Comments Thread For: Thurman: I Can Dismantle Khan Just Like Garcia Did

[Dirk Diggler UK]

The "biggest stage he's ever performed"? He just headlined an event earlier last year and stopped Julio Diaz (the same one that gave Amir Khan a tough fight) after three rounds.

He co-main evented at the Stub Hub Centre. It's hardly the MGM, is it? That was the biggest platform he's been given to showcase his skills and he didn't impress.

If we're talking name recognition, Bundu is a step back but that doesn't change the fact he's a solid opponent. Had people did know about him, they wouldn't be surprised that that fight went the distance but one fact still remains; Thurman won, clearly and that should be the most important thing.

This talk about "ooh, he didn't knock out this 40 year old fighter", well, tell me, who has? Exactly!

Not the point. Casual fans and the wider audience won't care who Bundu is. All they'll remember is that Thurman failed to KO some 40 year old European level journeyman and that he got booed out the building.

If you want the big names to take notice of you, you need to impress the wider audience and increase your following/star power. Do you think anyone outside of a few people on these forums cares about Thurman right now?

That doesn't mean you can knock everybody out and boxing fans should know that by. Even a prime Tyson didn't knock everybody out.

But when you get all hyper on the microphone at the weigh-in, promising a knock out and promising to destroy Floyd Mayweather in 2015 - "Burn Money"....then you better deliver. You can't go out there and lay an egg. It's not like Thurman even really pressed that hard for the KO.

It was a big missed opportunity for him to make an impression on the biggest stage.

[Boxing lives]

Thurman is being protected? Deontay Wilder is the image of a protected fighter, Lucien Bute, peter quillin, these are protected fighters - Fighters that would relinquish their belt and career high payday for a little known threat! Thurman beat Soto Karras, Julio Diaz, Carlos Quintana, did you guys look at the opponent Thurman had to face in Bundu??? a undefeated Olympian with a herky jerky style that no one looks good against! Did you boxing experts recognize how he beat Bundu? How he shut out a moving combination punching spoiler???? This could have easily been a Garcia vs Herrera type of fight, or a Devon Alexander vs Kotelnik fight a spoiler type of fight - but Thurman went in there and shut the guy out - used superior footwork and set the trap to where if Bundu Committed he was going to get KO'd! Basically he shut Bundu down and won all of the rounds to where Bundu would have to fight a totally different style or basically become the aggressor which inturn would have gotten him KO'd - Thurman is ready, learn to look at what your eyes are seeing, You cannot force someone to fight a threat without a belt! To everyone on here that thinks boxing is just about KO's it is a sport if it was just about KO's they would not have gloves nor rules - boxing is a sport and you have respect all styles because the sport is very similar to rock / paper / scissors - the right style will trump the next and so on..

you comparing bundu to kotelnik? thats a joke. thurman needs a solid name on his resume still

[thack]

Here we go with the "Lucky Punch" theme! Last time I checked, this is boxing and every punch is thrown with the intention of hurting yout opponent. Some miss, some land with devastating consequences for those in the reciving end! I will be willing to bet you are a butt hurt Kahn fan! LMAO!

These deluded Khan fans are.......deluded, they twist any sort of reasoning because they are...........deluded, poor sods ! AMIR ,AMIR...

[Mr. Punch-Out!!]

He co-main evented at the Stub Hub Centre. It's hardly the MGM, is it? That was the biggest platform he's been given to showcase his skills and he didn't impress.

Yes, he did. He just didn't KO his opponent but dominating a 40 year old veteran who's never loss or been KO'd in his career, and hadn't been knockdown in 10 years is indeed impressive for any REAL fans of the sport.

Not the point. Casual fans and the wider audience won't care who Bundu is. All they'll remember is that Thurman failed to KO some 40 year old European level journeyman and that he got booed out the building.

If you want the big names to take notice of you, you need to impress the wider audience and increase your following/star power. Do you think anyone outside of a few people on these forums cares about Thurman right now?

Yes, because they know this one fight doesn't change anything about Thurman that they already know and like him about. That booing was likely a temporary response to the fact he didn't KO his opponent but once they start figuring out who Bundu is, they'll start giving him his props again.

But when you get all hyper on the microphone at the weigh-in, promising a knock out and promising to destroy Floyd Mayweather in 2015 - "Burn Money"....then you better deliver. You can't go out there and lay an egg. It's not like Thurman even really pressed that hard for the KO.

It was a big missed opportunity for him to make an impression on the biggest stage.

Pressing hard for the KO and actually getting it are two different things. It's a bad idea to press for a KO without knowing for sure if it'll come and Bundu did everything he can to not get KO'd.

Like I said, Thurman did impress, it's just that people are too focused on the KO that they ignore everything else. Once the smoke clears, they'd come to realize that Bundu is one tough 40 year old veteran that could give a lot of other welterweights a heck of a fight....which would just add more to Thurman's dominant win over him.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Yes, he did. He just didn't KO his opponent but his performance against a 40 year old veteran who's never loss, been KO'd, or knockdown in 10 years is indeed impressive for anybody who are not ignorant haters.

Yes, because they know this one fight doesn't change anything about Thurman that they already know and like him about. That booing was likely a temporary response to the fact he didn't KO his opponent but once they start figuring out who Bundu is, they'll start giving him his props again.

Pressing hard for the KO and actually getting it are two different things. It's a bad idea to press for a KO without knowing for sure if it'll come and Bundu did everything he can to not get KO'd.

Like I said, he did impress, it's just that people are too focused on the KO that they ignore everything else. Once the smoke clears, they'd come to realize that Bundu is one tough 40 year old veteran that could give a lot of other welterweights a heck of a fight....which would just add more to Thurman's dominance over him.

I thought it was an OK performance. You were impressed. We're hardcore fans. We already know Thurman. A lot of fans in attendance at the MGM or watching at home may never have seen him before. There were a lot more new eyes on him and their first impression wasn't good.

Casual fans aren't going to care who Bundu is. All they're going to remember is some dude talking about knocking out Mayweather and KOs 4 life and then failing to deliver.

You're confusing hardcore fans with the wider audience. You have to grab the wider audience attention straight away to get big fights. No one outside of these forums is going to care about Keith Thurman right now.

[Bullrider]

Khan was fighting a world class opponent. Thurman was fighting a 40 year old European level fighter. What he had to do was look spectacular and he choked.

Haha.. I dig that unbiased comment, Dirk Diggler UK.

[Boxing lives]

I thought it was an OK performance. You were impressed. We're hardcore fans. We already know Thurman. A lot of fans in attendance at the MGM or watching at home may never have seen him before. There were a lot more new eyes on him and their first impression wasn't good.

Casual fans aren't going to care who Bundu is. All they're going to remember is some dude talking about knocking out Mayweather and KOs 4 life and then failing to deliver.

You're confusing hardcore fans with the wider audience. You have to grab the wider audience attention straight away to get big fights. No one outside of these forums is going to care about Keith Thurman right now.

he aint bout that life

[Boxing lives]

Yes, he did. He just didn't KO his opponent but dominating a 40 year old veteran who's never loss or been KO'd in his career, and hadn't been knockdown in 10 years is indeed impressive for any REAL fans of the sport.



Yes, because they know this one fight doesn't change anything about Thurman that they already know and like him about. That booing was likely a temporary response to the fact he didn't KO his opponent but once they start figuring out who Bundu is, they'll start giving him his props again.



Pressing hard for the KO and actually getting it are two different things. It's a bad idea to press for a KO without knowing for sure if it'll come and Bundu did everything he can to not get KO'd.

Like I said, Thurman did impress, it's just that people are too focused on the KO that they ignore everything else. Once the smoke clears, they'd come to realize that Bundu is one tough 40 year old veteran that could give a lot of other welterweights a heck of a fight....which would just add more to Thurman's dominant win over him.

no other WWs would beat this guy like any tune up fight

[WarMaidana]

yes you will, thats why khan wont dare fight you

[thack]

You have to grab the wider audience to get these big fights like AMIR,AMIR did against Prescott and Peterson and Garcia and Diaz and f.uck me you're not on this planet.