Comments Thread For: Is Keith Thurman Doing The Right Thing By Making Spence Wait?

[LockardTheGOAT]

Backfire in the ring... perhaps. But it won't backfire financially. The fight is worth WAYYYYYYYY more a year from now than it's worth right now.

No it isn't... Neither of these guys are huge superstars, so waiting a year from now will have little if any effect on how much the fight does.

This marinating shit is just an excuse to duck someone nowadays.

[P4Pdunny]

He aint tryna build nothing, he just don’t want the fight.

[1hourRun]

No it isn't... Neither of these guys are huge superstars, so waiting a year from now will have little if any effect on how much the fight does.

This marinating shit is just an excuse to duck someone nowadays.

I agree, now is the time. Keith may lose to Porter or Garcia, hes already unified and Spence just beat two top 147 pounders in Brook, Peterson -- what else can they do that propels them any higher but fight a Bud-Crawford? nothing.

[Kiowhatta]

'does Thurman need to keep telling us that he won’t be fighting Errol Spence?'

It's an unusually honest, if frustrating response, as it leaves us fans without any room to speculate, with the usual back and forth being both sides accusing the other of ducking.

However, the question I really want to know the answer to is, is Thurman weary of Spence? Is he going to play the Mayweather waiting game, drag out the tension and watch for some flaws?

They are both 29 and 28 respectively, so the wearing down the clock waiting for a fighter to age like Canelo possibly did with GGG is out.

I think the best thing for Thurman to do is not flatly deny fighting Spence immediately, as it intimates that Thurman does not feel confident enough in his ability to beat Spence after an injury lay-off, which may be all fair and good, but it also betrays Thurman's level of respect for Spence by implying he doesn't believe he can beat him unless he is in top shape.

Psychologically that gives Spence the edge in any future match up.

If I were Thurman's manager I'd be advising him to leave the possibility of a fight open and the timing vague and non-committal, so as to keep Spence guessing.

The last point is - is expecting fighters to 'clean out' divisions a good thing for boxing or not anymore?

Once the WBO became a major recognised sanctioning body with holding its belt requisite in order to claim 'undisputed' status, it has become near impossible for a fighter who wishes to unify. Two cases in point: Bud Crawford did the hard yards to become the first undisputed Jr Welterweight champion since Kostya Tszyu; the other being the frustrating and dragged out farce in the Middleweight division.

With Saunders seemingly showing little to no interest in putting his belt on the line until the money becomes ridiculous, he seems to be taking the path of least resistance. Martin Murray?

If he is as good as he claims, he should be going after bigger names and bigger money fights in Jacobs, Charlo, Dereyavchenko, Andrade and others.
This is the only time I can see the point of having interim belts because Canelo and GGG are taking NINE friggin months to negotiate a rematch for ALL the remaining belts.

Hell even the IBO is held by Golovkin.The WBO should show a little more nous here and order Saunders to face better competition than he has, as I fear the talent-rich MW division will see an exodus moving north for lack of championship belts and/or paydays.

[N/A]

No it isn't... Neither of these guys are huge superstars, so waiting a year from now will have little if any effect on how much the fight does.

You're not making any sense. If they're not huge superstars, waiting is the best thing to do so there is more time for nerds whining about the fight to cause casuals to become aware of the fight. That takes time.

This marinating shit is just an excuse to duck someone nowadays.

Oh ok. How many fights have you negotiated in your life? How many fights have you promoted in your life? Why should anybody consider your opinion?

[Madison Boxing]

is crawford doing the right thing by making spence wait?

[1hourRun]

is crawford doing the right thing by making spence wait?

When did Terence fight at welterweight?

[LockardTheGOAT]

You're not making any sense. If they're not huge superstars, waiting is the best thing to do so there is more time for nerds whining about the fight to cause casuals to become aware of the fight. That takes time.

lol By that logic, every fight in history should be marinated and held off for years. You're the one not making any sense, not me, baby boy.

Oh ok. How many fights have you negotiated in your life? How many fights have you promoted in your life? Why should anybody consider your opinion?

Because it's backed up by logic and reason.

[N/A]

lol By that logic, every fight in history should be marinated and held off for years.

Nobody is talking about holding off for years.

Spence just won his first world title. He's made one defense. The public is just starting to find out about him. The public is just starting to become curious about him fighting Thurman.

The momentum will continue to build. Doing the fight next severely hampers the fight. It's a much bigger fight in March 2019 than it is tomorrow because neither fighter has peaked yet and they're becoming bigger and bigger stars with every fight they have.

You say by that logic every fight should be marinated, but not every fight is a WBC/WBA/IBF world championship unification between two undefeated Americans. This is going to be a massive massive fight viewed by millions and millions of people on CBS if everything goes according to plan.

Let Thurman get in his tune up and his mandatory. Let Spence get in his mandatory and possibly one last voluntary at the end of the year. Then these two will be clashing in a fight a lot more people will know about and be interested in than they would be tomorrow.

[hitking]

This is a bull**** article.