Comments Thread For: Thurman: Only Gave Me One Name, Not What I Wanted

[John Locke]

the boxing skill u speak of is a joke..look at his am background..he lost to pure boxers time and time again..he's a fighter that likes exchanges with avearge foot and hand speed with great power..nothing more nothing less..lots of wide hooks not great straight punches..above average jab..his only gameplan vs ghost was go forward..he couldnt walk ghost into any shots..he has weaknesses if a fighter is complete..just look at his double feints he does with no guard up..floyd would tag him all night ignoring his feints and rolling under his returns..

you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. The only recognised boxers he lost to in the amateurs are Andrade and Hatley. Andrade is a very talented fighter and bigger than Thurman, Hatley was regarded as one of the best prospects in the game as a am but his chin let him down as a pro. There isn't even any footage of those fights btw. The rest of his amateur losses were when he was very young, learning the game etc.

So care to name some of these pure boxers he lost to 'time and time again'?

[tiliheels]

lara was avail...trout as well!...doesnt have to be a 147 guy does it?? they told u who would fight you first off and u jumped on it when u heard the money..end of story..u were content with the ghost win...and u're likely looking toward stepping up again late this year or early next...we aint dumb keith

[tiliheels]

i think floyd would rather promote your 0 on a mayweather promo card gifted by haymon than to take it...and i'm 100% sure he'd take it...keith u got work to do on the front foot of ghost is countering you with mean hooks in the first 2 rounds right out the bat before u step in to the ring with floyd thinking u can walk him down..and god knows u better not pull a canelo and try to out think him lol

[JRB123]

thurman has freakin bundu in his fface and he does the electric slide all night..

hahahahahahahaha

[John Locke]

I swear these *****s are a different breed. Forever living up to the '*****' brand. I know all fighters have their share of spastic fans, but my god these boys are on another level. Any fighter or person who doesn't suck Floyd's ball sack instantly becomes a target for them.

[tiliheels]

you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. The only recognised boxers he lost to in the amateurs are Andrade and Hatley. Andrade is a very talented fighter and bigger than Thurman, Hatley was regarded as one of the best prospects in the game as a am but his chin let him down as a pro. There isn't even any footage of those fights btw. The rest of his amateur losses were when he was very young, learning the game etc.

So care to name some of these pure boxers he lost to 'time and time again'?

no u clearly dont know your ****..keith been ko'd in the ams, outboxed there as well..man wasnt even the first Olympic alternate..he is truly learning skills on the fly..he's an exchange guy..if u're not seeing it you are blind..nothing wrong with it, but i've seen that style of fighter lose to master boxing time and time again especially in floyd's era..good thing for him that floyds era is a fight away from being over

[tredh]

So Thurman can fight Collazo but he can't fight Spence.

Just because you can't get the opponents you want doesn't mean you should also just sc**** the bottom of the barrel either. Collazo was decent a few years ago now not so much.

[Bx166NY]

Adrien Broner is a way bigger draw than Thurman and Haymon has matched him up with Marcos Maidana and Shawn Porter. He also fought the #1 lightweight at the time in DeMarco.

If Thurman wants better fights he can get them. It has nothing to do with Haymon, PBC, Floyd ducking, hugging, running, clinching and cherry picking or whatever other excuses are being made for him.

This is like the trillionth time Thurman is taking a subpar fight because "no one else is available", "everybody is ducking me", "they didn't offer me any other names", "I had to take what I can get", etc.

Nobody is trying to hear that **** anymore. Put up or shut up.

There's a very simple answer your theory. The difference with Thurman and broner is that people are not afraid of broner. He has a lot of vulnerabilities and because of his lack of dedication to the sport and discipline has to fight in weight class that has him undersized against most opponents. Everybody wants a pice of that ass. Not to mention, he's annoying as hell so people just wanna smash his face in. In the case of Thurman, where is the ***** in his armor? He's been down and hurt and he has adapted to every style put in front of him. And he's done it mostly in style. He's not on floyds radar because any fighter good enough and in their prime never is. Other fighters need to step up. I believe a fighter like Shawn P would. I'm expecting that to come to fruition.

[John Locke]

no u clearly dont know your ****..keith been ko'd in the ams, outboxed there as well..man wasnt even the first Olympic alternate..he is truly learning skills on the fly..he's an exchange guy..if u're not seeing it you are blind..nothing wrong with it, but i've seen that style of fighter lose to master boxing time and time again especially in floyd's era..good thing for him that floyds era is a fight away from being over

Thurman has never been knocked out in the amateurs, I've had this confirmed by Chris Getty. So again, you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Are you going to name me these guys who KO'd and outboxed him, can you back up your argument? Of course you can't.

Being an Olympic alternate isn't something to be ashamed of. Some ATGs were Olympic alternates including guys like Holyfield, Tyson etc. He missed out on the Olympics because he lost to Andrade, who is a great talent.

I didn't say Thurman hasn't got flaws and I don't think he would do too well against Floyd.

Are you Floyd's personal advocate by any chance?

[ИATAS]

I just don't understand why they aren't behind Thurman like they are with other fighters. This is such a weak fight and taking many steps backwards. One name? Hard to believe being how many names there are from 140-154. If "they" really wanted to (Haymon/PBC/etc) a better opponent would have been selected. It's not that difficult with that many fighters in or around the same weight class all under the same banner. Whatever, next fight for Thurman better be a big one (khan, maidana, etc).