As much as I like Thurman it does feel like he's trying to duck Spence

[Johnston]

thurmans no slouch lol, i doubt hes scared of anyone.

Yea I agree, I doubt he's scared but I don't think he's excited about having to face him

[R_Walken]

Stop with this ducking talk

Thurman Is the top dog at WW, He has 2 straps and has beaten Porter and Garcia in his last 2 fights

A couple years ago he was the guy on his way up and none of the established WW would give him the time of day. Now it's his turn he's on top of The mountain he's not going to hype up Spence who just got his strap.

Thurman and Spence both keep winning they'll fight against each other

[BIG GUNZ]

Exactly his back will be against the wall pretty soon to fight either Spence or Crawford and I don't see him beating either of them.

Who do you expect Thurman to fight for his comeback fight? There's been rumors of it being against Vargas. But Vargas isn't exactly a tuneup since he's a top 10 welterweight. I'm on a site looking at the list of all the welterweights so not really sure who he'll fight next. Sam Eggington? David Avaneysan? Thomas Dulorme? One of those seems like the most likely.

[A.K]

Who do you expect Thurman to fight for his comeback fight? There's been rumors of it being against Vargas. But Vargas isn't exactly a tuneup since he's a top 10 welterweight. I'm on a site looking at the list of all the welterweights so not really sure who he'll fight next. Sam Eggington? David Avaneysan? Thomas Dulorme? One of those seems like the most likely.

Idk but it won't be a threat I just hope he doesn't pull a rod salka.

[BIG GUNZ]

Stop with this ducking talk

Thurman Is the top dog at WW, He has 2 straps and has beaten Porter and Garcia in his last 2 fights

A couple years ago he was the guy on his way up and none of the established WW would give him the time of day. Now it's his turn he's on top of The mountain he's not going to hype up Spence who just got his strap.

Thurman and Spence both keep winning they'll fight against each other

The difference is though Spence is the #2 welterweight right now compared to when Thurman was barely a recognizable name at the time. Thurman didn't really start becoming known until he beat Guerrero. The fight needs to happen at least late next year.

[John Locke]

Thurman clearly has respect for Spence and knows that's gonna be a real test for him, that much is obvious. But people don't understand the politics of the sport, how fights are actually made, what fighters are told to say in interviews by their advisers, managers etc. It's not up to Thurman or Spence when the fight happens, it's up to Al.

Thurman has the crown right now and is the #1 guy, so he feels like he doesn't have to prove anything. Spence wants what Thurman's got, so of course he's the more vocal guy and wants the fight more. This is going to be a real super fight so it makes sense to build it up a bit and generate as much money as possible from it.

If the fight gets offered to Thurman and he turns it down, that's a duck. Thurman not demanding a Spence fight is not a duck. When Al tells Thurman it's time for Spence, best believe he's gonna be talking a lot more.

[R_Walken]

The difference is though Spence is the #2 welterweight right now compared to when Thurman was barely a recognizable name at the time. Thurman didn't really start becoming known until he beat Guerrero. The fight needs to happen at least late next year.

I agree with you Spence is #2, but it doesn't matter he still just got his strap and is looking upwards towards Thurman, Thurman earned his position by collecting straps and probably being involved in 3 of the most watched fights in the last 3 years . part of that is not really hyping up or acknowledging the fighters below

But you can't call it a duck just because us fans want the fight right now. Thurman has proved he wants and will fight the best. Nothing has changed except a injury and him being a little less vocal about it.

Everything for the last 2 years has pointed towards this fight being made with the #1 vs #2 WW fighting for 3/4 straps sometime in the future . Probably Around the same time PBC figures out if they get a TV contract or not

I think it will happen late next year or early 2019, depends on how things play out

[KayDub]

The dude's just getting back from an injury and people are already saying he's ducking.

[BIG GUNZ]

The dude's just getting back from an injury and people are already saying he's ducking.

I completely understand a tune up fight after returning from injury, but the fight needs to happen after that. I don't care to see a rematch against Garcia or Porter. He clearly beat both of them already. There's really no other fights for Thurman currently outside of Spence or Crawford eventually. A Pacquiao fight would be good but I don't think Pacquiao wants to fight any top level competition at this point anymore.

[JK1700]

Ducking? Spence has only been champ for less than 5 months. If he had the belt for 2-3 years and the fight still hadn't happened then you could say he was ducking. People are so quick to jump the gun and say outlandish things nowadays.