel he should apologize to the referee for making a wise and accurate decision.

[boxingitis]

Ok Fundora beat an old semi retired ancient welterweight, that has fought about 3 times in the last 7 years. Move on please.

Fundora was winning the fight. It's not like Mendoza was beating him. One lucky punch.

Mendoza lost to Tim who Fundora stopped and beat TWICE.

[Realizniguhnit]

Probably not even Crawford could be Fundora. Crawford has never face anyone with a longer reach than him.

Please...Classic case of you don't know ish about boxing. Fondura took an L to an OK counter puncher, Bud Crawford is a GREAT counter puncher, one of the best we've ever seen in the history of the sport. Thurman, on the other hand was never great at counter punching so there's that..

For the record Bud Crawford went on record and said he wanted to and also offered a fight to Fondura and Fondura's team turned the fight down, just like Boots team turned the fight down...so all this woulda coulda shoulda, they all had their chance to face Bud.

[IronDanHamza]

Deluded.

He was getting absolutely battered, the ref saved him.

[boxingitis]

Please...Classic case of you don't know ish about boxing. Fondura took an L to an OK counter puncher, Bud Crawford is a GREAT counter puncher, one of the best we've ever seen in the history of the sport. Thurman, on the other hand was never great at counter punching so there's that..

For the record Bud Crawford went on record and said he wanted to and also offered a fight to Fondura and Fondura's team turned the fight down, just like Boots team turned the fight down...so all this woulda coulda shoulda, they all had their chance to face Bud.

Prove it. He said she said. When has Crawford faced anyone with a longer reach than him?
Crawford could barely beat Madrimov, who Fundora wopped in Sparring. I saw it.

[ELPacman]

Thomas Taylor is one of the best refs in the business. You can say what you want and it wouldn't have changed the outcome. Barring some miracle punch that Thurman would hope to land, Thurman was being obliterated. Even Taylor told Keith, show me something, that's how bad it got. His face was ground beefed and it was only rd.6. What would he have looked like if he went all 12? Keith can pretend to say he wanted to be in there now looking back, but if he had gone all 12 and was permanently disfigured, he probably would have blamed the ref or his own corner.

This is problem for guys that run their mouth too much and don't end up backing it up. Everything comes back to bite them and their fragile ego can't take it. His post fight conference sounded like he was making more excuses and downplaying Fundora's win. Even Fundora stopped listening to Keith continue to just talk because he loves talking and starting to look at his phone with his sister, completely ignoring Keith's usual rants.

[Deleted]

This is his pride talking up a storm. It looked like he already knew the outcome before even stepping into the ring. Hanging out with kids, hugs, smiles and high fives during the ring walk. The icing on the cake was when he took off the robe. Physically, he looked as old as Manny and Floyd. Anyways, most already knew it was going to be a bad night for Keith. One more if he wants a farewell fight and walk away with a win or he can join Zuffa and get a free belt and a bit of cash to get a small real estate portfolio if needed. (hope he was wise with his money).

[SouthpawRight]

Keith ucked himself over with a 2.5 year retirement followed by a 3 year retirement

multiple unretirements then coming back in his late 30s

[Tag, You're Hit]

My boy Keith was getting beaten up, but I do think the stoppage was premature. I think Taylor is one of the best in the game, but I disagree with the stoppage as Keith wasn't defenseless, didn't go down, and was still making defensive moves and throwing punches. Would the final outcome have been different? Probably not. Sebastian was having his way with him. And maybe a further beat down would have prevented Keith from having another fight. I'm genuinely surprised at how poorly Keith did. Fundora was impressive. I think the only way to beat Fundora is going at it like Hagler and Hearns did.