Keith Thurman never ducked Errol Spence

[MikeyMike100]

Many people have accused Keith Thurman of ducking Errol Spence but that has never been the case. Let's take a look back at the history.

Keith Thurman became the WBA Welterweight Champion after beating Robert Guerrero back in 2015. At this time Spence was still a mostly unknown prospect.

In March 2017 Keith Thurman becomes unified champion after beating Danny Garcia.

In May of 2017 Errol Spence becomes IBF champion by beating Kell Brook

Keith Thurman has elbow surgery and isn't back until 2019 when he faces Josesito Lopez for a tune up fight.

He then faces Pacquiao which is obviously a bigger money fight than the Spence fight and is the biggest money fight avaliable.

He hasn't fought since.

So when exactly did Thurman duck Spence?

[MONGOOSE66]

He wasn’t interested in Spence. I think he felt Father Time catching up. He’s done now. Still can fight though just body is damaged.

[eakunne@luc.edu]

Errol Spence is a real dude, but he really made a name for himself based on the falsehood..not enough fans use common sense when it comes to matchmaking...it was clear back in 2015 that Spence and Thurman was likely their super fight..Thurman from 2015-2017 was fighting the likes of porter and danny garcia..big money fights compared to Errol at the time that was growing as a contender..it’s like asking Errol as a unified champ now to fight jaron ennis...showtime started really building towards Spence vs Thurman after Spence got brooks belt in the summer, but injuries then hit Keith hard..showtime even had a joint press conference btwn the two talking about their future fight...Thurman never ducked Spence but I think bc Thurman was so honest about how talented he thought Spence was, fans took that for a sign of weakness but really to me it showed that he felt the Spence would be a defining fight for his careered

[SkiPete]

Runtime is a great one.

[Outwest Exp 355]

Bull**** he could’ve fought him in 2018 from his hospital bed.

[MikeyMike100]

Errol Spence is a real dude, but he really made a name for himself based on the falsehood..not enough fans use common sense when it comes to matchmaking...it was clear back in 2015 that Spence and Thurman was likely their super fight..Thurman from 2015-2017 was fighting the likes of porter and danny garcia..big money fights compared to Errol at the time that was growing as a contender..it’s like asking Errol as a unified champ now to fight jaron ennis...showtime started really building towards Spence vs Thurman after Spence got brooks belt in the summer, but injuries then hit Keith hard..showtime even had a joint press conference btwn the two talking about their future fight...Thurman never ducked Spence but I think bc Thurman was so honest about how talented he thought Spence was, fans took that for a sign of weakness but really to me it showed that he felt the Spence would be a defining fight for his careered

Exactly. Thurman is the realest guy in boxing

[John Locke]

That's common sense, something that doesn't apply to the majority of boxing fans. Everyone is ducking everybody. Porter and Garcia were apparently ducking Spence as well

Amazes me how people who've been following the sport for 10+ years still use terms like ducking.

[w1cked]

floyd was also pushing the "thurman is ducking spence" angle, so have to put some of the blame on him too.

i too felt it was a bit unfair to thurman to say he was ducking spence at the time, i actually favored thurman slightly back then if they fought.

[RuleOfTheSpear]

YES!!!!!!!

IF Thurman ducked Spence then,

Spence is ducking Crawford

Same situation right now.

Thurman always said that the Spence fight is gunna be lucrative in the future. Basically the same attitude Spence is displaying right now whenever Bud's name is mentioned.

"We not worried about Crawford right now"
"Maybe next year or the year after that"

Same sh.it bro. Nobody has the urgency of being undisputed except Crawford.

[Lupara]

Many people have accused Keith Thurman of ducking Errol Spence but that has never been the case. Let's take a look back at the history.

Keith Thurman became the WBA Welterweight Champion after beating Robert Guerrero back in 2015. At this time Spence was still a mostly unknown prospect.

In March 2017 Keith Thurman becomes unified champion after beating Danny Garcia.

In May of 2017 Errol Spence becomes IBF champion by beating Kell Brook

Keith Thurman has elbow surgery and isn't back until 2019 when he faces Josesito Lopez for a tune up fight.

He then faces Pacquiao which is obviously a bigger money fight than the Spence fight and is the biggest money fight avaliable.

He hasn't fought since.

So when exactly did Thurman duck Spence?

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