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By Jake Donovan - Given what took place in the preceding 12 rounds, Keith Thurman ultimately proved that ‘One Time’ was exactly what prime time needed.
The unbeaten Floridian slugger could not have picked a better stage to deliver perhaps his best career performance to date, scoring a landslide decision win over Robert Guerrero in a one-sided yet highly entertaining affair. The welterweight bout headlined at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, airing live Saturday evening on NBC in the inaugural edition of Al Haymon’s ‘Premier Boxing Champions’ series.
It was the first time since Larry Holmes enjoyed the last successful title defense of his lengthy heavyweight championship reign nearly 30 years ago that boxing aired live in primetime on NBC. For about 12 rounds into the telecasts, fans wondered just what boxing was getting itself into, as Adrien Broner and John Molina Jr. offered a dull affair well deserving of the boos rained down throughout and immediately following the contest.
The jeers quickly turned to jeers the moment Thurman and Guerrero got going, which took all of mere seconds into their welterweight brawl. Thurman admitted after his last ring appearance that ring rust marred his performance, one where he was forced to move far more than he’d prefer in a prizefight. [Click Here To Read More]
The unbeaten Floridian slugger could not have picked a better stage to deliver perhaps his best career performance to date, scoring a landslide decision win over Robert Guerrero in a one-sided yet highly entertaining affair. The welterweight bout headlined at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, airing live Saturday evening on NBC in the inaugural edition of Al Haymon’s ‘Premier Boxing Champions’ series.
It was the first time since Larry Holmes enjoyed the last successful title defense of his lengthy heavyweight championship reign nearly 30 years ago that boxing aired live in primetime on NBC. For about 12 rounds into the telecasts, fans wondered just what boxing was getting itself into, as Adrien Broner and John Molina Jr. offered a dull affair well deserving of the boos rained down throughout and immediately following the contest.
The jeers quickly turned to jeers the moment Thurman and Guerrero got going, which took all of mere seconds into their welterweight brawl. Thurman admitted after his last ring appearance that ring rust marred his performance, one where he was forced to move far more than he’d prefer in a prizefight. [Click Here To Read More]
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