Comments Thread For: Thurman: If Porter Comes Out Too Aggressive, I Will Back Him Up!

[Boxfan83]

Well I guess Thurman will be backing Porter up because I dont see any other way Porter is going to come out except forward and aggressive.

[bojangles1987]

Definitely. Thurman can crack and he's a good counter puncher. He'd definitely get the better of those exchanges and make Porter hesitant. Then it will settle into a boxing match that Thurman wins.

[richardt]

Normally I'd agree, except that we know Porter is vulnerable to getting hit, and if someone like Broner can knock him down with one punch, Thurman has a great chance of hurting Porter. All Thurman has to do is go into come forward counter mode and I see it as an easy win.

You're forgetting that Porter was drained by the weight catch weight. And if Collazo and Guerrero could back Thurman up on a consistent basis, Porter whose entire game in infighting will do more of the same. Never play to another fighter's strength and the inside game is Porters wheelhouse. Thurman trying to move forward makes Porter's job much easier.

[Combat Talk Radio]

You're forgetting that Porter was drained by the weight catch weight. And if Collazo and Guerrero could back Thurman up on a consistent basis, Porter whose entire game in infighting will do more of the same. Never play to another fighter's strength and the inside game is Porters wheelhouse. Thurman trying to move forward makes Porter's job much easier.

Porter being drained makes it all the worse. That has nothing do with failure to move your head.

As I said before Porter's only ever looked really good against Paulie and that is a low bar.

[fredhopple]

PBC has lost millions many millions and financially has been a huge loss for Haymon. Probably PBC folds the 1st 6 months of 2016. But PBC was great for boxing.

[richardt]

Porter being drained makes it all the worse. That has nothing do with failure to move your head.

As I said before Porter's only ever looked really good against Paulie and that is a low bar.

No one is going to move their head and avoid every punch. But every time a fighter has ever tried to drain themselves, or drop a division, their punch resistance goes down. It happened to Leonard, Chris Byrd, Chad Dawson, and many others.

[TLC8]

Porter Will School Thurman Just Like He Did Broner

Thurman didn't look good despite his stoppage of tomato can Collazo. Porter is not physically drained which is ****** for anyone to state. Porter is in the gym always, in shape, his dad is a great trainer. Thurman is getting caught up in the ****** gangster celebrity life, and is about to get a taste of humble pie when Porter easily closes him out.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Lets be honest here, Thurman you suck backing up and you even suck more when being pressed while backing up, we seen how shook you were when Guerrero went for broke against you in the championship rounds all you did was run and try to escape but running to the other side of the ring to kill time out rinse and repeat and I hate to tell you this but porter is 1000x better then guerrero stamina wise and explosiveness wise. Your only hope is to catch him with a checkhook or a straight down the pipe cause otherwise he is getting and is gonna win every second he is on the inside on you.

[TLC8]

Thurman should beat Porter on points going away just by being a superior fighter. But Porter ending Broner's career was simply great. Port lost to Kell Brook in a disappointing loss. Thurman just is better. The fight should be Brook vs Thurman and that is the problem with boxing today. The best don't want to fight each other. Until forced to.

Porter lost to Kell Brook for not knowing anymore about him than he did at the time. Khan knows all about Brook, hence why Khan wants nothing to do with him. He tough, hits really hard, very fit, and great boxing skill set. Fighting almost exclusively in UK, our guys knew little about him; Porter was not prepared well enough for Brook. Brook showed Broner what a clown he really is, and aside from getting caught in the last round, he was spot on. He won't get caught by Thurman that way, and should make surprisingly an easy night of things beating Thurman, who despite being undefeated, has had a number of poor performances. Porter will beat Thurman, and would beat Brook in a rematch, and Tim Bradley has no chance against Porter.

[TLC8]

You're forgetting that Porter was drained by the weight catch weight. And if Collazo and Guerrero could back Thurman up on a consistent basis, Porter whose entire game in infighting will do more of the same. Never play to another fighter's strength and the inside game is Porters wheelhouse. Thurman trying to move forward makes Porter's job much easier.

Ur forgetting Porter said himself he wasn't drained by any catchweight for Broner in fact said 30 days out from the fight, he was already comfortably at the catch weight, and was strong as ever. Do your homework.

Aside from your misinformation, Porter will make this fight with Thurman look easier than most believe it to be. Porter and his dad know Thurman like a book from back in their amateur days. They've been in the ring together, Porter always coming out on top. If Thurman doesn't have you standing in front of him like Guerrero or Collazo, he's slow, hoping to land a bomb. Porter is way more athletic, better conditioned, he'll cruise thru Thurman, and you'll hear Thurman later say, "Hey, I just had a bad night. I'll be back".