Thurman is a shot fighter!

[chrisJS]

Yeah it's like he's regressed as a fighter. Leaky defense, relies on athleticism, and runs way too much needlessly. He seems to have a great understanding of the sweet science judging by interviews but his brain goes fleeing caveman when stunned.

If he does fight Spence (I have my doubts) I think he’d just try and run the whole fight. He hits hard, is fast, but he just appears either incapable or very reluctant to stand his ground.

[Bmore18]

But against who? If Crawford had gone life and death with Josesito would you give him a pass? If Crawford did what he’d do to Josesito and KO’d him quickly would you give him a pass?

After almost 2 years off, yes I would (besides Bud is better IMO). But in next fight I expect something bigger and better from either of them. Good entertaining free card last night

[Mammoth]

He probably won't ever be the same again

[redmish]

He'll be fine if he can string a few camps together without any injury breaks. 22 months out is a long time.

[Madison Boxing]

But against who? If Crawford had gone life and death with Josesito would you give him a pass? If Crawford did what he’d do to Josesito and KO’d him quickly would you give him a pass?

Yeah but everyones crying cause he looked a little bit rusty after a long lay off. He still won by a distance.

[Pantera_]

Two years is basically coming out of retirement. On top of that he was having a bunch of surgeries so you know he wasn't that active in the gym.

[satiev1]

Problem with thurman is he cannot fight going backwards. All he does is circle the ring. He can't hold his ground in the center of the ring. Bundu backed him for 12 rds also.

[billeau2]

I wouldn’t say shot but he’s not improved in years. He stopped improving when he started preferring a one fight a year schedule. He’d just try to bomb a dude out early then once that didn’t happen he sort of just gets on his bike.

Great response. You have all these people in the threads going full ****** about "shot fighters" and what this guy would do based on what Thurmond did against that guy... Ridiculous, over inflated, hyperbole, fueled speculation that simply riles the casuals up.

You just made a very smart statement, I happen to agree with you on this. When fighters start tending the "0" they lose the ability to risk taking the L and learning in the process. Thurmond has been wasting his youth gaming the system rather than becoming a better fighter. It probably did show in this last fight, but to call the guy shot is ridiculous. It is the disease that afflicts a lot of the young fighters today. They fight like they did in the Ammys, they avoid tough fights...fights that would make them better fighters, and then when they get in a spot, they do not have the resources to make it look easy.

Ironickly sometimes the fighters know...and they could probably remain deluded and undefeated under certain circumstances. When Juan Ma was coming up I swear he looked like a mini Joe Louis! I thought that kid was going to become the next Tito for the island of Puerto Rico! Should he have taken that fight with Salidad?

That is a rhetorical question: Salidad exposed him and took his career, but if he does not take that fight, he would never know if his power was legit, if it carried up. You believe in alernative time lines? Somewhere is a line where Juan Ma does not fight a "hitter" until around now... things might have been very different, especially in the lower weight classes where he had the gift of power.

[powershots]

Even Thurman's body looked completely different. I wonder if he had trouble dropping the weight. After a while his punches lost a lot of steam. Credit for Lopez being in his face all night, should went balls to the wall and finished Thurman.

[dannnnn]

But against who? If Crawford had gone life and death with Josesito would you give him a pass? If Crawford did what he’d do to Josesito and KO’d him quickly would you give him a pass?

To be honest Lopez would be one of the best guys Crawford has fought and would probably give him a hard fight.

Plus, Crawford rarely KOs guys early and Lopez is real tough, so if that's your prediction I think you're way off.