Thurman: "the whole division is ducking me"

[TRTboy]

They're not ducking him. They just feel he doesn't deserve the hype.

The hype is not commensurate to the level of fights he took. Take the case of Lopez, for instance. He fought Vargas, Ortiz, Alvarez, Maidana. Of course, he lost some of these fights. Would his record have been different if he had the types of opponents Thurman had?

It's not about hype. what's Hype? Nobody knows who keith Thurman is outside of hardcore boxing fans. We know how dangerous he is and apparently everyone in the WW division does too. But he does not bring money and is a very dangerous fighter. simple as that.

All Thurman needs to do is keep on putting exciting fights. Look at GGG. He is now getting Chavez jr. Thurman will get bigger fights if he keeps on winning and winning excitingly.

[jqSide]

Do you not understand the concept of being ducked? He can only fight people who are willing to fight him...

Question is why is Thurman, all of a sudden, calling them all out now? Is it because he's fed with low level opposition that boosted his confidence? Where was he when Lopez, as an example, were fighting monsters? Why was he not fed with monsters?

[John Locke]

Question is why is Thurman, all of a sudden, calling them all out now? Is it because he's fed with low level opposition that boosted his confidence? Where was he when Lopez, as an example, were fighting monsters? Why was he not fed with monsters?

Well he was supposed to fight Maidana on his first HBO appearance...but guess what? Maidana ducked that one...

[Dean_Razorback]

GBP aren't gonna offer Thurman a Khan fight. Thurman would have Amir kipping within 6..

Khan is getting ready for a Mayweather fight, he can't afford to take a loss atm.

... seconds, no way khan survive more than a few minutes with this guy

[jqSide]

Well he was supposed to fight Maidana on his first HBO appearance...but guess what? Maidana ducked that one...

Maidana would never duck a hype job. Show a convincing proof where Maidana ducked this guy.

[artfuL_]

damn word JUDAH say no? that guy fight everybody

Judah would fight anyone but according to Schaefer it was offered to him. they ended up settling for Diaz - this was from a recent article published on BS.

Alexander would fight him. There is no doubt in my mind.

But I don't think it makes sense with him coming off of a loss. They can do Thurman/Collazo (if he beats Khan) and Alexander/Judah on the same card as a WBA eliminator or something like that.

Alexander I think would fight him now - when he was champion I think he may have been more hesitant.

I would rather see Thurman fight a champion immediately (he is the interim/number 1 challenger) than some type of elimination bout, he has earned that right.

[John Locke]

Maidana would never duck a hype job. Show a convincing proof where Maidana ducked this guy.

Haha Maidana's own team confirmed that they turned the fight down. Google it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bepAKc_Asdg#t=53 - ignore the ridiculous top.

[ShoulderRoll]

He should have said "the whole Golden Boy stable is ducking me"


Pac, Bradley, and Provodnikov would fight him if he was with Top Rank.

Provodnikov won't even fight Rios at 140.

[John Locke]

Maidana would never duck a hype job. Show a convincing proof where Maidana ducked this guy.

http://www.boxingscene.com/team-maidana-reject-thurman-fight-explain-issues--54571

There you go mate.

Apology accepted

[ИATAS]

Sthop ducking me, thun!