Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman in Advanced Talks For A July Showdown

[KTFOKING]

SOURCES: Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman are in advanced talks for a pay-per-view welterweight title showdown that’s being targeted for July 13. No deal yet but it’s expected to be completed #boxing

— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) April 1, 2019

No surprise, and I'm sure we will get Spence/Porter unification bout a little after that.

Winners face off late 2019 or early 2020? If not, then hopefully Crawford vs Spence/Porter winner in early 2020.

[sugarsmosley]

if there ever was a time to bet on a fight, i think this one is it right here.

Pac just came off "dominating" broner , albeit in a uneventful fight..

while thurman clearly won but was badly hurt in his last fight. the narrative will be that he "struggled"

So im guessing the betting line will be about even. god forbid they might even place a 40 year old pac as the favorite. i happen to believe pac has looked as good as he has in his last two fights because of his opponents. thurman is still much bigger, fresher, and stronger then pacman. im a pac fan but i think this is the one he gets dominated and officially stamps his ticket out of the WW picture

[Ray*]

We better get Spence/Porter unification if this fight above goes down. Anything less than a spence unification would be a major disappointment.

[bigdunny1]

Hoping this happens instead of Manny/Floyd. I have no need to see that rematch. Manny/Thurman is more interesting

[The Problem Child]

As a Pacquiao fan, this is the fight I wanted most. Perfect timing to catch Thurman, he could fight Spence later on.

[KTFOKING]

if there ever was a time to bet on a fight, i think this one is it right here.

Pac just came off "dominating" broner , albeit in a uneventful fight..

while thurman clearly won but was badly hurt in his last fight. the narrative will be that he "struggled"

So im guessing the betting line will be about even. god forbid they might even place a 40 year old pac as the favorite. i happen to believe pac has looked as good as he has in his last two fights because of his opponents. thurman is still much bigger, fresher, and stronger then pacman. im a pac fan but i think this is the one he gets dominated and officially stamps his ticket out of the WW picture

I think they will set the odds with Thurman as the slight favorite. But they set the odds usually closer than what they really are because they know Pacquiao's backers are going to bet crazy for him. That is the explanation they used to have him only a +350 against Spence.

[John Locke]

I love Pacman, it was around his peak I turned from a casual into a hardcore fan and he played his part, but it's Thurman's time now mang. #1 baby

[Floyd is TBE]

Pac was scared of Spence. Can't say I blame him though. That would have been a tough fight for him in his prime.

[KTFOKING]

We better get Spence/Porter unification if this fight above goes down. Anything less than a spence unification would be a major disappointment.

HUGE disappointment if we don't get that but it seems likely we will get just that. Only if Porter out prices himself we don't get that fight, but that's why it probably lands on PPV anyways.

Pacquiao vs Thurman
Spence vs Porter
Garcia vs Garcia

Now that would be one hell of a way trio of WW fights for 2019.

[Ray*]

I love Pacman, it was around his peak I turned from a casual into a hardcore fan and he played his part, but it's Thurman's time now mang. #1 baby

Both of them are fighting each other at the right time. If Thurman was spence i don't think Team Pac would have been keen to do the fight, to be honest Pacman has fought everyone, so he has the right to pick and choose whatever he wants.