Keith Thurman: record, next fight and profile →
After months of speculation, Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman is finally official. The pair of top-rated welterweights will collide in a WBA title consolidation clash July 20 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bout will air live on Fox Sports Pay-Per-View, as officially announced Saturday evening during the latest installment of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on Fox.
As recently reported on BoxingScene.com, eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman will fight for World Boxing Association welterweight supremacy on July 20. Pacquiao, 40, is coming off a January victory over Adrien Broner that took his record to 61-7-2 with 39 knockouts.
It was officially announced on FOX that a deal was finalized for a welterweight battle between Keith Thurman and Manny Pacquiao. The FOX Sports pay-per-view fight will take place on July 20th.
This past Saturday night, former two division world champion Danny 'Swift' Garcia returned in full force after losing two of his past three commitments. Garcia battered Adrian Granados (20-7-2, 14 KO), dropping him three times on route to a stoppage victory at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Amir Khan is not ready to walk away from boxing after Saturday's painful defeat to WBO welterweight king Terence Crawford. Former unified light-welterweight champion Khan was a heavy underdog heading into the New York showdown with the pound-for-pound ranked Crawford in New York.
IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Claressa Shields says she's 100% confident she could beat male fighters ... and she's calling them out by name. Shields unified her division last weekend when she dominated then undefeated Christina Hammer to win a ten round unanimous decision.
By Keith Idec - Let’s preface this by understanding that the welterweight title fight we all want later this year, Terence Crawford versus Errol Spence Jr., won’t happen next if the heavily favored Crawford wins against Amir Khan on April 20. Ideally, that’s the fascinating fight we’d get. But with boxing being boxi...
IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence is less than 24 hours away from his big moment. Spence will defend his world title against four division world champion Mike Garcia, who is moving up by two weight divisions to take the fight. The contest takes place on Fox Sports Pay-Per-View, from the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
With unbeaten welterweight titlist Errol Spence due to defend his crown versus four-division titlist Mikey Garcia this weekend, every major 147-pound beltholder under the Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) umbrella will have fought within the first quarter of 2019.
Only a few days remain before the first Premier Boxing Champions on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View event headlined by unbeaten welterweight world champion Errol Spence Jr. taking on undefeated four-division champion Mikey Garcia. The contest takes place on Saturday, March 16 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.