Thurman is great, despite what happened tonight.

[Mighty_Windir]

He was rusty no doubt, 22 months of inactivity can take a toll on anyone.

He was confident and got hit with something that could have knocked him down, didn't happen by miracle.

Funny how people act like he has never been hurt before, specially against journeymen:

1) Quandray Robertson him down in the 1st round in his younger days.
2) Soto Karass hurt him in the 1st round.
3) Luis Collazo caught him with a body shot and had to get on a bicycle.
4) Josesito Lopez buzzed him with a right hand to the temple, had to survive.

But when he faced Garcia and Porter, he brought his A game and defeated them.

Just because of how he looked tonight, doesn't mean the same scenario is going to happen vs Spence/Crawford/Pacman.

Can he win those fights? Yes he can, he got skills and is an unified undefeated champ at 147 for a reason.

Can he lose them? Of course, those 3 are elite...he's not winning unless he brings his A game.

Thought that was what champions do, overcome adversity and win the fight.

Didn't that happened tonight?

[DoubleMM]

theres a pattern with run time.

he's dangerous early but he lacks stamina because he needs to make weight

second half of the fight he slows down.

[John Locke]

Thurman has shown he can be hurt and overcome that adversity in multiple fights. I really wish he would clinch more, when he's hurt or needs a breather.

He wasn't at his fittest or sharpest today but whenever an opponent presses Thurman he's always in a good fight. Great to see the Champ back in action. #1 baby

[Divine Hammer]

this board has so many thurman lover boys. joke. i dont care if layoff was 10 years. no excuse putting on such a shameful performance against an incredibly shop worn KO'ed many many times old subpar journeyman lopez. none. thurman needs to rethink his entire career. this was not a good performance AT ALL.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Thurman that I remember would have ran through Lopez early, other than the rust I also think Thurman probably didn't train as hard as he should have because he didn't capitalize on a lot of openings.

[McNulty]

Didn't that happened tonight?

Sure it did.

Mr. Cheerleader

[Bjl12]

Look at my post history I have always said the same thing.

Thurman is C+ and *maybe* B- on his best day

Absolute hypejob

[SplitSecond]

Mike Garcia wasn't kidding around when he said Lopez was showing real power in training/sparring. The guy was punching real hard and was very strong, shame he's such a bum.

[SplitSecond]

theres a pattern with run time.

he's dangerous early but he lacks stamina because he needs to make weight

second half of the fight he slows down.

He fought all the way through with Porter and both looked like they could have gone 15 rounds. Most fighters coming from prolonged inactivity show up poor, Mikey Garcia was getting touched up frequently in his fight back, Ward too if I remember right, for Thurman he was fighting a guy carrying real power though.

[muslimer12]

Crawford and Spence both KO Thurman with ease.

I also gave Porter the win in their fight.