Keith Thurman: record, next fight and profile →
Keith Thurman will be returning from a 931-day layoff when he takes on Mario Barrios on Feb. 5 while headlining a FOX Sports pay-per-view at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS – Mario Barrios joked that his family was much happier to be around him in the final few days that led to him making weight late Friday morning.
MANDALAY BAY, LAS VEGAS, NV - Keith "One Time" Thurman (29-1) will return for the first in over 30 months when faces Mario Barrios (26-1) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will headline a Premier Boxing Champions on FOX pay-per-view.
LAS VEGAS – Keith Thurman’s surgically repaired left hand is one of the primary reasons he feels refreshed entering his first fight in 2½ years. A hand specialist urged Thurman to have surgery on his left hand after his 12-round, majority-decision win over Josesito Lopez in January 2019 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. With the opportunity to fight Manny Pacquiao and the accompanying payday awaiting him, Thurman tried physical therapy and endured the pain prior to and during his memorable WBA welterweight title fight with the legendary Filipino southpaw.
By Keith Idec - LAS VEGAS – Keith Thurman compared the seemingly inappropriate price of his pay-per-view fight with Mario Barrios recently to what the former welterweight champion apparently considers the out-of-control cost of “bubble gum” in 2022.
MANDALAY BAY, LAS VEGAS, NV - On Saturday night former champions Keith "One Time" Thurman (29-1) and Mario "El Azteca" Barrios (26-1) will collide in a Premier Boxing Champions FOX pay-per-view main event. The action takes place at the Michelob Ultra Arena on the Las Vegas strip. In the co-feature bout former multi-division champion Leo Santa Cruz will take on Keenan Carbajal.
By Cliff Rold - Age. Injuries. Inactivity. Any of the three wreak havoc on a boxing career. All of the above is a veritable disaster. It wasn’t that long ago that Keith Thurman had emerged as arguably the most watched fighter in US boxing. That’s not hyperbole. Positioned as a centerpiece of the initial Premier Boxing Champions launch, Thurman headlined cards on NBC and
LAS VEGAS – Give Keith Thurman this – he channeled his inner P.T. Barnum during a press conference Wednesday afternoon. The long-sidelined Thurman seems well aware that a $75 pay-per-view main event between two former champions coming off of defeats will be a tough sell Saturday night. That’s why he took moderator Ray Flores’ cue and went into full promotional mode on a stage inside Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino’s Michelob ULTRA Arena.
Thurman, Barrios Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Former world champions Keith “One Time” Thurman and Mario “El Azteca” Barrios went face-to-face for the first time Wednesday, as they previewed their showdown that headlines a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View this Saturday, February 5 from Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. (photos by Al Powers)
Keith Thurman remembers what it was like when he was a rising force within the welterweight division but couldn’t for the life of him get the top fighters to face him.