Comments Thread For: Spence: Keith Thurman Hasn't Been 'One Time' For a Long Time

[MrRolltide91]

Run Time....

[John Locke]

"If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."

The art of deception. We got eyes on The Truth.

[ThomasJK]

Honestly, I don't think anybody gives a crap about a Garcia rematch. Porter??? Well sure, he's a mando so yes I can see his claim to another fight. Not sure there is a huge fan following for this rematch either although I generally root for Porter in his fights. Watching him wreck Pauli was pure classic boxing entertainment at its very best. BUT,...It is clear as day that Thurman doesn't want any part of Spence any time soon. If at all. When I first saw Thurman, he was knocking guys out left and right, "One Time" style, but when the level of competition started to rise, the "one time" suddenly became the "once upon a time". Thurman could have and should have KO'd Garcia and why he fought such a conservative fight is beyond me. Danny didn't do squat the entire fight and was ripe for the taking. I guess Thurman was too scared to step into the pocket and commit to the trade. Spence won't give Thurman that luxury though and will press him deep into uncharted waters.

[Str8RightHand]

Love this fight but 2019 seems like the realistic timeframe. Porter isn't stepping aside unless he gets shot at winner.

Errol's body work and methodical attack style will help him in this fight.. Keith is a superior boxer and power puncher, and Errol doesn't have the best defense... but, Keith can thank Collazo for exposing the fact that he hates body shots, which plays into Errol's strength. I think Errol wins because Keith is on the backfoot too much for my liking these days. He doesnt come forward as much as he used to.

[Dr.Cool]

I'd like to see Thurman try to sell PPV.

Hint: He wouldn't break 100k buys.

So in saying he's the "A-side" at WW is meaningless. Besides, Crawford is the A-side in WW and he's not even fought at the weight yet XD XD

#1 and #2 are TC and Spence. Thurman probably comes in around #3 or #4 with Kell Brook.

Your pick of Porter, Garcia, Vargas, and Ali for #5. Hell might even consider the plumber from Australia XD

Crawford is the A side in all fights in Omaha. That's it. Crawford has fought on ppv. 50k buys is what he got. It literally lost Arum money (Arum said 75k buys would be the break even point). Not long after that, Arum left hbo and signed with espn. Because hbo didn't want to pay for his fights and he can't sell anything outside of Omaha.

But you are right, the A side arguments are bs. The only boxer that sells ppvs today is Canelo. Craw, Thurman, Spence, Porter, Brook, Garcia are all the same to me in "selling". Any fight between any two of those fighters should be 50-50 or close to it.

[Dr.Cool]

Love this fight but 2019 seems like the realistic timeframe. Porter isn't stepping aside unless he gets shot at winner.

Errol's body work and methodical attack style will help him in this fight.. Keith is a superior boxer and power puncher, and Errol doesn't have the best defense... but, Keith can thank Collazo for exposing the fact that he hates body shots, which plays into Errol's strength. I think Errol wins because Keith is on the backfoot too much for my liking these days. He doesnt come forward as much as he used to.

Porter isn't stepping aside to get winner of Thurman-Spence. I almost guarantee that if Porter wanted, he could be fighting Spence in a week instead of Peterson. Porter doesn't want Spence either. Nobody does. Thurman, Porter, and Garcia keep playing musical chairs and never even mention wanting to try and take Spence's title.