Keith Thurman - A mini David Haye?

[yoz]

No, Thurman is actually good.

It begins

[LacedUp]

They are both good fighters and hard punchers but so are many other boxers. I see lots of differences. Haye is a huge bragger and often a liar and a bull****er who does not always do what he promised to do. Thurman is not much of a bragger and he always does what he says he will do. Haye trash talks his opponents often for no reason and in bad taste. Thurman does not do that and treats his opponents with respect. Haye often fights dirty with rabbit punches. Thurman fights clean. Haye is a very hard puncher and often gets the KO with very few punches required. Thurman hits very hard too but he throws many more punches per round than Haye.

I don't recall me saying they were the same fighter?

But thanks for the psychoanalysis.

[LacedUp]

Sorry, i'm still laughing.

Edit: Yes, he looks good. I like his movement.

What are you laughing about?

[Mighty_Windir]

Thurman can also box, he uses the jab well, overall he boxes better than Haye.

[LacedUp]

Thurman can also box, he uses the jab well, overall he boxes better than Haye.

Haye can box too as he showed on occassion. I agree that Thurman will have more opportunities to showcase his skills as he will go beyond 5 rounds more often than someone like Haye.

He really impressed me vs Soto-Karass. I just think there's a huge gulp in class between Soto-karass and some of the established WWs. One Time needs to take his time and fight someone established in the top 10-15 before he starts calling out the likes of Maidana.

[Sam Donald]

It's been mentioned a few times, but yeah he is a mini-Haye in style, right down to the iffy defence, but the good thing is he's not afraid to take risks in terms of making fights.

wtf happened to his shoulder!!

[Uncle Rodge]

First off, I know David Haye gets his fair share of stick on these forums. Some well deserved like his cherry picking of Audley Harrison, his ducking of the K bros in the late 00's and his excuse for losing to Wladimir Klitschko in 2011 - Even though he said he would have probably lost anyway. Some undeserved like his injuries leading up to the Fury fight that never took place.

I think we can all agree that when David Haye was on his game, which in fairness, we didn't see much of late in his heavyweight career, he was a pretty entertaining and devastating fighter. We saw this in his fights against Chisora, against Enzo Mac, Mormeck and to some extent Monte Barrett.

Let's put the criticism to the side for a moment. Because when he was on form, he was quick, moved from side to side and threw punches with bad intentions from both hands.

When I watched Keith Thurman against Jesus Soto-Karass I noticed the similarity between that performance and Haye's performance vs Chisora. For Thurman, I think he moved a lot more than he usually does, he looked to be concentrating throughout the whole fight and used his skills a lot more than he did previously, against Chaves for once.

Other than that, they share the same hairstyle.

Did anyone else notice this similarity?

I have to agree. He's a young david haye esk fighter. I don't think it's a hugely controversial statement.

Happy New Year, all.

[Spray_resistant]

Yeah I can see what you are saying in all regards, very different personalities though.

[Joey_Torreo]

That's an interesting comparison. I'll have to research some of his fights. I never really noticed

[LacedUp]

Yeah I can see what you are saying in all regards, very different personalities though.

Naturally I meant fighting aspects only.

However, if you go back and listen to David Haye before he was a major PPV star in the UK, he was very friendly, laid-back and likable. He just took the self promotion a bit too far.

If/when Thurman reaches that level of exposure, you never know what could happen to his personality as well. But he seems like a cool guy for sure.