Are you surprised Brook is ducking Thurman?

[The Big Dunn]

You see, you'd have a point, if his promoter didn't rattle off no namers, and tomato cans. My point is, as a champ, there shouldn't be any "show case" fights at that point.

And I let Danny slide with Herrera (I knew how good of a boxer he was, but he was a backfire on Danny's part), because c'mon. The man went through a gauntlet of tough opposition. Brook, not so much.

Khan or Thurman should be next. Thurman has to win on 10/18. It is in no way ducking.

I get the logic behind the Khan fight-I just think waiting is a big risk because Khan's chin isn't too sturdy.

If he fights rios or ghost next-that's fine with me. As adults we should be able to handle not getting exactly what we want, especially if what we do get is pretty good.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Khan or Thurman should be next. Thurman has to win on 10/18. It is in no way ducking.

I get the logic behind the Khan fight-I just think waiting is a big risk because Khan's chin isn't too sturdy.

If he fights rios or ghost next-that's fine with me. As adults we should be able to handle not getting exactly what we want, especially if what we do get is pretty good.

Doing it now is also a risk. You risk losing an arseload of revenue. You weigh up the risk against the reward

[CatchAndShoot]

Khan or Thurman should be next. Thurman has to win on 10/18. It is in no way ducking.

I get the logic behind the Khan fight-I just think waiting is a big risk because Khan's chin isn't too sturdy.

If he fights rios or ghost next-that's fine with me. As adults we should be able to handle not getting exactly what we want, especially if what we do get is pretty good.

Never said I was mad at a Khan or Ghost fight.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Never said I was mad at a Khan or Ghost fight.

Because whether or not YOU are "mad" is the be all and end all of whether fights get made or not

[Slick Veteran]

I actually predicted they would jump straight on the Thurman hypetrain. Who next? Errol Spence?

Who in the right mind fights an untested Thurman who brings nothing to the table anyway when Khan is there who will not only help generate 100 times the revenue but increase his fanbase ten fold?

What is up with Thurman fighting Porter or Bundu or someone?

Guy has been world champion for 4 days and already being accused of ducking lol

Kind of like how the Europeans on the site became Brook fans over night?

You a liar if you say Errol spence skills are not potentially P4P elite as well as at least 10 American fighters prospects. Americans can have bandwagons because the talent is bred here, not saying globally there are not great fighters, just saying boxing Mecca here in America. Created the most techniques and legends in the sport. You should know as Brook employs an American style, the same style that the British didn't give credit to when Andre Dirrell beat Froch but was robbed.

[The Big Dunn]

Doing it now is also a risk. You risk losing an arseload of revenue. You weigh up the risk against the reward

If they fight in December-since neither has a fight in between-the revenue projection is more certain.

To wait means-not only do you have to hope Khan's chin hold's up. you also have to hope Bob/al doesn't come in with an offer for khan. you also have to hope neither gets injured or Brook doesn't lose.

should either lose, that would likely reduce the viability of doing the fight in a stadium. this fight isn't Manny v Floyd-it doesn't have "staying power"

The best example is JuanMa v Gamboa. JuanMa just got caught, unexpectedly, and a $2.5-3 mil dollar fight instantly became worth a mil or less.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

If they fight in December-since neither has a fight in between-the revenue projection is more certain.

To wait means-not only do you have to hope Khan's chin hold's up. you also have to hope Bob/al doesn't come in with an offer for khan. you also have to hope neither gets injured or Brook doesn't lose.

should either lose, that would likely reduce the viability of doing the fight in a stadium. this fight isn't Manny v Floyd-it doesn't have "staying power"

The best example is JuanMa v Gamboa. JuanMa just got caught, unexpectedly, and a $2.5-3 mil dollar fight instantly became worth a mil or less.

The revenue projection is certain but it's **** for a fight of that magnitude. 20k fans.....when you can wait and do double, triple or quadruple that.

If Khan loses, it's not the end of the world. Then Brook goes after Mayweather or Pacquiao.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Will Keith Thurman accept a 90/10 split to come to the UK and fight Brook?

[SnakeVen0m]

[The Big Dunn]

The revenue projection is certain but it's **** for a fight of that magnitude. 20k fans.....when you can wait and do double, triple or quadruple that.

If Khan loses, it's not the end of the world. Then Brook goes after Mayweather or Pacquiao.

Brook needs a Khan win to get a manny/Floyd fight. Khan almost surely needs a belt, or at least show he can pack an arena.

Its likely there is only going to be 1 big fight in England at ww. By not going in December, that increases the likelihood there will be none.

By going next in December, not only do you guarantee there will be at least one, if things break right-then you can potentially have an undefeated Danny or Thurman come over for another big arena fight.