Keith Thurman looks past prime.

[John Locke]

He needs to get fitter and sharper, he's only just turned 30, you don't lose skill overnight, but you can get rusty. Thurman relies a lot on his physical and athletic abilities, so he needs to stay active to stay sharp.

I definitely expected a more dominant performance from Keith, but Lopez showed up to fight man, so I'm not gonna be too reactionary. We've got work to do. #1

[boliodogs]

This man is no longer on the up and up. He's on the slide. Too much inactivity through his career. He has a solid resume, but he missed out on a few key fights when they were there to be made. Now his division has been taken over by a freak of nature in Errol Spence Jr., and a complete fighter who is better than Keith at everything, in Terence Crawford. Also think he'd lose to Manny Pacquiao and Shawn Porter, based off that peformance on Saturday. Not sure who he should fight next as any of those above named I think would beat him. Maybe Kell Brook, as I suggested in an earlier post. Two fighters who look to be on the slide, I'd expect Thurman to win, but if he looks like trash again then he may as well take a big payday thereafter. I think he should stay away from Spence at all costs, because it would be embarrassing and a shame to see him get his cheeks busted like that... if he's looking to cash out he should share the ring a couple of times with Pacquaio then call it a day.

I agree with everything you said. I also think his punch resistance is less now. He was badly hurt by punches that did not look that hard from a guy who is not really a big puncher.

[johnbook]

Punches seemed slow and w.o. pop. Like a fighter who's been gone for 5 years or more.