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

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The problem here is that now this narrative that Thurman is scared of/ducking Spence has been created by the fans so no matter how he answers any questions people will jump to what they already have in their mind. Much like when fans were using group think to believe that Mayweather was scared of Pacquiao no matter what was going on behind the scenes. Thurman realizes he is in a position of power, he's the man at 147 and the unified champion while Spence is a title holder and the challenger. You don't aggressively call out the challenger, that's ridiculous and foolish. You let the challengers throw rocks at the throne and step down to face the best challenger, which undoubtedly will be Spence.


The fight will happen, you can tell Thurman is even excited about facing a boogeyman the media is creating to destroy him. Just give my boy One Time credit when he makes that monster look average in the ring and takes that belt off him next year.

[RussB23]

That's called being scared, princess... Scared of losing.

Not scared, just knows its a tough fight with a big risk and doesnt want to jump in right away. Hes said the fight will happen and im sure it will, he just wants to milk the titles a little longer.

[Ray*]

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

Agreed, just because he was brutally honest about Spence being hungrier than him doesn’t mean he is scared or ducking. We have seen this time and time again with posters, when are they going to learn? This fight would happen, it might not happen next but it would happen by late next year/ early 2019.

[Ray*]

The problem here is that now this narrative that Thurman is scared of/ducking Spence has been created by the fans so no matter how he answers any questions people will jump to what they already have in their mind. Much like when fans were using group think to believe that Mayweather was scared of Pacquiao no matter what was going on behind the scenes. Thurman realizes he is in a position of power, he's the man at 147 and the unified champion while Spence is a title holder and the challenger. You don't aggressively call out the challenger, that's ridiculous and foolish. You let the challengers throw rocks at the throne and step down to face the best challenger, which undoubtedly will be Spence.


The fight will happen, you can tell Thurman is even excited about facing a boogeyman the media is creating to destroy him. Just give my boy One Time credit when he makes that monster look average in the ring and takes that belt off him next year.

Not scared, just knows its a tough fight with a big risk and doesnt want to jump in right away. Hes said the fight will happen and im sure it will, he just wants to milk the titles a little longer.

Nicely put guys, am tired of “fans” like the ones on here with the He is scared or ducking stuff.

[BoxingFan85]

Speculation at its best.. He said in the showtime interview that he will fight Spence around end of 2018 & rightfully so.. He has got to test his arm post surgery & may be another good fight & Spence can come get that whooping..

[iamboxing]

Thurman isn't shameless like Canelo. He'll fight him tomorrow than get called a coward by his fans. There's just not enough heat being generated right now by the fans, but one thing he'll never do is stall once he realises fans want it.

[joseph5620]

I'm starting to believe that.

[McNulty]

Thurman has been dodging Spence for a while.