IMO Keith Thurman is the future... The Heir!!!

[John Locke]

Thurman will continue to be referred to as a hype job until he fights one of the top caliber fighters. Thurman fans should be pushing for the Alexander fight, instead of just yapping. When Alexander becomes unavailable, Thurman will be left with another Soto Karass equivalent.

Haha you still going on about this despite being proven wrong countless times? Is specifically asking Haymon for an Alexander fight not 'pushing' for it?

I kno im harsh on Thurman but its only because he's speaking as though he is Iron Mike which he really isn't.

Watch his fights against Soto and Chaves, he panics so bad when he gets caught, even Diaz hurt him and he didnt know what to do. Now imagine a guy like Maidana, Porter or even Danny Garcia watch Thurman panic after being clocked... they would end his night no doubt.

You haven't watched his fights against Karass or Chaves, just like you hadn't watched his fight against Zaveck. Either that or you're imagining things again.

You kept saying he got buzzed by Zaveck until I posted a video of the fight and specifically asked you to point out when he got buzzed. You ignored me.

I'll try it again.



Please tell me where Thurman got buzzed. You will ignore this because it didn't happen. You're making things up again.

Also, here's the Karass fight highlights:



If you think recovering within 1-2 seconds and putting your hands down is panicking, I suggest you look up the definition of the word.

[soul_survivor]

I like Thurman, but he's kind of irrelevant right now tbh.

When you look at what a guy like tim Bradley was doing to get to where he got, Thurman isn't even close to accomplishing anything like that at this point.

Preach boy!

Thurman is exciting at times but come on now, he is so far down the pecking order. Guys like Bradley, Khan, Porter, Brook, all in their 20s, have achieved far more than Thurman.

[Rome-By-Ko]

I really believe Thurman will be unstoppable from welter till the day he goes middleweight.. MAYWEATHER HAS BEEN THE PRESENT. No doubt, but I have been thinking of how mayweather should go out. EVERyone knows his contract ends after his 49th fight. So Khan who is big and can help carry the gate in the U.K. could most possibly be the next opponent...
Leaving Pacman for last... or so you think.... I believe he will want that 50th win, to leave no doubt.... to break Marciano's record!!! That being said, who is the 3rd fighter to face Mayweather????
I dont see many fighters at 140, 147, 154 giving Thurman real problems. Maybe for the next 4 to 5 years. Pacman is almost done, Danny is too small for him, Cotto is too old and worn. Thurman has a clear road of dominance in his future unless he "ortiz's" it. Now Keith should be getting those big card exposure fights. He is the Future. He is the heir!!!
So IF MAYWEATHER WANTED, he could go out with a ****. Fighting the next dominator and heir to his own throne. How G.O.A.T. can you be... going out 50-0 and with that last fight beat the young Prince before he goes on to rule the division, and possibly the pound for pound rankings of the next 5 to 6 years.

I like Thuman,but I don't think he beats Charlo,Lara,Molina,Andrade,hell even Trout..I don't know about Thurman beating Porter Bradley Brook or Guerrero Maidana is another toss up..Meaning hey maybe your right,but as up to right now,he has not shown anything to suggest he's the next anything..Thurman is still very unproven in all honesty..

[Cinci Champ]

thats all fine and dandy but can we see him fight someone decent first? everyone says people are ducking him but honestly u hardly hear him call anyone out. The guy needs to fight someone im tired of the boogie men being guys who have fought no one. remember porter?

[Caught Square]

Thurman just needs that one signature win over someone like Devon, Guerrero Khan etc then people will realise what's up.

[AddiX]

Preach boy!

Thurman is exciting at times but come on now, he is so far down the pecking order. Guys like Bradley, Khan, Porter, Brook, all in their 20s, have achieved far more than Thurman.

I remember when Thurman was pumping himself as the most feared fighter, talking about how great he was, while constantly calling out Paulie Malignaggi.

Dude is a fake tough guy, I got a lot of respect for his win vs Chavez, but that's all he really has IMO. He has a lot of competition in his division and isn't fighting any of it.

And lmao at ppl believing guys are scared of him. The entire division is more accomplished than he is. And this is coming from someone who thinks Thurman MIGHT be able to do big things, but right now, he's not...

[rogdogx]

NOBODY wants to fight the guy....

Roberto Garcia called Thurman out and you could make the case One Time DUCKED him! Garcia is coming off his 3rd straight FNF headlining win with a good chin, punching power and a pressure style. Thurman likely thought that to be too risky a fight. This myth that nobody wants to fight Thurman is simply not true. Al Haymon is the reason Keith is not getting meaningful fights. Plenty of fighters are willing to step in with Thurman. I do believe he is good and could potentially become the top dog but he won't get there at the rate he is going. He should have had an Alexander, Guerrero or Porter fight by now but Haymon is not setting those matches up for whatever reason. Chances are by the time Thurman does get those fights to line himself up for Mayweather, Floyd's Showtime contract will be fulfilled. I do agree Thurman would benefit by getting out of his Haymon deal, signing with Oscars Golden Boy and going to HBO.

[Mr. Punch-Out!!]

Here you go...

"will be unstoppable".

Roberto Garcia called Thurman out and you could make the case One Time DUCKED him! Garcia is coming off his 3rd straight FNF headlining win with a good chin, punching power and a pressure style. Thurman likely thought that to be too risky a fight. This myth that nobody wants to fight Thurman is simply not true. Al Haymon is the reason Keith is not getting meaningful fights. Plenty of fighters are willing to step in with Thurman. I do believe he is good and could potentially become the top dog but he won't get there at the rate he is going. He should have had an Alexander, Guerrero or Porter fight by now but Haymon is not setting those matches up for whatever reason. Chances are by the time Thurman does get those fights to line himself up for Mayweather, Floyd's Showtime contract will be fulfilled. I do agree Thurman would benefit by getting out of his Haymon deal, signing with Oscars Golden Boy and going to HBO.

You really can't, actually. There weren't any talks of a potential matchup between the two and when you think about it, a fight with Devon Alexander (a top 10 fighter) is equally risky. If Thurman fought Roberto Garcia, then people would be saying he was ducking Devon. Besides, that match would be pointless anyway, as it wouldn't do anything for their careers.

Guerrero pulled out of the fight and Porter's dad said that there weren't enough money in the fight. I won't say Porter is ducking but Guerrero certainly is and even when he's asked about it, he never sounds like he wants the fight ("Keith Urban? I'm gonna see his concert." *stutters on his "answer" after that*). If nobody is ducking Thurman, then I'm sure a lot of the big names would try to prove it and yet, hardly any of them do. All this does is just add the claim that he's being ducked. If they don't want to do that, then they need to just fight him already. He's already said he's not afraid to let go of his 0. Heck, he's almost daring the other boxers to fight him.

[Mr. Punch-Out!!]

thats all fine and dandy but can we see him fight someone decent first? everyone says people are ducking him but honestly u hardly hear him call anyone out. The guy needs to fight someone im tired of the boogie men being guys who have fought no one. remember porter?

Well, I'm tired of the whole "he ain't fought nobody" nonsense myself so a fight with a decent opponent should do well for both sides. This is why I want Thurman to fight against either Devon or Khan next.

I remember when Thurman was pumping himself as the most feared fighter, talking about how great he was, while constantly calling out Paulie Malignaggi.

Dude is a fake tough guy, I got a lot of respect for his win vs Chavez, but that's all he really has IMO. He has a lot of competition in his division and isn't fighting any of it.

And lmao at ppl believing guys are scared of him. The entire division is more accomplished than he is. And this is coming from someone who thinks Thurman MIGHT be able to do big things, but right now, he's not...

Which is because NOBODY has given him a chance to. You guys have to look at it deeper than that. If nobody was ducking Thurman, they would have fought him a long time ago.

[glenn mcrory]

"will be unstoppable".

Semantics. This implies that Thurman at some point in time, will be "unstoppable". At no point in time will that ever be true. He will be stopped. And it will be absolutely brutal.