Keith Thurman: record, next fight and profile →
Welterweight contender Josesito Lopez (34-7) returned to the ring on December 10th with an unanimous decision victory over Todd Manuel. The fight took place in Los Angeles on the Jesus Cuellar-Abner Mares undercard.
By Jake Donovan - Roughly the same time one year ago, Shinsuke Yamanaka and Anselmo Moreno ended their bantamweight title fight with more questions than answers. Their rematch this past September not only resolved all lingering issues, but produced the type of high-level drama worthy of being...
Regarded as two of the division’s very best fighters, a victory for either one will see them propelled right to the very top of the weight-class. LONDON - One of the most eagerly anticipated fights of 2017 will air exclusively live on BoxNation when undefeated welterweight hotshots Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman meet in a world title unification clash on March 4th.
It was a fight that was as competitive as it was engaging, a championship bout in which both participants put it all on the line until the final bell sounded. In the end, there would be only one winner in the world title fight between Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter, but there certainly was no loser.
As long expected, Barclays Center will be announced soon after the New Year as the site for the highly anticipated Danny Garcia-Keith Thurman fight March 4. Philadelphia’s Garcia (33-0, 19 KOs) has headlined five cards at Barclays Center since that Brooklyn venue opened in 2012. Five of Garcia’s past nine fights overall have taken place there – most recently in August 2015, when he stopped Brooklyn’s Paulie Malignaggi in the ninth round of their welterweight fight.
BoxingScene.com recently caught up with former welterweight champion Shawn Porter. The Las Vegas based, Ohio native has been inactive since a close decision loss to Keith Thurman (27-0, 22 KOs) in June.
World Boxing Council welterweight champion Danny Garcia (33-0, 19KOs) is confident that he will expose all of the shortcomings of Keith Thurman (27-0, 22KOs), who holds the welterweight title of the World Boxing Association.
Amir Khan asked the WBC during its convention Wednesday in Hollywood, Florida, for additional time to contemplate whether he wants to remain its mandatory challenger in the welterweight division.
On March 4th the highly anticipated welterweight showdown between unbeaten WBA champion Keith Thurman (27-0) and undefeated WBC champion Danny Garcia (33-0) will take place at a venue still to be determined. Either Showtime or CBS will air the high stakes battle.
At the time Diego Chaves was not impressed with Kell Brook’s withdrawal from their proposed October 2015 contest. Indeed, he had a few choice words for the Sheffield man on his own Facebook account. Nevertheless, the 30-year-old has nothing but respect for Brook’s recent challenge to middleweight King Gennady Golovkin.