Will Keith Thurman be a household name by 2015?

[BUNGALOWS]

No boxer is a household name in the USA

Floyd barely makes the mainstream..

I own a few bars/restaurants and rental homes and nobody I know follows boxing... Had a party last Saturday and we watched UFC and Danny Garcia fight, and literally no one knew any boxers, and one person knew Floyd...
Weird thing is that at the bars if I'm on premise, I turn boxing on if it's broadcast and a lot of people like it, but still bring up camacho, Duran, Leonard, Those seem to be what people know of boxing, especially camacho. People bring him up all the time

Exactly. People think Floyd's mainstream, but he's only mainstream when he has a fight coming up. If he was mainstream, his spousal abuse case would've been WAY bigger on ESPN.

Imagine if it was Tyson or Ali that got in trouble for beating their spouse.

[fish262]

Well for one he needs to be fighting a lot more. 4 times a year for the next to years would serve him well

[$Bullsfam$]

Really doubtful. Especially since Mayweather, Cotto, and Pac are really the only people who could really be considered mainstream right now. I love Cotto and he barely is household.

He would have to beat one of them to make it happen. He has potential

[John Locke]

Why you trying so hard to hype up the flavor of the week. Nothing special, will be exposed soon, and you guys will move on to the next one.

Yeah alright then bro, whatever helps you sleep at night.

exactly. he gets caught with some good **** too frequently

he's a KO waiting to happen

wide punches, not hard to hit, and hands low

But the fact that he can take those big shots is what counts. Let's be honest, how many offensive fighters out there have a watertight defence? The guy always goes for the KO, that automatically means he can also get KOd, it's nothing new.