Comments Thread For: K. Porter: Anyone Seen Thurman? We Can't Find Him!

[Caught Square]

Lmao look at the Porter's acting so keen on the fight all of a sudden. Let's not forget April last year they had the chance to fight Thurman and rejected it.

Easy defence against Paulie who had no resistance at that stage, hype train goes through the roof, put back down to earth against Brook. Now they want Thurman after the belt and hype has gone!

The silence from Keith is strange but until we here his side let's not draw conclusions. If they fight it will be 2016 KO of the year.

[jqSide]

It's possible Haymon is not ready for this fight and Thurman is instructed to hide. Question is who does he really want for Thurman next? Is there anyone bigger in terms of marketability, relatively speaking? It's also obvious Haymon doesn't care about the Porters.

[bigdunny1]

Dude! Everything you just said is false! PBC had 2 or 3 of the highest rated boxing events! They broke records for ratings on regular TV for sure with Santa Cruz and Thurman vs Ghost! You talking out your neck! Show me proof to back up your statement because I can! Googe is just a thumb away

PBC ratings have gone done are each network. Look at what NBC debuted at which was a mediocre success given the amount of money they shelled out to produce and promote it. Now look at NBC's ratings each event since.
http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...tinues-to-fall

http://boxingbuzz.sportsblog.com/pos...s-problem.html

They have declined and that's been the trend across alll networks that air PBC. You bring up the Cruz fight which did well on ESPN well over 1mil viewers. Now look at all the other ESPN cards specifically the last 2 which drew 428K viewers and 482k. Despite both being on PRIME TIME ESPN. The FoxSports1 ratings are horrific less then 200k viewers. Go down the line whatever network you want to point to look up the ratings and where they have been trending. If the ratings were good Haymon wouldn't be shipping fights like Jacobs/Quillin to Showtime.

[whatismyname]

One time turned sometimes, turned run time , turned no time, and soon "maybe next time(but probably not)" Thurman...time to crush some cans

[bigdunny1]

TrueBoxingFan23
The last ESPN card did 482K viewers

PREMIER BOXING CHAMPS L ESPN E. LARA/J. ZAVECK 8:30 PM 9:40 PM 482 0.2

http://sportstvratings.com/america-l...-25-2015/4009/

The last FoxSports1 ratings did 186K viewers

PREMIER BOXING CHAMPION L FS1 ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ JR./KARIM GUERFI 9:00 PM 11:05 PM 186 0.0

http://sportstvratings.com/chasing-t...-10-2015/3939/

The last Spike show did 315k viewers

PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS SPIKE PBC: FONFARA VS. CLEVERLY 9:00 PM 11:18 PM 315 0.1

http://sportstvratings.com/cincinnat...-16-2015/3756/

I don't think any of the last 4 or 5 spike cards have even cracked 500k viewers. For example Cops reruns on SpikeTV that air right before PBC draws more then these ratings.

The PBC ratings are down among all networks that air their fights and has been declining for months now that's not opinion that's a fact. Next time look up the ratings yourself or just keep your mouth shut.

[Ray*]

Haymon fighters are not allowed to publicly criticize Haymon it's actually written in the contracts he makes them sign. So if the fight is on hold because of Haymon it's not like Thurman can just come out and throw Haymon under the bus that would be violating his contract. Porter can't come out and bash Haymon either he is taking shots at Thurman when he knows Haymon is calling all the shots not Thurman.

He does not need to throw anyone under the bus, porter didn't have to throw Haymon under.

[fredhopple]

What the hell are you talking about? Thurman is a beast! I don't know what's going on with this fight because I believe Thurman beats Porter easy! I do like Porter but he had a difficult time fighting on the outside! But you run up on Thurman in a bar of you want to. You'll wake up in critical! KEYBOARD WARRIOR!!!!

Hey man that little dwarf Thurman that mini man half pint shrimp would be slapped silly in any man's bar in America. Thurman is more a munchkin that is laughed at with that horse tail hair and small stature as a dwarf.

[Bronx2245]

Bro don't agree with his opinions like they are facts! Tell him to show proof! PBC set records this year for ratings. He just talking out his ass! But your post I agree with. Haymon is good for the sport. I just don't like the matches in the middle of the day. I always miss them. You can't have a match on a Saturday at 3pm. Everybody out

He was correct about the 8,400 in attendance for Jacobs vs. Quillin, and the low viewership on many of the PBC events. Where I don't agree with some of the Haymon haters is that they act like TR and GBP don't put on mismatches and cherry-picks too!

[Outworn]

Kenny should try looking for him in San Diego..

[Mike Rotch]

Ha, love the people coming to the defense of Keith. Had it been Khan, there'd be 15 pages, saying what a punani Amir is.