I like Thurman and I believe his power is real but why do so many people believe he is more deserving of a Mayweather shot over Amir Khan? Boxing is based off "what have you done for me lately?" And if you take into account their last 3 opponents:
Thurman: Guerrero, Bundu, Julio Diaz
Khan: Collazo, Alexander, Algieri
Guerrero looked awful against Kamegai before fighting Thurman and recently nearly got knocked out by some guy who was stopped by Josesito Lopez. Bundu is a good fighter but unproven beyond European level. Julio Diaz already lost to Khan.
Whereas, Collazo was fair enough no longer in his prime but a LOT of people picked him KO Khan after he was supposedly rejuvenated beating Ortiz. Khan dominated him and dropped him 3 times. Alexander was coming off a win but didn't look great but he has been in there with a lot of big names, no one expected Khan to 12-0 him (was supposed to be potentially tricky). Finally Algieri only lost to the second best fighter of this era and beat Provodnikov and also Emmanuel Taylor better than Broner did.
People keep saying Khan hasn't fought nobody recently but Thurman hasn't faced much better opposition. So now being completely impartial, who deserves the Mayweather shot more?
Thurman: Guerrero, Bundu, Julio Diaz
Khan: Collazo, Alexander, Algieri
Guerrero looked awful against Kamegai before fighting Thurman and recently nearly got knocked out by some guy who was stopped by Josesito Lopez. Bundu is a good fighter but unproven beyond European level. Julio Diaz already lost to Khan.
Whereas, Collazo was fair enough no longer in his prime but a LOT of people picked him KO Khan after he was supposedly rejuvenated beating Ortiz. Khan dominated him and dropped him 3 times. Alexander was coming off a win but didn't look great but he has been in there with a lot of big names, no one expected Khan to 12-0 him (was supposed to be potentially tricky). Finally Algieri only lost to the second best fighter of this era and beat Provodnikov and also Emmanuel Taylor better than Broner did.
People keep saying Khan hasn't fought nobody recently but Thurman hasn't faced much better opposition. So now being completely impartial, who deserves the Mayweather shot more?

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