Is Keith Thurman a credible opponent for Floyd Mayweather Jr's next fight?

[Derranged]

Poll on the way.

I can already see the "Floyd's ducking him like the plague" posts, so lets get the public opinion.

For me personally, I don't know.

[Beercules]

Not sure. We haven't seen Thurman in with a slickster, he needs a bit more polishing IMO

[Sugar Adam Ali]

No not all,, hasn't done enough

Needs to beat Julio Diaz, and then a high profile name like ghost, Maidana, porter, and he needs to look dominant in the wins... Then I could see him possibly as an opponent for Floyd in 2015

[Da Machine]

Of course not. He has no top level wins and is fighting Julio Diaz next. Maybe next May he will have strung together a better run.

[IronDanHamza]

He needs to get a fight with someone in the top 10.

No one seems to want to fight him.

If he can get someone like Guererro, Alexander or ideally a title holder, then that will be a good fight.

Problem is, say Floyd beats Maidana, he'll have two of the belts, the other one will be the Pacquaio-Bradley winner and the other one will be the Porter-Pauli winner who is mandated to fight Brook in July.

So basically, it's impossible for him to get a belt at this point in his next fight after Diaz.

Hopefully he can fight the winner of the Pauli/Porter/Brook mix, if he wins that then maybe he could fight Floyd next May perhaps?

[A-Wolf]

I say nay.

[4Corners]

No....he needs another good win or two at 147 first

[Dinamita 03]

He needs to get a fight with someone in the top 10.

No one seems to want to fight him.

If he can get someone like Guererro, Alexander or ideally a title holder, then that will be a good fight.

Problem is, say Floyd beats Maidana, he'll have two of the belts, the other one will be the Pacquaio-Bradley winner and the other one will be the Porter-Pauli winner who is mandated to fight Brook in July.

So basically, it's impossible for him to get a belt at this point in his next fight after Diaz.

Hopefully he can fight the winner of the Pauli/Porter/Brook mix, if he wins that then maybe he could fight Floyd next May perhaps?

What he said ^^ a couple of fights away against legit contenders

[WilkinsOlajuwon]

Absolutely not, not yet anyway. KT has a ways to go.

Look we all know who Floyd should be fighting. Its just not going to happen. Time may be better spent discussing fights that can actually be made.

[-=Shade=-]

IMO, No. Just no.

I just think he would be confused, frustrated, and potentially KOed. I say that well aware of Floyd's KO record.

People are in the mood to throw poor Thurman to the wolves today. Thurman - Floyd, Canelo, Maidana (, or Manny). Yikes. Let's just get him by a couple of credible 'B' level guys first. He still has a huge amount of room to grow, and seems like he'll be a good, even great, champion, but throwing him in the ring with people a solid two class levels above him is just cruel.