What Happened to Keith "Sometimes" Thurman?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Thurman a coward, he always talking, and yapping away every chance he gets now hes a no show everwhere, doesnt even show up to events no more afraid they gonna ask him about porter. +

[MrRolltide91]

Run time....

[paulf]

I don't think it has anything to do with Thurman. I think Haymon simply doesn't want Porter to upset his apple cart again, and told Keith to chill out on this fight. If Thurman was talking on social media or in interviews that he wanted the Porter fight as well, it would make Haymon look bad.

[mathed]

He is just doing what most other Hymen boxers do...................sit on the shelf and avoid real fights.

[MasterPlan]

I don't think it has anything to do with Thurman. I think Haymon simply doesn't want Porter to upset his apple cart again, and told Keith to chill out on this fight. If Thurman was talking on social media or in interviews that he wanted the Porter fight as well, it would make Haymon look bad.

I don't believe that because if that was the case, Haymon would make a call to Porter and tell him to "chill out" with the Thurman calling out.

[b00g13man]

Update: According to 78sportstv, Thurman hired a manager to handle his bidness and is not answering any calls from any media.

Looks like other fighters are catching on to his gimmick:
Thomas Williams Jr @Topdoggjr
Hold up Keith Thurman turned down Errol too. Who da hell he wanna fight? Honey boo boo and get 5mill lmmfao 😂😂😂😂😂

[Ray*]

I don't believe that because if that was the case, Haymon would make a call to Porter and tell him to "chill out" with the Thurman calling out.

Exactly, why would he gag run time but not porter? Doesn't make any sense. People can point the finger at Al Haymon all they want, but that doesn't mean his most vocal fighters can't speak anymore.

[JohnP2]

The Collazo fight let him know that he isn't all that he talked himself up to be and Porter is the wrong style for him

Seems to me a common theme with Keith is the opposite, The times he's been rocked as ALL boxers do) from what I saw--and I've been at his last six fights--he bit down, dug his feet in and went to work. I'm sinmply basing this off the fact his oppenets QUIT after that. Or am I mistaken?

A guy that can get inside, out muscle you, out hustle you, take away your strengths.

Unless you can punch hard as **** and come from odd angles even off your back foot, then stylistically pressure fighters are MADE for you. And when has anyone 'outhustled' Thurman?

Thurman wants some more soft touches, Porter isn't exactly a soft touch.

He does? What makes you say this? The fact he took a break during the holidays from doing interviews? I guess I'm not getting the connection? Can you help? I'm new here and thus a little slow? Curious how you take not doing interviews during the holidays to him being afraid to the point he's running and ducking Shawn Porter? Do you have anything else to base this on? Seems people hate on him when he woofs, and hate on him when he's quite. Once again, or am I missing something here?

[JohnP2]

He is just doing what most other Hymen boxers do...................sit on the shelf and avoid real fights.

As opposed with what other manager?
I'm new here but have been with this program over 40 years. I've seen all the 'trends' in boxing, and we are coming off one where all we saw was PPV championship bouts. Thus many new (10 years) boxing fans are accustomed only to that.
Al Haymon is bring it back to how it was back in the day, where we get to see, uhm, how the sausage is made. But again, tell me a fighter/manager/promoter who has ONLY been involved with "real" fights? I'd think you would be happy to see what occurs in 'non-title' fights...instead of complain about it.

[bojangles1987]

Come on, PBP, admit you were wrong here. I know a lot of these fools won't, but you will.